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The Sky at Night
First Air Date: 1957-04-24
Seasons: 69
Episodes: 413
Rating: 8.3/10
Overview:
Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.
Genres: Documentary, News
📺 Seasons
Episode 1: The Winter Sky
Episode 2: Radio Astronomy
Episode 3: The Plough
Episode 4: Penumbral Eclipse
Episode 5: The Moon
Episode 6: Jupiter
Episode 7: Dwarf and Giant Stars
Episode 8: Moon Missions
Episode 9: Telescopes
Episode 10: The Universe
Episode 11: Mars
Episode 12: The Craters on the Moon
Episode 1: Life and Death of the Sun
Episode 2: Life and Death of the Sun
Episode 3: Mercury and the Moon
Episode 4: Twin Stars
Episode 5: The Shape of our Galaxy
Episode 6: Minor Planets
Episode 7: Life on Venus
Episode 8: Lights in the Sky
Episode 9: The Ringed Planet
Episode 10: Topical Events
Episode 11: The Front and the Back of the Moon
Episode 12: Pairs of Suns
Episode 13: The Star in the East
Episode 1: The Great Spiral
Episode 2: Uranus
Episode 3: Why Stars Twinkle
Episode 4: Visitor from Space
Episode 5: Uranus
Episode 6: Star Clouds of Sagittarius
Episode 7: Other Moons
Episode 8: Celestial Fireworks
Episode 9: Measuring the Universe
Episode 10: Moonscape
Episode 11: Make-up of the Stars
Episode 12: Astronomy in Russia
Episode 13: Tektites
Episode 1: Storms in the Sun
Episode 2: Life on Mars
Episode 3: Life on the Moon?
Episode 4: Venus
Episode 5: Radio Astronomy and the Amateur
Episode 6: Cosmic Debris
Episode 7: Saturn Live?
Episode 8: Astronomy in Space
Episode 9: Has the Earth Three Moons?
Episode 10: How Many Stars in the Pleiades?
Episode 11: A Telescope for Christmas
Episode 1: Volcanoes or Meteorites?
Episode 2: Life in the Universe?
Episode 3: The Farthest Planet
Episode 4: Space Needles
Episode 5: The Space Fog
Episode 6: Astronomy and the Ancients
Episode 7: Signals from Jupiter
Episode 8: Saturn
Episode 9: Keeping Space Clean
Episode 10: The Demon Star
Episode 11: Journey to Venus
Episode 12: The Moving Earth
Episode 1: Space '63
Episode 2: Space Stations for Mars
Episode 3: Venus Revealed
Episode 4: Exploding Stars
Episode 5: Science Fiction and Science Fact
Episode 6: Birth of the Planets
Episode 7: The Active Moon
Episode 8: Superflare
Episode 9: Moon Base
Episode 10: Measuring the Universe
Episode 11: Jupiter Disturbed
Episode 12: Star Myths
Episode 1: The Ghosts of the Universe
Episode 2: Signals from Jupiter
Episode 3: Rock or Dust?
Episode 4: Space Navigation
Episode 5: Ancient and Modern
Episode 6: Moon Gathering
Episode 7: Midsummer Sense
Episode 8: Quasars
Episode 9: Red Giant, Yellow Planet, Blue Sun
Episode 10: Explosion in Space
Episode 11: How Old is the Earth?
Episode 1: Unwelcome Atmosphere
Episode 2: Up in a Balloon
Episode 3: Lava or Dust?
Episode 4: Ancient Lore
Episode 5: Naked Eye Astronomy
Episode 6: How Long is a Day?
Episode 7: Space Weather
Episode 8: Communicating with Other Worlds
Episode 9: Mars in Shot
Episode 10: Re-thinking the Universe
Episode 11: Ninety-Eight Inches
Episode 12: The Unsteady Universe
Episode 13: The Extra Planet
Episode 1: The Moons of Jupiter
Episode 2: The Barwell Meteorite
Episode 3: Man on the Moon?
