Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to BBC television drama, Life Story, on the discovery of the structure of DNA
- Date:
- 1984-1987
- Reference:
- K/PP178/5/27
- Part of:
- Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Correspondence, notes and press cuttings relating to the BBC dramatisation of the discovery of the structure of DNA, Life Story (retitled Race for the double helix for broadcast in the USA), broadcast 1987 in the Horizon science documentary series, including detailed notes by Wilkins on early drafts of the script by William Nicholson, correspondence, and a detailed chronology of DNA research, 1950-1953.
Publication/Creation
1984-1987
Physical description
2 files
Terms of use
Available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.