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The Best Episodes of The Planets Season 1

Every episode of The Planets Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Planets Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Planets Season 1

Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.

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  1. 8.8/10(291 votes)

    #1 - Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn

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    S1:E4

    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.

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  2. 8.7/10(311 votes)

    #2 - The Godfather: Jupiter

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    S1:E3

    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.

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  3. 8.7/10(251 votes)

    #3 - Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds

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    S1:E5

    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.

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  4. 8.6/10(379 votes)

    #4 - A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets

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    S1:E1

    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?

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  5. 8.6/10(326 votes)

    #5 - The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars

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    S1:E2

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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn" is the best rated episode of "The Planets" season 1. It scored 8.8/10 based on 291 votes. Directed by Stephen Cooter, Nic Stacey and written by N/A, it aired on 6/18/2019. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Godfather: Jupiter".