Name: Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero
Released: 2013-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Bill Bailey

TV Show · Documentary

Join comedian Bill Bailey on an exotic and thrilling adventure to retrace the steps of the greatest unsung hero of natural history and exploration. Bringing together history, nature and science, Bill tells the extraordinary story of Alfred Wallace, the most incredible naturalist you’ve never heard of!

2013 · 50m

Starring Bill Bailey

Director Tuppence Stone

EPISODE 1

Wallace in Borneo

The comedian heads to Indonesia to follow in the footsteps of Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who devised the theory of evolution through natural selection independently of Charles Darwin. Bill encounters orang-utans, flying frogs and extraordinary bugs on a mission to understand how Wallace came up with his idea, and tries to win him the recognition he deserves.
EPISODE 2

Wallace in the Spice Islands

The comedian continues his journey retracing the footsteps of Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace by heading to Indonesian archipelago the Moluccas, formerly known by the nickname of the Spice Islands. There Bill encounters boggle-eyed tarsiers, monkeys with Mohican hairstyles and spectacular birds of paradise on his mission to understand how Wallace devised the theory of evolution independently of Charles Darwin.

Bill Bailey

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Tuppence Stone

Director
Sam Hodgson

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Bill Bailey

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