The Planets

The Planets

  • 2019
  • 1 Seasons
  • 5 Episodes
  •  8.328  (61)
  •   Ended

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

The Planets
Seasons
Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
5. Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
June 25, 2019
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.
Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
4. Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
June 18, 2019
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.
The Godfather: Jupiter
3. The Godfather: Jupiter
June 11, 2019
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.
The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
2. The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
June 04, 2019
Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.
A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
1. A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
May 28, 2019
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 Planets: First Look Trailer | BBC Earth

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Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.
  • Premiere Date
    May 28, 2019
  • Rating
    8.328  (61)