Episode guide
The Sky at Night: Specials
9 episodes · premiered Aug 3, 1969
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- Episode 1: Mariner To Mars Aug 3, 1969 Patrick Moore takes a look at the close up pictures of Mars taken by the American Mars probe, Mariner 6.
- Episode 2: A Journey Through Space and Time Dec 9, 2007 Patrick Moore presents a retrospective of five decades of The Sky ay Night, recalling the history of space exploration from the first Russian Sputnik, the major astronomical discoveries…
- Episode 3: A Spin around the Sun Jun 21, 2009 Using archive sound, satellite footage and film taken by the astronauts, Patrick Moore presents the story of mankind's first journey to another world. The task of telling Apollo 11’s story…
- Episode 4: The Real Star of Bethlehem Dec 30, 2015
- Episode 5: Guides: 1. Planets May 17, 2018 The planets have fascinated us for millennia, but over the past 60 years our understanding of them has been transformed. Using The Sky at Night archives, Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes us on a…
- Episode 6: Guides: 2. Galaxies May 24, 2018 Galaxies are the building blocks of the universe. Our solar system sits inside a huge galaxy that we call the Milky Way - home to as many as 300 billion stars. But the Milky Way is itself…
- Episode 7: Guides: 3. Stars Apr 10, 2019 Chris Lintott opens up The Sky at Night's 60-year archive to reveal how stars work, their life cycles and how their own demise holds the key to our very existence.
- Episode 8: Guides: 4. Comets and Asteroids Dec 29, 2019 · 58m Comets and asteroids are the building blocks of the planets, relics from the early days of the solar system. They have been witnessed in our skies for millennia - tantalising, yet too…
- Episode 9: We Love the Sky at Night May 7, 2007 A celebration of 50 years of The Sky at Night, featuring classic archive and celebrity interviews from fans of the show, including Jonathan Ross, Myleene Klass, Jon Culshaw, Sir Richard…