Paraphyletic groups
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Archaea
Misha Glenny and guests discuss how, after the first cells on earth branched into bacteria and archaea, some of those microorganisms recombined to make our complex cells.
12 March 2026
Featuring: Christa Schleper, Thorsten Allers, Buzz Baum
Corals
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the simple animals which informed Charles Darwin's first book and form the reefs now threatened by climate change.
28 October 2021
Featuring: Steve Jones, Nicola Foster, Gareth Williams
The Whale - A History
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolutionary history of the whale, examining how this leviathan of the deep evolved from a small land-based mammal with cloven hoofs.
21 May 2009
Featuring: Steve Jones, Eleanor Weston, Bill Amos