Wallace in the Spice Islands
Comedian Bill Bailey ventures to Indonesia's Spice Islands to better understand how Victorian naturalist Alfred Wallace cracked evolution.
Comedian Bill Bailey ventures to Indonesia's remote Spice Islands, in the footsteps of his hero - Victorian naturalist Alfred Wallace. Wallace was a bug collector who survived pirate attacks, boating disasters and malarial fevers to change the way we see life on earth. Independently of Charles Darwin, he came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection. But he has since been forgotten.
In the second of this two-part series, Bill encounters boggle-eyed tarsiers, monkeys with mohicans and spectacular birds of paradise on his mission to understand how Wallace cracked evolution. Ultimately Bill achieves his goal of getting Wallace the recognition he rightly deserves.
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On a mission for Wallace's recognition
Duration: 01:57
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Bear cuscus discovery
Duration: 00:56
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Sulawesi macaque encounter
Duration: 00:59
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The Wallace graffiti
Duration: 00:56
Wallace, myself and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Series consultant Dr George Beccaloni writes about his passion for Alfred Russel Wallace and cockroaches, and sharesΜύhis experience working on Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Bill Bailey |
| Producer | Sam Hodgson |
| Series Producer | Tuppence Stone |
| Executive Producer | Tim Martin |
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 Apr 2013 20:00
- Fri 7 Jun 2013 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two HD & England only
- Sat 8 Jun 2013 16:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 8 Jun 2013 17:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Fri 12 May 2017 16:15
Thu 7 Feb 2019 23:00- Thu 18 Jul 2019 14:45
- Tue 22 Oct 2019 23:05
- Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
Alfred Wallace: the Real Story
Dr George Beccaloni reveals the truth about Alfred Wallace and natural selection.