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Darwin's Originals Requiem for the Redhead? (Original title)Requiem for the Redhead? (Archive title)Darwin's Originals[11/02/2009] (Help search title)
Date: 11 February 2009 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Lucy Cash

Synopsis: Third of four shorts inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin. Considers red hair within the context of Darwinian theories, with recent gene research identifying that the occurrence of red hair is caused by a single, mutated recessive gene. Only 4% of people in the UK has red hair; redheads come in clusters; and migration causes their evolutionary downfall.

Genre:
Factual TV

Subjects:
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), Natural selection

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TV Transmissions
Date: 11 February 2009Broadcast channel: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 19:55-20:00Runtime: 3 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo
Date: 11 February 2009not specified

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
In: Realtime n91 Jun/Jul 2009  Page: 29
Title: Screendance 2.0 is with usAuthor: WHITE, Chirstinn Article type: Festival ReportLanguage: English
Description: Review of the MOVE09 Dance and Film Festival in Manchester. Reviews films and multimedia work.