British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Diagnosing Darwin

Synopsis

Charles Darwin suffered from an illness that has puzzled a century of doctors. Dr Rob McCall believes he was struck down by a South American assassin - a disease that today infects millions of people. He sets out to solve the riddle, but it will take forensics and the latest medical knowledge to get even closer to an answer.

Details

Year
2004
Type of film
Features
Running time
47 mins
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Tom Cholmondeley
Producer
Harry Marshall
Executive Producer
Harry Marshall
Editor
Darren Flaxstone
Director of Photography
Ted Giffords
Sound
Andrea Clare
Music
Nigel Beaham Powell, Bella Russel
Principal cast
Paul Ridley

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Icon Films Ltd

4 West End, Somerset Street
Bristol BS2 8NE
UK

T+44 (0)117 924 8535

laura.m@iconfilms.co.uk

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

Tramp Tramp

Director: Philip James McGoldrick

Year: 2025

An emotionally charged sports drama following Grazyna "The Tramp" Jarzynowska, a British-Polish MMA fighter whose meteoric rise is abruptly halted by an unexpected pregnancy.

Sport Drama Action
No Women No Children No Women No Children

Director: Akporé Uzoh

Year: 2025

The aftermath of a sexual assault (rape). Exploring the deep-felt consequences for all involved. At its heart an epic story of a couple's fight for the survival of their love.

Black Drama
Spacewoman Spacewoman

Director: Hannah Berryman

Year: 2024

A landmark feature documentary about astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command the Space Shuttle.<br /> Eileen’s incredible journey starts with her smalltown beginnings, sees her smash through many glass ceilings, and culminates in four dramatic space shuttle missions, the last being possibly the most dangerous and most important of them all.<br /> At its heart the film is the moving human drama of one family, where a mother’s extraordinary career takes us straight to the big philosophical question of what is the level of acceptable risk in human endeavour? <br /> This film celebrates Commander Collins’ trailblazing NASA career which opened the way for women to become spacecraft pilots and commanders, and proved a perfect riposte to a previous generation of male astronauts who thought there was no place for women to lead the way in space. <br /> Official Selection DOC NYC 2024 - World premiere<br /> Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025 - European premiere

Woman Director