Episode 4: Stars in their Courses
Episode 5: Solar Eclipse
Episode 6: Royal Observators
Episode 7: Activity on the Moon
Episode 8: Sun Time
Episode 9: The Outer Galaxies
Episode 10: The Planet with the Rings
Episode 11: Fireworks from Space
Episode 12: The End of the World
Episode 1: The Giant Planet
Episode 2: Observing Earth Satellites
Episode 3: Gas-Clouds in Space
Episode 4: The Craters on the Moon
Episode 5: Ten Years of Astronomy
Episode 6: A new look at Mars
Episode 7: Vega
Episode 8: Lord Rosse's Great Telescope
Episode 9: Exploding Stars
Episode 10: Invisible Astronomy
Episode 11: Cameras round the Moon
Episode 12: Venus Observed
Episode 13: Lumps from Outer Space
Episode 1: Home-Built Observatories
Episode 2: Calendars of Other Worlds
Episode 3: The New Planetarium
Episode 4: Black Clouds in the Galaxy
Episode 5: Flights of Space Fancy
Episode 6: A Close Pass by Icarus
Episode 7: The Unquiet Sun
Episode 8: Pulsars
Episode 9: The Structure of the Moon
Episode 10: The Siberian Eclipse of the Sun
Episode 11: The Eclipse of the Sun
Episode 12: The 'Clocks' of Space
Episode 13: Venus, The Hot Planet
Episode 14: The Moon and the Earth
Episode 1: The Moon - A New Era
Episode 2: How Much Can You See?
Episode 3: Jupiter, the Giant Planet
Episode 4: The Moon and the Earth
Episode 5: Mars Target Two
Episode 6: When Venus Crosses the Sun
Episode 7: The Needles of Space
Episode 8: The Weather of Mars
Episode 9: Relativity
Episode 10: Stars that Come and Go
Episode 11: The Moons of Saturn
Episode 12: The Grand Tour
Episode 13: A 'Sky at Night' Special 1969 - Year of Space
Episode 1: Wanderers in Space
Episode 2: Orion
Episode 3: The Crab Nebula
Episode 4: Photography on the Moon
Episode 5: When Mercury Crosses the Sun
Episode 6: Amateur Astronomers
Episode 7: Steering by the Stars
Episode 8: The Moons of Mars
Episode 9: Astronomers in the Space Age
Episode 10: Moon-quakes!
Episode 11: Rockets to the Planet
Episode 12: Infra-Red Astronomy
Episode 13: Planets of Other Suns
Episode 1: The Approach of Mars
Episode 2: Things are Seldom What They Seem
Episode 3: Sirius, the Dog-Star
Episode 4: A Black Hole in Space?
Episode 5: Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet
Episode 6: Orbiting Space-Stations
Episode 7: Tracking the Stars
Episode 8: How Far Are the Stars?
Episode 9: Mars Comes Close
Episode 10: The Life and Death of a Star
Episode 11: Kepler, Genius and Mystic
Episode 12: Mars
Episode 13: The Royal Observatory Telescope
Episode 1: The Great Bear
Episode 2: X-Ray Stars
Episode 3: Mars - A Dynamic World
Episode 4: What Do You Want to Know?
Episode 5: Fifteenth Anniversary
Episode 6: The Tenth Planet?
Episode 7: Midsummer and Megaliths
Episode 8: Jupiter - The Colossal Planet
Episode 9: The Andromeda Galaxy
Episode 10: An Exploded Planet?
Episode 11: Mars
Episode 12: Collapsing Stars
Episode 13: Tycho's Star
Episode 1: 1973 - an Exciting Year!
Episode 2: Practical Work in the Observatory
Episode 3: Sirius - The Brightest Star
Episode 4: The Eclipse of the Century
Episode 5: How Big are the Planets?
