TV series
The Planets
Overview
Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.
Details
- First air date
- 2019-05-28
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 5 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- BBC Two
- Production
- BBC Studios Science Unit
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Professor Brian Cox as Self - Presenter
Creators and crew
- Andrew Cohen - Executive Producer
- Gideon Bradshaw - Producer
- Martin Johnson - Producer
- Stephen Cooter - Producer
- Nic Stacey - Producer
- Stephen Cooter - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet have lived radically different lives. What immense forces are at play?
Episode 2: The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.
Episode 3: The Godfather: Jupiter
Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets.
Episode 4: Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
Professor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice and in time transformed into a gas giant, ring-less and similar looking to its rival, Jupiter.
Episode 5: Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.
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