The Planets

Season

2019

9

Welcome to the greatest story that's never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before.

Episode List

A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

S1 • E1

A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

The four inner planets were born the same, yet have lived radically different lives. Why?

S1 • E2

The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

Brian Cox reveals how our solar system was once home to two blue planets.

S1 • E3

The Godfather: Jupiter

Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter.

S1 • E4

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.

S1 • E5

Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

Brian Cox continues the journey past Saturn to the Ice giants Uranus, Neptune, their moons and satellites while making a clear argument why Pluto is now considered to be an intriguing world but not a planet.