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The Best Episodes of The Sky at Night

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Sky at Night Season 46 Episode 7 - The Birth and Death of the Universe
    9.2/10(10 votes)

    #1 - The Birth and Death of the Universe

    S46:E7

    In this historic interview Patrick Moore talks to Professor Stephen Hawking about his cosmological theories and finds out how our Universe started.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the night sky during the coming month.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 4 - The Astronomer Royal at 80
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Astronomer Royal at 80

    S66:E4

    Martin Rees is perhaps Britain’s most renowned cosmologist. Now, about to celebrate his eightieth birthday, Lord Rees talks to Chris Lintott about his career in science.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 9 - The Multiverse of Mystery
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Multiverse of Mystery

    S66:E9

    The Sky at Night in the Multiverse of Mystery is a magical journey into the far-flung ideas at the very edge of scientific knowledge, exploring the concepts that today seem like science fiction but may one day become science fact. Delving into the archive at the Royal Society, we look at the dreamers who first considered the possibility of travelling to the moon and black holes long before they could be proven to exist. From there, the team explore some ideas and theories that today could be dismissed as fanciful thinking.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 5 - Telescopes
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Telescopes

    S1:E5

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the night sky during the coming month and discusses telescopes with Henry Wildey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 2 - Exoplanets and Antarctica
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Exoplanets and Antarctica

    S66:E2

    New scientific methods to discover exoplanets, and how the winter dakness in Antarctica helps here.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 5 - The Sky at Day
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Sky at Day

    S66:E5

    The British weather is often the enemy of stargazers up and down the country. A forecast of a couple of hours of cloud cover will disappoint even the most determined amateur astronomers. In this programme, the Sky at Night becomes the 'Sky at Day', providing an alternative range of spectacles to observe and activities to partake in, ideal when the nights are short and the stars are hiding behind the clouds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 7 - Photographing the Universe
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Photographing the Universe

    S66:E7

    For centuries, humans have been drawing what they see in the night sky through telescopes. But there is something about a photograph that can make you feel you are right there, up close to the moon, planet, star or galaxy you are looking at. Having the light from those distance objects, fixed in an image, has meant scientists can analyse and understand the beautiful universe around us. So, this month, the Sky at Night is looking at the wonderful world of astrophotography.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 1 - Arend-Roland Comet
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Arend-Roland Comet

    S1:E1

    Patrick Moore tells you what to look for in the night sky during the coming month. The first of a regular monthly series.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 6 - New Comet
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - New Comet

    S1:E6

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and talks to Clive Hare, the boy who first saw the New Comet in England.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 1 - Dark Skies
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Dark Skies

    S66:E1

    The team explores light pollution and what might be done to mitigate its effects.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 8 - Question Time
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Question Time

    S66:E8

    A special ‘Question Time’ edition of the programme, recorded at The Venue in De Montford University, Leicester, as part of the British Science Association’s annual science festival. Chris, Maggie and Pete are joined on stage by planetary scientist Dr Suzie Imber and astronomer Professor Nial Tanvir to answer questions from viewers, covering all things astronomical – from the size of the universe to the possible nature of alien life.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Sky at Night Season 67 Episode 1 - The Search for Alien Life
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Search for Alien Life

    S67:E1

    The Sky at Night team investigate the latest science used in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, including a major mission to Jupiter's icy moons.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the night sky during the coming month.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 8 - Britain's First Planetarium
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Britain's First Planetarium

    S1:E8

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and gives, with Reginald Edds and A. H. Degenhardt, a preview of Britain's first Planetarium.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 7 - The Sun
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Sun

    S1:E7

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and talks about the Sun to Colin Ronan, F.R.A.S.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Sky at Night Season 2 Episode 1 - The Winter Sky
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Winter Sky

    S2:E1

    Patrick Moore shows you the wonders of the winter sky during the coming month.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Sky at Night Season 2 Episode 2 - Radio Astronomy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Radio Astronomy

    S2:E2

    Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. Roger Jennison of Jodrell Bank how radio astronomy is increasing our knowledge of the Universe.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Sky at Night Season 2 Episode 3 - The Plough
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Plough

    S2:E3

    Patrick Moore discusses the most famous of all the constellations.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Sky at Night Season 2 Episode 4 - Penumbral Eclipse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Penumbral Eclipse

    S2:E4

    Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming penumbral eclipse of the Moon, and Mercury the nearest planet to the Sun.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Sky at Night Season 2 Episode 5 - The Moon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Moon

    S2:E5

    Tonight Patrick Moore is at the Hampstead Observatory. If weather conditions are suitable television cameras will bring live pictures of the moon's surface.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Sky at Night Season 2 Episode 6 - Jupiter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Jupiter

    S2:E6

    Patrick Moore talks about the largest planet, its family of moons, and its mysterious changing red spot.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Sky at Night Season 2 Episode 7 - Dwarf and Giant Stars
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Dwarf and Giant Stars

    S2:E7

    Patrick Moore talks about the life history of a star.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Birth and Death of the Universe" is the best rated episode of "The Sky at Night". It scored 9.2/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/24/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 4".