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The Planets Revisited: Life: Black Holes

06/12/2004

Life: Black Holes

The Planets Revisited

BBC Two - The Planets Revisited, Life: Black Holes

Could life exist elsewhere in the Solar System?

Scientists gave up hope of discovering extraterrestrial life forms after the 1976 Mars Viking probe returned images of a cold, dry planet. However, more recent efforts have renewed optimism.

Could life exist elsewhere in the Solar System? Scientists gave up hope of discovering extraterrestrial life forms after the 1976 Mars Viking probe returned images of a cold, dry planet. However, more recent efforts have renewed optimism amongst some scientists.

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Series charting the history of the solar system.

Updated documentary series using computer animations, archive footage and interviews to examine our current knowledge and contact with the bodies of our solar system.

The Planets

7/8. The search for extra-terrestrial life.

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Days That Shook the World

20 July 1969: the Apollo 11 mission climaxes with Neil Armstrong taking the first steps on the Moon.

Clangers

The Moon

27/02/2006

BBC Four - The Moon

A look at how our love affair with the moon has waxed and waned since we landed there.

Film recalling our fascination with the moon leading up to Neil Armstrong's landing in 1969, and the lack of interest which led to the cessation of lunar expeditions in 1972.

1972 was the year a great affair ended, as the human race fell out of love with the moon. Just three years after the world was gripped by Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, the last man left the moon and we have never been back. 

This film tells the epic story of our love affair with the moon - what inspired it, how it faded away and how we are now falling in love all over again.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

New. Just three years after the Apollo 11 landing, the last man left the Moon. How did the love for our satellite fade away?

A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit

The Sky at Night

Iconic series exploring space science and the incredible universe all around us.

Look up! Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott present the iconic, inspirational look at cutting-edge space science and the incredible universe all around us.

The Sky at Night: Mapping the Moon

Mapping the Moon

BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Mapping the Moon

Patrick Moore presents a guide to the most familiar body in the night sky.

Patrick Moore presents a guide to the most familiar body in the night sky, whilst Chris Lintott gives tips on how to observe the moon.

BBC One

New. Patrick Moore's guide to the celestial object.

The March issue of BBC Focus has an article on Moon Night. Out now, Â£3.40

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Apollo 11: A Night to Remember

BBC Four - Apollo 11: A Night to Remember

Patrick Moore presents the story of man's first steps onto another world.

July 1969 saw one of mankind's greatest technological achievements - the first landing on the moon. In this special compilation of archive footage, originally broadcast as part of BBC4's Moon Night, Patrick Moore presents the story of man's first steps onto another world.

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