Rob Newman
Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia Of Evolution

Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia Of Evolution

  • Radio stand-up / sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2015
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Rob Newman challenges notions of Survival of the Fittest and the Selfish Gene with a new theory. Also features Jenni Murray and Claire Price.

Key details

Genres
Stand-Up, Sketch Show
Broadcast
2015
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
4 (1 series)
Stars
Rob Newman, Jenni Murray and Claire Price
Writer
Rob Newman
Producer
Jon Harvey
Company

In Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia Of Evolution, acclaimed comedian Rob Newman guides listeners through a unique A-Z of evolution that takes in everything from altruistic amoebae to Richard Dawkins wrestling naked with a postal worker.

Piecing these fragments together allows Rob to correct some major distortions of Darwinsim, and to rejig the theory of natural selection in the light of what we now know about epigenetics, mirror neurons and The Flintstones.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Robert Newman presents The Great Ape's Guide To Evolution (Working title)
Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 15th October 2015 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Sunday 12th May 2019 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 4
  • Sunday 28th April 2019 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 3
  • Sunday 21st April 2019 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 2

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