The Planets (2019–2019)
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Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.
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Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
Into the Darkness: Ice WorldsIn the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home. - 02
The Godfather: JupiterBrian 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. - 03
Life Beyond the Sun: SaturnProfessor 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.
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A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial PlanetsMay 28, 2019The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet have lived radically different liv - S01E02
The Two Sisters - Earth & MarsJune 4, 2019Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. - S01E03The Godfather: JupiterJune 11, 2019Brian 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 gr
- S01E04Life Beyond the Sun: SaturnJune 18, 2019Professor 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
- S01E05Season's bestInto the Darkness: Ice WorldsJune 25, 2019In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call h
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