Episode 6: The Colours of the Stars
Episode 7: The African Eclipse
Episode 8: Navigational Astronomy
Episode 9: Venus - A Cratered World
Episode 10: The Moon Illusion
Episode 11: The Volcanoes of Mars
Episode 12: When Mercury Crosses the Sun
Episode 13: Pioneer to Jupiter
Episode 1: Forty-Five Years of Star-Gazing
Episode 2: Galactic Whirlpools
Episode 3: A Tale of Two Bears
Episode 4: Twelve Men on the Moon
Episode 5: Southern Eyes
Episode 6: The Birth of the Universe
Episode 7: Star In Your Eyes
Episode 8: Apocalyptic Asteroid
Episode 9: The Long Wave
Episode 10: Picture Perfect
Episode 11: Radio Revolution
Episode 12: A Royal Celebration
Episode 1: Hot Stuff
Episode 2: Astro Art
Episode 3: The Dark Side
Episode 4: Beagle 2
Episode 5: The Shadow
Episode 6: Highland Ring
Episode 7: Space Scouts
Episode 8: Mars, the Next Frontier
Episode 9: Out of the Dark Ages
Episode 10: SMART Way to the Moon
Episode 11: Jupiter and Galileo
Episode 12: Cosmic Wanderers
Episode 1: Music of the Spheres
Episode 2: Mars Invasion
Episode 3: Cosmic Vision
Episode 4: Digging for Dark Matter
Episode 5: Star Birth
Episode 6: The 2004 Transit of Venus
Episode 7: Moons of Saturn
Episode 8: Cassini at Saturn
Episode 9: Robo Scope
Episode 10: Planet Quest
Episode 11: Star Death
Episode 12: Wide Eyed
Episode 1: Lord of the Rings
Episode 2: Unveiling Titan
Episode 3: Strangers in the Night
Episode 4: Star Party
Episode 5: Eye on the Universe
Episode 6: The Shocking Sun
Episode 7: Deep Impact
Episode 8: Fallout From Deep Impact
Episode 9: The Search for Life
Episode 10: Sky Survey
Episode 11: Planets
Episode 12: Mars and the Ring of Fire
Episode 13: Celestial Zoo
Episode 1: Journey to the Edge
Episode 2: On Top of the World
Episode 3: Mapping the Moon
Episode 4: The Loveliest Planet
Episode 5: A Spin Around the Sun
Episode 6: Turkish Delight
Episode 7: Glorious Galaxies
Episode 8: Bangs in the Night
Episode 9: Wandering Giants
Episode 10: Return to the Red Planet
Episode 11: The Sun and Moon
Episode 12: Autumn Sky
Episode 13: The Evil Twin
Episode 14: The Sounds of Stars
Episode 1: Spaceman
Episode 2: Martian Adventures
Episode 3: Stunning Saturn
Episode 4: Time Lord - 50Th Anniversary
Episode 5: 50Th Anniversary - Birthday Party
Episode 6: Home from Home
Episode 7: Sting in the Tail
Episode 8: Robonet
Episode 9: Black Holes and Black Magic
Episode 10: Jodrell Bank
Episode 11: The Grand Collision
Episode 12: Meteor Mania
Episode 13: Sputniks Children
Episode 14: Last Man on the Moon
Episode 1: Cosmic Debris
Episode 2: Messenger to Mercury
Episode 3: Return to the Moon
Episode 4: The Sun Revealed
Episode 5: We Just Don't Know
Episode 6: Battle of the Giants
Episode 7: Rise of the Phoenix
Episode 8: Double Vision
Episode 9: Galaxy Zoo
Episode 10: Astral Autumn
Episode 11: Big Bangs
Episode 12: Other Worlds
Episode 1: Light Fantastic
Episode 2: The Merry Dancers
Episode 3: The Fountains of Enceladus
Episode 4: Herschel in the Red
Episode 5: Close Encounters
Episode 6: Neighbourhood Watch
Episode 7: Apollo 11: A Night to Remember
Episode 8: Mapping the Moon
Episode 9: The Apollo Miracle
Episode 10: Last Man on the Moon
Episode 11: Coronae of the Sun
Episode 12: Jupiter Rising
Episode 13: The Great Observatories
Episode 14: Lunar Impact
Episode 15: Exploring Mars
Episode 16: The Winter Sky
Episode 1: Twinkle Twinkle
Episode 2: The Spirit of Mars
Episode 3: Life
Episode 4: The Sun in Splendour
Episode 5: Ring World
Episode 6: Star Birth
Episode 7: The Universe from Atlantis
Episode 8: Monster Star
Episode 9: Events on Jupiter
Episode 10: Light Echoes
Episode 11: Ghostly Travellers
Episode 12: The Great Bear
Episode 1: Volcanoes of the Solar System
Episode 2: Orion the Hunter
Episode 3: 700 Not Out
Episode 4: Double Star Party
Episode 5: Storm Chasing
Episode 6: Cygnus the Swan
Episode 7: The Stars Indoors
Episode 8: Dawn at Vesta
Episode 9: Final Frontier
Episode 10: Pegasus and Andromeda
Episode 11: Curious about Mars
Episode 12: Outer Limits
Episode 1: Other Solar Systems
Episode 2: Age of the Infrared
Episode 3: Citizen Astronomy
Episode 4: Warp Factor 55
Episode 5: Moore's Marathon
Episode 6: Juice
Episode 7: Venus and the Midnight Sun
Episode 8: Home-grown Observatories
Episode 9: Curiosity at Mars
Episode 10: Moore Winter Marathon
Episode 11: The Story of Stuff
Episode 12: Mercury and the Moon
Episode 1: Reaching for the Stars
Episode 2: The Sun King
Episode 3: Moore Winter Marathon Results
Episode 4: They Fall to Earth
Episode 5: Stunning Saturn
Episode 6: Lives of the Stars
Episode 7: Solstice
Episode 8: Exploring Mars
Episode 9: Fatal Attraction
Episode 10: Space Surgery Special
Episode 11: Moore Moon Marathon
Episode 12: Comet Chasing
Episode 1: Jupiter: Weather and Moons
Episode 2: Sounds of the Universe
Episode 3: Mysterious Mars
Episode 4: How Gravity Shapes the Universe
Episode 5: Impacts
Episode 6: The Brightest Star
Episode 7: How to Catch a Comet
Episode 8: The Hunt for ET
Episode 9: Ice Giants
Episode 10: Rosetta: A Sky at Night Special
Episode 11: The Pillars of Creation
Episode 1: The Billion Pixel Camera
Episode 2: What Have UFOs Done for Us?
