Name: The Planets
Released: 2019-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Brian Cox

TV Show · Documentary

Experience the most memorable events in the history of the solar system. Groundbreaking visual effects piece together the pasts of all eight planets and transport you to their dynamic surfaces to see waterfalls on Mars and the fate of Saturn.

2019 · 58m

Starring Brian Cox

Director Martin Johnson

EPISODE 1

A Moment in the Sun: The Terrestrial Planets

Join Professor Brian Cox to learn the extraordinary life story of our solar system. Our latest explorations reveal the unimaginable beauty and grandeur of eight planets whose stories we are only just beginning to understand.

44m
EPISODE 2

The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

Brian learns that the solar system was once home to two blue planets.

43m
EPISODE 3

The Godfather: Jupiter

Brian learns about the oldest planet in the solar system Jupiter, which uses its size to manipulate other planets.

43m
EPISODE 4

Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

Brian learns how Saturn began its life as a strange planet of rock and ice, born outside the snow line, with an abundance of building materials.

44m
EPISODE 5

Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system where the mysteries of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune remain in the shadows.

44m

Brian Cox

Host
Martin Johnson

Director
Andrew Cohen

Producer
Gideon Bradshaw

Producer

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