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Season 1 – Solar System

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Voyaging across the solar system with Professor Brian Cox, exploring new discoveries, natural wonders, and strange mysteries on the diverse worlds that orbit the sun.

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Solar System — Season 1

Critics Reviews

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Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 11/27/2024
4/5
The smashed egg notwithstanding, this is grown-up, educational content which, hallelujah, doesn’t address us like we have a reading age of five. Go to Full Review Camilla Long The Times (UK) 10/14/2024
I loved this show, just as I loved the previous show, although I do wonder if Cox’s heart is still in it. Go to Full Review Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) 10/07/2024
2/5
It’s all beautifully shot, and Cox is good at explaining the science in layman’s terms without treating the audience like idiots. But you’re left with the impression that BBC executives get together once a year to say: We need to hit the science quota... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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tom r 11/08/2024 "It is all b eautifully shot!"says another reviewer. Who cares?! Was this an excuse for Brian Cox to enjoy visiting exotic locations only to make amateurish demonstrations of some point or other, that would have better made in a studio with better props, or more informative. Too much irrelevant CGI obviously added to give drama, but incidentally giving false impressions of scale (Planets too big, distances too small). Ten minutes of content stretched out to an hour. By the way ... when rocks crash together in space ther is no sound, as ther is no air to carry the vibration, so why did some numpty add crashing sound effects? If the intention was to educate with accurate information this is a fail. If it was merely intended to entertain ... then tagain it is a fail. Whatever happened to the wonderful Science programs, with lots of content, that the BBC used to produce 40 or 50 years ago? See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Brian Cox

Host

Suzy Boyles

Producer

Alice Jones

Producer

Gideon Bradshaw

Executive Producer

Andrew Cohen

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 7, 2024 Volcano Worlds Focusing on faraway landscapes that are bursting with fire and ice; Professor Cox goes on a journey across the solar system for a look at volcanic eruptions so vast they reach into space; learning why these violent explosions hold the keys to life. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 7, 2024 Dark Worlds Wandering in the spaces between and beyond the planets, where countless worlds exist without any light at all; peeking inside hidden realms that stretch halfway to the nearest star and find out what lies outside the reaches of the most powerful telescopes. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 7, 2024 Storm Worlds Exploring powerful lightning, mountains with strange, metallic frosts and monsoon rains on a moon that is a billion miles away from Earth. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 7, 2024 Ice Worlds Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's frozen worlds; he meets the dwarf planet where mountains of solid ice float across the surface, the black and white moon painted with frost and a world illuminated by a strange form of ice. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 7, 2024 Strange Worlds Brian journeys across the solar system and explores its weirdest worlds, the misfits and oddballs; he discovers the forces that sculpted bizarre features and strange phenomena. Details

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Solar System — Season 1

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Gideon Bradshaw, Andrew Cohen
Network
BBC
Genre
Special Interest, Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Oct 7, 2024