Episode 3: Hubble: The Five Greatest Images of the Cosmos
Episode 4: Venus, Earth's Twin
Episode 5: Rosetta Update - A Comet's Story
Episode 6: Pluto Revealed
Episode 7: Cosmic Blasts
Episode 8: Playing With a Clockwork Universe
Episode 9: Volcanoes of the Solar System
Episode 10: Second Earth?
Episode 11: The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special
Episode 1: Planet 9 From Outer Space
Episode 2: Five Greatest Images of the Solar System
Episode 3: Stephen Hawking on Black Holes
Episode 4: Mercury: The Problem Child of the Solar System
Episode 5: Secrets of the Whirlpool Galaxy
Episode 6: Juno: Mission to Jupiter
Episode 7: Interstellar: The Journey to Proxima Centauri
Episode 8: Goodbye Rosetta: A Sky At Night Special
Episode 9: Life on Mars
Episode 10: Review of the Year
Episode 1: Guide to the Galaxy
Episode 2: Telescope Takeover
Episode 3: 60th Anniversary Special
Episode 4: Inside God's Observatory
Episode 5: Into the Dark Zone
Episode 6: It Came From Outer Space
Episode 7: Cassini - The Gamechanger
Episode 8: Return to the Moon?
Episode 9: In the Blink of an Eye
Episode 10: Wonders of the Night Sky
Episode 1: The Invisible Universe
Episode 2: The Mystery of 'Oumuamua
Episode 3: Mars: Red and Dead?
Episode 4: Gaia: A Galactic Revolution
Episode 5: Jupiter: Up Close and Personal
Episode 6: Outback Astronomy
Episode 7: Death Star
Episode 8: Expedition Asteroid
Episode 9: Space Britannia
Episode 10: First Rock from the Sun
Episode 11: The Flying Telescope
Episode 1: Beyond Pluto
Episode 2: Is Cosmology in Crisis?
Episode 3: Marsquake!
Episode 4: Supermassive Black Hole
Episode 5: Return to the Moon
Episode 6: The Moon, the Mission and the BBC
Episode 7: Space Mission Special
Episode 8: Alien Worlds
Episode 9: Question Time
Episode 10: Rosetta: The Comet's Tale
Episode 11: Review of the Year
Episode 1: A Beginner's Guide
Episode 2: Here Comes the Sun
Episode 3: Locked Up But Looking Up
Episode 4: Different Planet, Different Sky
Episode 5: Stars: A Matter of Life and Death
Episode 6: Mars: Planet of Dreams
Episode 7: Life on Venus
Episode 8: Beyond the Visible
Episode 9: Life Beyond Venus
Episode 10: The State of Astronomy
Episode 1: Pick of the Year
Episode 2: Mars and Meteorites
Episode 3: Mapping the Milky Way
Episode 4: Space Boom Britain
Episode 5: ET and the BBC
Episode 6: Exploring Jupiter
Episode 7: Question Time
Episode 8: The Forgotten Solar System
Episode 9: Telescopes through Time
Episode 10: Review Of The Year
Episode 1: The Search for Alien Life
Episode 2: Will an Asteroid Destroy Earth?
Episode 3: The UK Space Race
Episode 4: Is There Anybody Out There?
Episode 5: Black Holes: Searching for the Unknown
Episode 6: The Very Large Telescope
Episode 7: Question Time Special
Episode 8: The Sky at Night Meets The Infinite Monkey Cage