Genre Documentary Narrated by Samuel West Country of origin United Kingdom | Directed by David McNab Composer(s) Jim Meacock Original language(s) English | |
The Planets is an educational miniseries produced by the BBC and A&E and released in 1999. The series was remastered in 2004. It documents the Solar System and its nature, formation, and discovery by humans during the space age. The series of eight episodes includes a substantial amount of archival footage from both the United States and Soviet space programs. It also depicts the Solar System through computer graphics. There were a total of eight episodes produced for the series. The series featured appearances from famous pioneering space scientists and explorers, and was narrated by Samuel West.
Contents
Episodes
Commentators in episode 1 include Hal Levison, George Wetherill, and David Levy.
Commentators in episode 5 include Douglas Gough. Angelo Secchi is said to pioneer the field spectroscopy.
DVD release
The DVD of the series was released on 24 January 2000.
Book
A hardcover book accompanying the series broadcast was released on 22 April 1999. The Planets. David McNab and James Younger. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-08044-5