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The Planets
The Planets
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The Planets

8.3 / 10
2019
1 season
5 episodes
Documentary

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

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The Planets: First Look Trailer | BBC Earth

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Professor Brian Cox

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Examining the rocky planets at the centre of the Solar System, Professor Cox examines new evidence about the violent creation of Mercury and the hostile atmosphere of Venus, contrasting them with the life-giving planet Earth and the barren Mars.

  • A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

    1.A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

    7.8
    28-05-201958m

    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?

  • The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

    2.The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

    7.8
    04-06-201958m

    Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.

  • The Godfather: Jupiter

    3.The Godfather: Jupiter

    8.2
    11-06-201958m

    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...

  • Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

    4.Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

    8.2
    18-06-201958m

    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...

  • Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

    5.Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

    9.3
    25-06-201958m

    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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