Season 1

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  8.6/10387 votes

  A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2019

  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?

  Director: Martin Johnson, Stephen Cooter

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.6/10333 votes

  The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/2019

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

  Director: Stephen Cooter

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.7/10319 votes

  The Godfather: Jupiter

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/11/2019

  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.

  Director: Stephen Cooter

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.8/10297 votes

  Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/2019

  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.

  Director: Stephen Cooter, Nic Stacey

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.7/10257 votes

  Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/2019

  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.

  Director: Martin Johnson, Stephen Cooter

  Writer: Unknown