The Blind Watchmaker (film)

1987 film

The Blind Watchmaker

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 (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[edit]

1. ^ "Richard Dawkins Makes the Case for Evolution in the 1987 Documentary, The Blind Watchmaker".
2. ^ "BBC Horizon - The Blind Watchmaker (1987)". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.

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* The Selfish Gene (1976)
* The Extended Phenotype (1982)
* The Blind Watchmaker (1986)
* River Out of Eden (1995)
* Climbing Mount Improbable (1996)
* Unweaving the Rainbow (1998)
* A Devil's Chaplain (2003)
* The Ancestor's Tale (2004)
* The God Delusion (2006)
* The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (2009)
* The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True (2011)
* An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist (2013)
* Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science (2015)
* Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist (2017)
* Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide (2019)
* Books Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science (2021)
* Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution (2021)

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* Growing Up in the Universe (1991)
* Dawkins vs. Gould (2001)
* Beyond Belief (2006)
* Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think (2006)
* The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008)

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* Nice Guys Finish First (1987)
* The Blind Watchmaker (1987)
* Break the Science Barrier (1996)
* The Atheism Tapes (2004)
* The Root of All Evil? (2006)
* The Enemies of Reason (2007)
* The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008)
* Faith School Menace? (2010)
* Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (2012)
* The Unbelievers (2013)

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* When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow
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