The Planets · S1 · E4
Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
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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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.
Season 1
1A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
58 minMay 28, 2019★ 8.2
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?
2The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
58 minJun 4, 2019
Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.
3The Godfather: Jupiter
58 minJun 11, 2019★ 8.5
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.
4Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
58 minJun 18, 2019★ 8.6Now viewing
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.
5Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
58 minJun 25, 2019
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.