The Blind Watchmaker (film)
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The Blind Watchmaker | |
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Based on | The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins |
Written by | Jeremy Taylor |
Presented by | Richard Dawkins |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Jeremy Taylor |
Running time | 48min |
Original release | |
Release | 1987 |
The Blind Watchmaker is a documentary where Richard Dawkins challenges William Paley's theories on creationism and takes on Paley's descendants.[1] It was produced in 1987 by Jeremy Taylor and Richard Dawkins for BBC Horizon series and won the Sci-Tech Award for Best Science Documentary of the year.[2] It was based on a book of the same name written by Dawkins in 1986.
References
- ^ "Richard Dawkins Makes the Case for Evolution in the 1987 Documentary, The Blind Watchmaker".
- ^ "BBC Horizon - The Blind Watchmaker (1987)". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
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