8.6/10363 votes#1 - 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: N/A
8.6/10314 votes#2 - 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: N/A
8.7/10299 votes#3 - 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: N/A
8.8/10279 votes#4 - 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: N/A
8.7/10241 votes#5 - 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: N/A
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Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets" is the best rated episode of "The Planets" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 363 votes. Directed by Martin Johnson, Stephen Cooter and written by N/A, it aired on 5/28/2019. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars".