The Planets

Season 12019

Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.

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5 Episodes

E01 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?

May 28, 2019

E02 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.

June 4, 2019

E03 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.

June 11, 2019

E04 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.

June 18, 2019

E05 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.

June 25, 2019

The Planets

E01 A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

E02 The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

E03 The Godfather: Jupiter

E04 Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

E05 Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

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E01 A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

E02 The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

E03 The Godfather: Jupiter

E04 Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

E05 Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds