The Planets

2019

5.0

1 review

Rating

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (5)

1 A Moment in the Sun: The Terrestrial Planets

5/28/19

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?

2 The Two Sisters: Earth and Mars

6/4/19

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

3 The Godfather: Jupiter

6/11/19

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.

4 Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

6/18/19

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 similar to its rival, Jupiter.

5 Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

6/25/19

In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the most remote part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.

About this show

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

Ratings and reviews

5.0

1 review

Irade Alexi Helligar

May 7, 2020

The visitation by humans of all the planets in the solar system and several dwarf planets is an achievement equivalent to the building of the Great Pyramids. Professor Cox brings this spectacle to life with great narration and interviews, stunning visuals, and sublime music. The production values are top-notch. I especially enjoyed the episode on Saturn, the "solar system's jewel." The depiction of the destruction of the moon that resulted in the creation of Saturn's rings was a "WOW" passage.

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