A Tale of Two Charlies: Dickens and Darwin

The Horrible Histories team give us their 1980s-tinged take on Charles Dickens.

A useful plot summary of Great Expectations and a reflection on its use of light and shade, comedy and tragedy.

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and its impact on botany and the classification of plants.

David Attenborough discusses Darwin's observation of finches in the Galapagos islands, and his theory of natural selection.

The theory of natural selection, as told by the Horrible Histories crew.