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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

The One Show

01/11/2023

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HD

Available for 7 months

A special Beatles-inspired One Show telling the story of how the last ever Beatles song was recorded. Giles Martin, John Bishop and Lauren Laverne join Alex Jones and Ronan Keating. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Jones
Presenter:
Ronan Keating
Interviewed Guest:
Giles Martin
Interviewed Guest:
John Bishop
Interviewed Guest:
Lauren Laverne
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Participant:
Matt Allwright

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Maggie Aderin-Pocock joins Chris Packham on the sofa, encouraging viewers to look to the skies both day and night, and Lindsey Chapman feeds in audience questions. 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

The Sky at Night

The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special

Duration: 58 minutes

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

The team go in search of the potential causes of the Star of Bethlehem. The list of candidates includes supernovae, comets, meteors and unusual alignments of the giant planets. Show more

The Sky at Night

Mars: Red and Dead?

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Maggie and Chris reveal the latest results from Nasa's Curiosity and Esa's ExoMars TGO missions that are attempting to find signs of life on Mars. Show more

The Sky at Night

Gaia: A Galactic Revolution

Duration: 29 minutes

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

How ESA's Gaia Space telescope has been mapping the heavens, from the discovery of wandering black holes to a new age map of the Milky Way. Show more

The Sky at Night

Jupiter: Up Close and Personal

Duration: 30 minutes

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

How Nasa's Juno spacecraft's images of Jupiter provide new insight, from an understanding of its formation to revelations about its raging storms. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

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

An examination of how damaging a coronal mass ejection could be and how two new satellites that will travel closer to the sun than ever before can better prepare us. Show more

The Sky at Night

Expedition Asteroid

Duration: 29 minutes

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

A look one of the most difficult feats of space exploration as the US and Japan attempt to bring a piece of an asteroid back to Earth. Show more

The Sky at Night

Space Britannia

Duration: 29 minutes

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

A look at Britain's attempt to become a major player in the modern space race. Guest presenter Tim Peake celebrates Britain's past achievements in space. Show more

The Sky at Night

First Rock from the Sun

Duration: 29 minutes

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

The Sky at Night investigates how Mercury probe BepiColombo was built, how it will get to Mercury and what it hopes to discover. Show more

The Sky at Night

Telescope on a Plane!

Duration: 29 minutes

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

The Sky at Night takes to the air on board the largest airborne observatory in the world – a specially modified jumbo jet, flying out of California. Show more

The Sky at Night

Beyond Pluto

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Nasa's New Horizons probe notches up another historic first - the first ever Kuiper belt fly-by and an encounter with a chunk of rock and ice four billion miles from Earth. Show more

The Sky at Night

Is Cosmology in Crisis?

Duration: 29 minutes

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

We know that distant galaxies are racing away from us. But just how fast is the Universe expanding? Scientists are yet to agree on an answer. Show more

The Sky at Night

Supermassive Black Hole

Duration: 29 minutes

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

A behind-the-scenes encounter with the scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope, which captured the first-ever picture of a supermassive black hole. Show more

The Sky at Night

Return to the Moon

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first astronaut to set foot on the moon. Fifty years on, are we on the verge of a new golden age in lunar exploration? Show more