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The Sky at Night

Curiosity at Mars

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Sir Patrick Moore discusses what the NASA rover Curiosity will be doing on the surface of Mars, as well as what to see in the September night sky. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons
Reporter:
Paul G Abel
Reporter:
Pete Lawrence
Reporter:
Chris North

The Sky at Night

Double Star Party

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Patrick Moore joins a party in London, where astronomers cut through the light pollution to see the stars. Plus, a celebration of Sir Patrick's 88th birthday. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

Final Frontier

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Sir Patrick Moore discusses the end of the shuttle programme, and undertakes a journey with Project Icarus which envisages how man might one day visit other worlds. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons
Participant:
Piers Sellers

The Sky at Night

Age of the Infrared

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Patrick Moore looks at how space telescopes such as Herschel and Spitzer use their infrared eyes to see the cold parts of the sky where stars are being born. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons
Reporter:
Pete Lawrence
Reporter:
Chris North
Reporter:
Paul G Abel

The Sky at Night

Warp Factor 55

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Patrick Moore takes us on a speed-of-light journey to the ends of our known universe, stopping en-route to take in the view, celebrating 55 years of The Sky at Night. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

Last Man on the Moon

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Chris Lintott visits the Johnson Space Centre to talk to the Commander of Apollo 17, Eugene Cernan about his memories of being the last man on the Moon in 1972. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Director:
Jane Fletcher

The Sky at Night

The Spirit of Mars

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Featuring an interview with Prof Steve Squyres, investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, about the attempts to rescue the ensnared rover Spirit. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

We have discovered over 400 extra-solar planets. But is there anything living on them and if so, is it intelligent? Patrick Moore debates the question of life in the universe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

Ghostly Travellers

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Comets are strange and exotic objects, the remnants from dead stars. Patrick Moore discusses NASA's EPOXI mission, which hopes to rendezvous with comet Hartley 2. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

The Great Bear

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Patrick Moore and his team look at Ursa Major, a highly recognisable constellation and a rich source of galaxies, double and variable stars and the Hubble Deep Field. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

Volcanoes of the Solar System

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Sir Patrick Moore discovers the havoc that volcanoes can wreak on our own planet and on other planets and moons in the solar system. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

Orion the Hunter

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Sir Patrick Moore and the Sky at Night team explore the winter constellation of Orion, home to our nearest stellar nursery, where thousands of stars are being born. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

Double Star Party

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Patrick Moore joins a party in London, where astronomers cut through the light pollution to see the stars. Plus, a celebration of Sir Patrick's 88th birthday. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

The Spirit of Mars

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Featuring an interview with Prof Steve Squyres, investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, about the attempts to rescue the ensnared rover, Spirit. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Over 400 extra-solar planets have been discovered. Is anything living on them and if so, is it intelligent? Sir Patrick Moore debates the question of life in the universe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

Ghostly Travellers

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Comets are strange and exotic objects, the remnants from dead stars. Patrick Moore discusses NASA's EPOXI mission, which hopes to rendezvous with comet Hartley 2. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

The Sky at Night

The Great Bear

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Patrick Moore and his team look at Ursa Major, a highly recognisable constellation and a rich source of galaxies, double and variable stars and the Hubble Deep Field. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Jane Fletcher
Executive Producer:
William Lyons