The Planets

The Planets

2019
The Planets
The Planets

The Planets

9 | en | Documentary

Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.

View More

Seasons & Episodes

1
0
EP5  Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
Jun. 25,2019
Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.

EP4  Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
Jun. 18,2019
Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

Professor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice and in time transformed into a gas giant, ring-less and similar looking to its rival, Jupiter.

EP3  The Godfather: Jupiter
Jun. 11,2019
The Godfather: Jupiter

Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets.

EP2  The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
Jun. 04,2019
The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.

EP1  A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
May. 28,2019
A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet have lived radically different lives. What immense forces are at play?

SEE MORE
SEE MORE
9 | en | Documentary
Synopsis

Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.

...... View More
Cast

Brian Cox

Director

Julius Brighton

Producted By

Tencent Penguin Pictures , BBC Studios Science Unit

Trailers