Episode guide

The Planets

Series 1

The Planets

  • The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

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

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  • 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.

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  • The Godfather - Jupiter

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

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  • A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

    Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars were born at the same time from the same material. Why has Earth thrived whilst the others have faded away?

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  • Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

    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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