The Planets
Physicist Brian Cox explores the extraordinary life story of our solar system and the dramatic events that shaped the planets.
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Episode Title:A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
Brian Cox explores how the four planets closest to the Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars - battled the unbelievable violence of the early solar system.
Episode Title:The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
For millions of years, Mars enjoyed oceans blanketed by a thick atmosphere and a temperate climate. At the same moment, our beloved blue planet was toxic to life.
Episode Title:The Godfather: Jupiter
Jupiter alone witnessed the birth of the Sun and, ever since, its immense gravity has shaped the destiny of the other planets.
Episode Title:Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
Raised in the freezing outer reaches of the solar system, Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice.
Episode Title:Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.