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14 Episodes 1968 - 1968
Episode 1
Tonight Patrick Moore looks at three home-built observatories, including his own, which he has successfully transferred to Northern Ireland. Not all are built for the same purposes.
Episode 2
Patrick talks about Uranus's 65,000-day year, Jupiter's 'year', twelve times as long as ours but with a 'day' of less than ten hours, and Venus's 'year', which seems shorter than its 'day'.
Episode 3
The Armagh Planetarium-the first big public planetarium to be built in Britain outside the London area-was opened to visitors on February 5. Its Director, Patrick Moore, shows viewers round and describes its principles and uses.
Episode 4
Patrick Moore discusses with Iain Nicolson the sooty clouds in space which hide some stars and themselves shine in the light from others.
Episode 5
Patrick Moore discusses with Michael Bentine the problems of manned flight beyond the Moon to the planets and stars. They examine the techniques devised in fiction and in fact to solve some of these problems.
Episode 6
In three weeks' time the asteroid Icarus, first seen in 1949, orbits close to the Earth. Patrick Moore talks to Dr. Vinicio Barocas about the nature and movements of the asteroids.
Episode 7
Sunspots, or 'storms' on the sun's surface, appear in maximum numbers about every eleven years; and large numbers are expected this year. Patrick Moore discusses with William Baxter the significance of sunspot activity.
Episode 8
Strange, quickly vibrating radio sources have been discovered far out in space. These pulsating stars are one of the most exciting discoveries science, and have taken astronomers by surprise. Patrick talks about them with Dr. A. Hewish.
Episode 9
Within a few months from now, man may land on the moon. Patrick Moore discusses with a geologist, Dr. Peter Cattermole, the conditions the first lunar astronauts are likely to find.
Episode 10
On September 22 a total eclipse of the sun will be visible in Russia. Patrick Moore explains why eclipses are scientifically important and what people in Britain will see.
Episode 11
Patrick Moore shows film and gives a first-hand description of the recent total eclipse of the sun he saw in Siberia, and discusses its scientific significance with another British astronomer who was there, Dr. Ron Maddison.
Episode 12
Radio-astronomers at Jodrell Bank are carrying out a series of experiments to measure the distance from earth of pulsars -the mysterious regularly-ticking radio sources out in space. Patrick discusses the significance of these experiments.
Episode 13
Patrick Moore explains why modern research into Venus has only made the planet more mysterious than ever and discusses with Commander Henry Hatfield, R.N., his remarkable photographs of the planets and the moon.
Episode 14
Is it unlucky to see the new moon through glass? Patrick discusses with Henry Brinton, Bert Foord, weather man and J. P. Hutchinson, a psychiatrist; the scientific truths and popular superstitions about the moon's effects on the earth.