Wonders of the Solar System (2010)

Genre

popular science

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Physicist Brian Cox hosts a documentary series exploring the solar system. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of the solar system and highlights a related wonder.

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What happens

Wonders of the Solar System is a 2010 television series co-produced by the BBC and Science Channel, and hosted by physicist Brian Cox. Wonders of the Solar System was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 7 March 2010. The series comprises five episodes, each of which focuses on an aspect of the Solar System and features a 'wonder' relevant to the theme. The series was described as one of the most successful to appear on BBC Two in recent years. An accompanying book with the same name was also published. On 31 March 2011, the series won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in documentary film-making. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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