布莱恩·考克斯（Brian Cox）教授探询自然定律是如何创造了宇宙中最复杂多样的现象：生命 　　◇第一集：生命的定义（What Is Life） 　　在本集中，布莱恩教授拜访了著名的“环太平洋火山带”（Ring of Fire）的东南亚地区。在这个世界上火山活动最活跃的地方，他检验了生与死的一线之隔并提出了最古老的问题：什么是生命？传统的答案往往牵涉到神灵；这在菲律宾山区每年的“亡灵节”（Day of the Dead）庆祝仪式中可见一斑。 　　布莱恩教授提出了另外一个答案，一个与宇宙中的能量流动关联起来的答案：生命并不是一个“事物”；它是一个化学过程，这个过程利用了在宇宙中流动的能量并通过DNA的精妙化学运作而代代相传。与神秘的说法相去甚远，生命的出现也许可以看作是物理学定律的必然结果。 　　◇第二集：扩展的宇宙（Expanding Universe） 　　在美国繁茂的自然历史中，布莱恩教授遇见了许多令人叹为观止的动物；它们揭示了各种感觉是如何进化的。 　　地球上的每种动物使用各自拥有的独特的感官来探知周围的物理环境，以不同的方式经历着周围的世界。追随这些机制的进化是一个带我们走过生命演化历程的故事：从单细胞生物到更复杂的灵性生物。布莱恩教授发现，经过38亿年的时间，这些感官促使着生命向不同的方向发展并且最终导致了人类的好奇心和智力的出现。终究是我们的感官使得我们能够仰望星空，探索这不断扩张的宇宙，并理解它的起源。 　　◇第三集：无尽形态美（Endless Forms Most Beautiful） 　　整个宇宙几乎没有生命的迹象。地球，这个我们称为“家园”的星球，乍看起来似乎违反了自然规律：它拥有着各种颜色、形态和大小的生命。没有人能够确切地知道现在存活着的物种有多少；我们最好的猜测是将近8千7百万。在这一集中，布莱恩教授提问到，在一个由物理学和化学定律统治的宇宙中，一个星球（地球）是如何能够产生这么多无与伦比的生物的。 　　◇第四集：尺寸很重要（Size Matters） 　　在这一集中，布莱恩教授环游澳大利亚来探询关于生命规模的物理学规律。一个生物体的尺寸不仅仅决定了哪些自然作用会影响到它的生命，也决定了它的“生命速度”。南部澳大利亚的渺小的弯翼蝙蝠以极快的速度丧失热量，使得它们每天挣扎着找到足够的食物来存活。然而随着生物体的尺寸变大，新陈代谢的速度缓慢下来；这对于生物体的寿命有着深远的影响。 　　◇第五集：地球；家园（Home） 　　就人类现有知识所言，地球是宇宙中存在生命仅有的一个地方。然而这个特性将会保持多久呢？天文学家正在接近发现其他类地星球。布莱恩教授思考了为什么生命在这里生根、而什么是使得太空中的一块石头转变成生机勃勃的星球所需要的成分。

本片聚焦一件少有人知的轰炸事件。二战期间，除了广为人知的珍珠港事件，还有一件被历史遗忘、被刻意掩盖的袭击事件：轰炸达尔文。达尔文是澳大利亚的一个边陲小镇，却遭受到日军的疯狂轰炸侵略。此次袭击之前，有关部门没有拉响警报器，导致死伤扩大；袭击之后，当局也没有任何力量出来控制局面，任百姓流离失所背井离乡。这个小镇承受了太多的悲痛。但在战争中，总有一些人勇敢地起来反抗，不会开枪不会打仗也依然可抛头颅撒热血，只有保家卫国的宏愿。这是一个民族的精神。战争是悲痛的，后世人更应铭记历史，心望和平。

激情四溢的“达尔文主义者”大卫艾登堡，对于广受争议的达尔文进化论，他提出了他的个人观点，并且认为进化论是所有他所提出的理论的基石。追溯到200年前，追随着那些变化——那些改变我们对自然世界的理解的变化，他提出了三个问题：达尔文为什么会提出他的进化论？是怎样提出的？为什么大多数人认为他的理论是正确的？为什么进化论现在显得比以往任何时候都重要？

Documentary telling the little-known story of how Darwin came to write his great masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, a book which explains the wonderful variety of the natural world as emerging out of death and the struggle of life. 　　In the twenty years he took to develop a brilliant idea into a revolutionary book, Darwin went through a personal struggle every bit as turbulent as that of the natural world he observed. Fortunately, he left us an extraordinary record of his brilliant insights, observations of nature, and touching expressions of love and affection for those around him. He also wrote frank accounts of family tragedies, physical illnesses and moments of self-doubt, as he laboured towards publication of the book that would change the way we see the world. 　　The story is told with the benefit of Darwin's secret notes and correspondence, enhanced by natural history filming, powerful imagery from the time and contributions from leading contemporary biographers and scientists.

