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Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores people's intimate relationship with the Moon, a familiar presence in the sky that most take for granted. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Helen Thomas
Director:
Tim Lambert

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Documentary revealing the vital role that satellites play in the daily life of the modern world and exploring the huge advances they have made possible. Show more

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Series 5

Episode 11: Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Miranda Krestovnikoff

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Celebrities hunt for antiques across the UK. This episode's celebrities are two of the nation's best-loved scientists - Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Miranda Krestovnikoff. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Monty Don and Joe Swift round up the week's events and they meet the designer of the show garden that has won the coveted People's Choice Award. Show more

Saturday Live

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein meet space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock and hear the Inheritance Tracks of MOBO founder Kanya King. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Coles
Presenter:
Suzy Klein
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Interviewed Guest:
Jerri Truhill
Interviewed Guest:
John Jacomb
Interviewed Guest:
Kanya King

Saturday Live

Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock; The Alarm's Mike and Jules Peters; Ali Payne, who is searching for her copy of The Alchemist; actress Helen Lederer; and writer Ann Cleeves. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Peters
Interviewed Guest:
Jules Peters
Interviewed Guest:
Ali Payne
Interviewed Guest:
Rehana Popal
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lederer
Interviewed Guest:
Ann Cleeves

Robot Wars

Battle of the Stars

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

The Brownlee brothers, Scott Mills, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Suzi Perry help design their own fighting robots to battle it out in the bulletproof Robot Wars arena. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Mentorn Scotland
Executive Producer:
Andrew Robertson
Series Producer:
Kirsten Highet
Series Producer:
Henry Imbert
Presenter:
Dara O Briain
Presenter:
Angela Scanlon
Commentator:
Jonathan Pearce
Participant:
Alistair Brownlee
Participant:
Jonny Brownlee
Participant:
Chris Stark
Participant:
Scott Mills
Participant:
Suzi Perry

The Let's Go Club

Series 2

Episode 19: Space, Stars and Scuba Diving!

First broadcast: on CBeebiesLatest broadcast: on CBeebies HD

Skills, moves and activities that children can attempt at home. This week the clubhouse reaches for the stars with a space special. Show more

The Sky at Night

The James Webb Road Trip

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

The Sky at Night team meets the scientists in the UK researching the astonishing new data returned by the James Webb Space Telescope. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Production Coordinator:
Carisse Perks
Production Manager:
Charlie Bennett
Researcher:
Chris Johnston
Executive Producer:
Steve Crabtree
Producer:
Amena Hasan
Producer:
Marina Hui
Director:
Marina Hui

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Insight - NASA's latest mission to Mars - goes in search of the secrets below its surface to reveal how the planet was formed and why it is so different from the Earth. Show more

The Sky at Night

Guide to the Galaxy

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The team unveil the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way ever, which reveals that there may be 50 per cent more stars in the galaxy than previously thought. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Michael Lachmann
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Telescope Takeover

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The team travel to La Palma in the Canary Islands where they take control of some of the world's largest telescopes to view the sky's most spectacular sights. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Michael Lachmann
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Life beyond Venus

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Chris and Maggie report on the reaction to the dramatic announcement of the discovery of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus, a gas that could be a sign of life. Show more

The Sky at Night

The State of Astronomy

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock consider the state of astronomy in 2020 and wonder what new, exciting discoveries await us across the rest of the decade. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The team looks at the cosmic impacts which have shaped the universe around us, from asteroids crashing into the surface of the moon to galaxies colliding with each other. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Presenter:
Mark Miodownik
Series Producer:
Rob Liddell
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Hubble: The Five Greatest Images of the Cosmos

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The 'top five' images the Hubble Space Telescope has produced, transforming our understanding of the universe and our place in it. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Rob Liddell
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Cosmic Blasts

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The Sky at Night team look at cosmic explosions, including those of our sun and the most violent and energetic events in the universe, gamma ray bursts. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Ben Wilson
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Guides

Episode 1: Planets

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Using the archives, Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes us on a voyage of discovery through our exploration of the planets, highlighting astonishing achievements and stunning imagery. Show more

The Sky at Night

Guides

Comets and Asteroids

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Comets and asteroids have been witnessed in our skies for millennia, but only now can we see these tiny, mysterious worlds up close. What will the next one bring us? Show more