Darwin as depicted in the 30th September 1871 edition of Vanity Fair Copyrighted imageCredit: photos.com

In 2009, The Open University and the BBC will be joining forces to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication On The Origin Of Species.

The Darwin Season programmes

OU on the BBC: Charles Darwin And The Tree of Life Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team

David Attenborough takes a passionate, personal journey through Darwin's discoveries.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Charles Darwin And The Tree of Life

OU on the BBC: Darwin's Dangerous Idea Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team

Andrew Marr explores the effects of Darwin's thinking on his society - and ours.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Darwin's Dangerous Idea

OU on the BBC: OU Lecture 2009: Darwin's Five Bridges Dawkins lecture Copyrighted imageCredit: OU image library

   Read more : OU on the BBC: OU Lecture 2009: Darwin's Five Bridges Dawkins lecture

OU on the BBC: Jimmy Doherty In Darwin's Garden Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team

Jimmy Doherty visits Darwin's home, and recreates the experiments that helped formulate his theory of evolution.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Jimmy Doherty In Darwin's Garden

Darwin and evolution in more depth:

Tree of Life Featuring: Activity Copyrighted imageCredit: Cynoclub | Dreamstime.com

Follow evolution and explore the variety of life on the planet with the Tree of Life.  Launch now: Tree of Life

Darwin Now pod 1: Why do we care about Darwin now? Featuring: Audio Copyrighted imageCredit: Jupiter Images

Professor Steve Jones reflects on how well Darwin’s ground-breaking theory of evolution has stood the test of time. Fern Elsdon Baker outlines the global scope...  Listen now: Darwin Now pod 1: Why do we care about Darwin now?