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12 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
For more than half a century Sir Patrick Moore encouraged people to look up at the wonders of the night sky Fittingly in this program, recorded just before his death, he and his team offer advice to those who are just discovering astronomy
Episode 2
The team are at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to see how the sun affects our planet. Solar physicist Dr Lucie Green joins them to enjoy its historic telescopes.
Episode 3
To find out how everyone got on in Sir Patrick Moore's last Moore Winter Marathon, Chris Lintott and Lucie Green travel to the Kielder observatory.
Episode 4
Lucie Green and Chris Lintott look at the Natural History Museum's meteorite collection and discuss the Russian impact. Jon Culshaw goes on a meteorite hunt.
Episode 5
Saturn is in our evening skies, and in any telescope looks a stunner. Lucie Green and Chris Lintott investigate the storm that is still raging in the planet's atmosphere, with the latest news from Saturn's amazing moons Titan and Enceladus
Episode 6
Stars are full of variety - they can be big or little. Our sun is right in the middle, but eventually it will grow old and become a red giant. Lucie Green and Chris Lintott discuss the lives of stars and what happens to them when they die.
Episode 7
The team join in the solstice revelry at Stonehenge, one of the most obvious connections between ancient man and the celestial calendar, and launch the Moore Moon Marathon.
Episode 8
As the spacecraft Mars Express celebrates a decade at the red planet, Chris Lintott and Lucie Green pick out some of the highlights, including the 'face of Mars'.
Episode 9
A dust cloud more massive than the size of the Earth is on a doomed course, as it careers towards the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Chris Lintott talks to the astronomer royal about this cataclysmic encounter.
Episode 10
The team go camping at the Brecon Beacons star party and answer queries about what to see in the night sky and how to use a telescope. Viewers have been sending in astronomy questions since the Space Surgery was launched six months ago.
Episode 11
The team join astronomers on Blackheath to watch a lunar eclipse, find out how everyone got in the Moore Moon Marathon and discuss the future moon missions.
Episode 12
On the Canary island of La Palma the team use the Liverpool and Isaac Newton telescopes to go comet chasing, seeing if Comet C/2012 S1 ISON develops a beautiful tail.