I listened to the Great Courses audiobook about Biology. There's a lot about how the machinery of the cell works, how it evolved, and so on. He goes through everything else as well, including the immune system, ecology, and so on. It all ties together.

Regarding the genes and central dogma, he gives a LOT of detail about how for instance it was discovered that codons work in threes (not twos or fours). Also how it was discovered that DNA is the thing with the code, how the transcription process works, how the different kinds of RNA are involved, all the way to how the protein comes out.

The audiobook also comes with a downloadable book in case you'd rather read it.