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Episode 1 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July...

01: Empire of the Sun | Wonders of the Solar System

Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. He explores the...

Episode 2 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, this time travelling from ...

Episode 3 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble is in the Arctic, where spring arrives with a bang. Helen Czerski chases a tornado to show how the earth's angle...

01: Destiny | Wonders of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, Brian looks at the nature of time and its role in creating both...

01: The Sun: God Star | Universe

Since the first star lit up the universe, they have been engines of creation. Professor Brian Cox reveals how, ultimately, stars brought lif...

02: Stardust | Wonders of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, he seeks to answer the biggest questions of all - what are we ...

05: The Big Bang: Before the Dawn | Universe

It's the ultimate question: why are we here? Brian Cox explores how cutting-edge space missions take us back 13.8 billion years ...

01: Volcano Worlds | Solar System

Professor Brian Cox explores planets and moons covered in volcanoes. He encounters alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice - eruptions ...

03: Falling | Wonders of the Universe

Series in which Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, Brian takes on the story of the force that scul...

An introduction to the planets in the Solar System | The Planets

A short explanation of the planets and their order away from the Sun.

01: Seeing is Believing | Stephen Hawking's Universe

Professor Stephen Hawking explains the history of mankind's quest to explain the Universe. He shows how advances in tech...

03: Storm Worlds | Solar System

Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's wildest weather, encountering powerful lightning, strange metallic frosts and monsoon rains o...

03: The Godfather: Jupiter | The Planets

Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives...

04: Ice Worlds | Solar System

Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's ice giants, frozen moons and worlds where ice behaves in unimaginable ways.

04: Messengers | Wonders of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. He shows how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, ...

06: An Answer to Everything | Stephen Hawking's Universe

Professor Stephen Hawking explains how scientists are trying to unite the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics...

Proof of the accretion theory | The Planets

Accretion is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter.

Super Telescope: Mission to the Edge of the Universe | Horizon

The inside story of the James Webb Space Telescope, following the Nasa team building the £8 billion device and...

The centre of our solar system | Wonders of the Solar System

Professor Brian Cox describes each planet's perspective of the star at the centre of our solar system.