List of episodes of the series «The Planets»

A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

• User score: 7.8
• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  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?

The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

• User score: 7.8
• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.

The Godfather: Jupiter

• User score: 8.2
• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

• User score: 8.2
• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

• User score: 9.3
• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 58 min.
• Episode description:
  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.