Ancient Skies

Documentary 2019

With breathtaking CGI, beautiful landscape footage, and some of the world’s most important astronomical artifacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors.

Documentary 2019

PG

Starring Phil Plait, Amelia Clover, Jason Alan Carvell

EPISODE 1

Götter und Dämonen

Exploring the relationship between humans and the skies, from how ancestors used the sky to navigate and tell time to the birth of modern science.

45 min · Jul 24, 2019 PG
EPISODE 2

Finding the Center

Tracking major changes in scientific understanding about Earth, from flat Earth legends to Galileo's telescope.

45 min · Jul 31, 2019 PG
EPISODE 3

Unendliche Weiten

Moments in history that reshape the solar system and provide an understanding of the universe.

45 min · Aug 7, 2019 PG

Phil Plait

Self
Amelia Clover

Voice
Jason Alan Carvell

Narrator
Adam Luria

Director
Steve Maher

Producer

About

Ancient Skies

DOCUMENTARY

With breathtaking CGI, beautiful landscape footage, and some of the world’s most important astronomical artifacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors.

Information

Studio: PBS
Released: 2019
Rated: PG
Regions of Origin: United Kingdom, United States

Languages

Original Audio: English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.