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The Planets Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
Tue, May 28, 2019 60 mins
Professor Brian Cox presents the story of the solar system. Some of the latest explorations reveal the grandeur of eight planets whose stories people are only just beginning to understand.
Episode 2
The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
Tue, Jun 4, 2019 60 mins
Professor Brian Cox reveals that the solar system was once home to not one, but two blue planets.
Episode 3
The Godfather: Jupiter
Tue, Jun 11, 2019 60 mins
Professor Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to Jupiter.
Episode 4
Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
Tue, Jun 18, 2019 60 mins
A journey to Saturn, a planet in the solar system's frigid fringes whose core is hotter than the surface of the sun, where carbon falls as diamond rain, and whose celestial rings were born from a shattered moon.
Episode 5
Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
Tue, Jun 25, 2019 60 mins
Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.
