Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20090109 | Searching for the ship aboard which Darwin began to formulate his theory of evolution. | |||
| 01 | Search Begins | 20080421 | 20190805 (BBC7) 20190806 (BBC7) 20240826 (BBC7) | A search for the ship on which Charles Darwin made his discoveries. He begins his journey at Woolwich Dockyard in London, where the Beagle's voyage began. |
| 02 | Darwin's Letters | 20080422 | 20190806 (BBC7) 20190807 (BBC7) 20240827 (BBC7) | Dr Robert Prescott examines Charles Darwin's correspondence from HMS Beagle. He visits Cambridge to examine Darwin's correspondence from the voyage. |
| 03 | Later Life | 20080423 | 20190807 (BBC7) 20190808 (BBC7) 20240828 (BBC7) | The story of HMS Beagle's later life as an anti-smuggling coastguard vessel. The search leads to the bleak and flat landscape of the Essex mudflats. |
| 04 | Discovery | 20080424 | 20190808 (BBC7) 20190809 (BBC7) 20240829 (BBC7) | Examining the correlation between the Beagle Mars lander and HMS Beagle. Prescott and his team drill down deep into the Essex mud to take samples. |
| 05 | Analysis | 20080425 | 20190809 (BBC7) 20190810 (BBC7) 20240830 (BBC7) | Dr Robert Prescott sends for analysis of the ship they found buried in the Essex marshes. Prescott and his team return to their base in St Andrews to analyse the samples. |