这个故事审视探讨了欧洲对非洲的幕后枪支交易——俄罗斯飞行员把枪支送往非洲，之后把飞机装满鱼飞回欧洲。 　　这种贸易的危害和后果之一就是武器不断流入非洲大陆所引起的暴力和战争。 　　如果这个世界的规则是像达尔文所说的“适者生存”，那赞助枪支贸易的资本家就脚踏着非洲人的利益站到了进化阶梯的高端。达尔文主义的鲜明例子。 　　就像维多利亚湖鲈鱼可预见的灭绝和维多利亚湖自身的死亡一样，非洲人正处于极度的危险之中，尽管他们在他们唯一懂得的途径中谋求生存。 　　The larger scope of the story explores the gun trade to Africa that takes place under the covers -- Russian pilots fly guns into Africa, then fly fish back out to Europe. The hazards and consequences of this trade are explored, including the pan-African violence propagated by constant flow of weapons into the continent. If it is a "survival of the fittest" world, as Darwin concluded, then the capitalist interests that fund the gun runners are climbing the evolutionary ladder on the backs of the Africans in this stark Darwinian example. Much like the foreseeable extinction of the Lake Victoria perch, and death of Lake Victoria itself, the Africans are in grave jeopardy, even as they survive in the only ways they know how.

The return of three Anglicizied natives to their land or the beginning of a meeting with the modern world that will destroy them.

The Genius of Charles Darwin is a three-part television documentary, written and presented by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. 　　In the first episode Richard Dawkins explains the basic mechanisms of natural selection, and tells the story of how Charles Darwin developed his theory. He teaches a year 11 science class about evolution, which many of the students are reluctant to accept. He then takes them to the Jurassic Coast in Dorset to search for fossils, hoping that the students can see some of the evidence for themselves. Dawkins also visits Nairobi, where he interviews a prostitute who seems to have a genetic immunity to HIV, and talks to microbiologist Larry Gelmon. He goes on to predict that genetic immunity is a trait that will become more prevalent in the community over time. 　　In the second episode Richard Dawkins deals with some of the philosophical and social ramifications of the theory of evolution. Dawkins starts out in Kenya, speaking with palaeontologist Richard Leakey. He then visits Christ is the Answer Ministries, Kenya’s largest Pentecostal church, to interview Bishop Bonifes Adoyo. Adoyo has led the movement to press the National Museums of Kenya to sideline its collection of hominid bones pointing to man’s evolution from ape to human. The collection includes the Turkana Boy discovered by Kamoya Kimeu, a member of a team led by Richard Leakey in 1984. 　　Dawkins discusses social Darwinism and eugenics, explaining how these are not versions of natural selection, and that “Darwin has been wrongly tainted”. He then meets with evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker to discuss how morals can be compatible with natural selection. He goes on to explaining sexual selection, with peafowls as an example. To find out whether sexual selection plays a role for altruism and kindness among humans, he visits women who are looking for sperm donors, as well as a sperm bank manager. Dawkins also explains kin selection and selfish genes. 　　In the third and final episode, Dawkins explains why Darwin’s theory is one of history’s most controversial ideas. Dawkins uses this episode to discuss the opposition that evolution has experienced since it was first discovered. He starts by approaching various anti-evolutionists, ranging from John Mackay from Creation Research, Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America, to English school teacher Nick Cowen. In order to address concerns they bring up, he shows the evidence for evolution, including fossil and DNA evidence. He also talks to the science students of the school he taught in during the first episode, asking them why they aren’t adequately teaching the ideas of science properly, instead allowing their students to believe that truth is personal and that science is merely a point of view. 　　Dawkins also describes Darwin’s personal journey from Christianity to atheism, based not only on the natural mechanisms he saw, but also on the cruelty in the world which seemed to deny a loving God, in particular the loss of his daughter Annie. While Dawkins does address the bleakness of the Darwinian view, he spends the last part of this episode describing how Darwin and he himself address it, ending by saying: “In the perspective of the universe, the vastness of the universe and of geological time, we are insignificant. Some people find the thought disturbing, even frightening. Like Darwin, I find the reality thrilling.”

为了纪念达尔文诞生200周年，BBC做了一个系列的纪录片，以便来赞扬达尔文对人类进化做出的巨大贡献，有些人相信达尔文的进化伦削弱了宗教信仰。 　　众所周知，达尔文的一本《物种起源》可以说从根本上否定了上帝造物说，从而也就是在笃信基督教的西方世界掀起了轩然大波...然而，达尔文本人却又是一个虔诚的基督徒...他的理论跟他的信仰到底有没有冲突呢？达尔文到底是从根本上杀掉了神，还是从个另一个角度论证了神的存在？孰是孰非，见仁见智，我们一起跟随片中的主持人，共同关注这个纠结的话题~

平凡的高中生须藤要，收到了一封从未听说过的App「达尔文游戏」发来的邮件。将App启动的要，被卷入了一场玩家之间驱使异能战斗的游戏。在不明就里的情形…

恩田はるか（富田望生）は、テレビ番組制作会社の新入社員。チームプレーを愛する体育会系の彼女はスポーツドキュメンタリー志望だったが、なぜか自然部に配属になってしまい、慌ただしい日々を過ごしている。そんな中、恩田は“部内一の生きものオタク”の変わり者として知られる先輩ディレクター・漆原大地（本郷奏多）とともに、幻と言われている野生の二ホンノウサギの撮影を担当することになる。ノウサギは夜行性で、撮影どころか実際に出会えるかどうかもわからない強敵。ベテランカメラマン・鷹野もまじえて山へ向かった３人は、現地の住民・房江とその孫・慶太の家に寝泊まりしながら撮影を始める。 　　「ノウサギを見つけるには、まずはフンを探すしかない」という研究者の言葉を頼りに山の中を捜索する 　　３人。だが、ノウサギはなかなか見つからず、性格の合わない恩田と漆原は内輪もめ。さらにはノウサギに詳しいはずの房江はなぜかロケに協力的ではなく、撮影は行き詰ってしまう。やがて恩田は、漆原が抱く生きものに対する情熱や、何十年も自然の中で暮らしてきた房江の思いを知ることになり…。