The Blind Watchmaker (1987)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

50 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary features Richard Dawkins arguing against creationist theories and explaining natural selection. It was made for a BBC science series and won an award for best science documentary.

educationalanalyticalclearmethodicalthought-provokingneutralintellectualconversational

What happens

The Blind Watchmaker is a documentary where Richard Dawkins challenges William Paley's theories on creationism and takes on Paley's descendants. 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. It was based on a book of the same name written by Dawkins in 1986. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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