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The Sky At Night

Season 1991 1991
TV-G

  • 1991-01-20T22:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012) began presenting The Sky at Night in April 1957. Airing a new episode every month, the show continues to explore our solar system and beyond. It is the longest running science show on TV. Many famous people have appeared on The Sky at Night, among them: Harlow Shapley, Carl Sagan and Jocelyn Bell-Burnell. Many astronauts have also appeared, including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Recordings of most of the early episodes no longer exist.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

1991-01-20T22:00:00Z

1991x01 Mars - The Red Planet

Season Premiere

1991x01 Mars - The Red Planet

  • 1991-01-20T22:00:00Z30m

Millisecond pulsars

1991-03-10T22:00:00Z

1991x03 Jupiter And Family

1991x03 Jupiter And Family

  • 1991-03-10T22:00:00Z30m

Observing Jupiter

1991-03-31T21:00:00Z

1991x04 Bombardment From Space

1991x04 Bombardment From Space

  • 1991-03-31T21:00:00Z30m

Cosmic rays

1991-04-28T21:00:00Z

1991x05 Wanderers In Space

1991x05 Wanderers In Space

  • 1991-04-28T21:00:00Z30m

A study of comets

1991-05-26T21:00:00Z

1991x06 Guarding Their Secrets

1991x06 Guarding Their Secrets

  • 1991-05-26T21:00:00Z30m

Active galaxy BL Lacs

A look at the ringed world

1991-07-28T21:00:00Z

1991x08 Soviet Space Astronomy

1991x08 Soviet Space Astronomy

  • 1991-07-28T21:00:00Z30m

The latest developments in Soviet space science

1991-08-25T21:00:00Z

1991x09 The Pole Star

1991x09 The Pole Star

  • 1991-08-25T21:00:00Z30m

How to find Polaris

1991-09-22T21:00:00Z

1991x10 A Galaxy In Creation?

1991x10 A Galaxy In Creation?

  • 1991-09-22T21:00:00Z30m

The most luminous object ever discovered

The Hubble Space Telescope - achievements so far

1991x12 Nothing But Blue Skies?

  • 1991-11-17T22:00:00Z30m

The problems of light pollution

1991-12-08T22:00:00Z

1991x13 The Strangest Planet

1991x13 The Strangest Planet

  • 1991-12-08T22:00:00Z30m

The discovery by a team at Jodrell Bank of a planet moving round a neutron star

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