The Sky at Night Episodes Episode guide
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Jodrell - The Listening Bank
Patrick Moore reports on work at Jodrell Bank.
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The Exploding Star
Patrick Moore discusses the sighting of a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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The William Herschel Telescope
Patrick Moore visits La Palma where the world's most advanced telescope is located.
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A Celebration
Patrick Moore looks back at over 30 years of, The Sky At Night.
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Stellar Catastrophe
Patrick Moore talks about Supernova 1987a, an exploded star, with Dr Paul Murdin.
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The Study of Variable Stars
Patrick Moore describes how amateur astronomers work and reports on the star R Coronae.
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The Innermost Planet
Patrick Moore explains what he has learned at a US conference about the planet Mercury.
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The Spring Sky
Patrick Moore looks at constellations in the spring sky.
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Voyager To Uranus
Patrick Moore learns what Voyager 2 has to tell us about Uranus. (1986)
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Little Worlds
A look at the minor planets and asteroids orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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The Secret Lives of the Stars
Patrick Moore and the astronomer Heather Couper trace the life of a star.
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The Autumn Sky
Patrick Moore discusses phenomena visible in the autumn night sky.
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Illuminating Quasars
Patrick Moore looks at quasars.
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The Unfolding Universe
From 1982, Patrick Moore reports on what is happening at observatories around the world.
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The Changing Face of Venus
Discussion of how knowledge of Venus developed after discoveries by various space probes.
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The Winter Sky
Patrick Moore talks about lunar eclipses and describes features in the January night sky.
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The Star of Bethlehem
Patrick Moore explores various theories about what the Star of Bethlehem actually was.
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A Tribute to Sir Bernard Lovell
Sir Bernard Lovell talks to Patrick Moore.
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The Sword of Orion
Patrick Moore talks to three astronomers about their recent discoveries.
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Voyager 1 Reaches Saturn
Patrick Moore discusses the by-pass of Voyager 1, and Saturn and its satellites.
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Kitt Peak Observatory:the Solar Telescope
Sir Patrick Moore visits Kitt Peak National Observatory.
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The Man Who Discovered A Planet
Patrick Moore meets Professor Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto. (1980)
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Mapping the Sky
Patrick Moore talks about sky maps.
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The Message of Starlight
Spectroscopes show the different materials that exist in stars.
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Pioneer to Saturn
Patrick Moore discusses the first-ever attempt at surveying Saturn from close up. (1979)
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Looking at the Weather from Space
Patrick Moore and Michael Fish discuss how weather satellites revolutionised forecasting.
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Voyager to Jupiter
Discussion of Voyager 1's mission to Jupiter, the Great Red Spot and Jupiter's satellites.
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Is Life on Earth Unique?
Patrick Moore investigates whether life on Earth is unique.
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Where Did Life Begin?
Sir Fred Hoyle and Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe talk about their book, "Lifecloud".
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The Rocks on Venus
A discussion about Venus' surface following a 1975 Russian space probe to the planet.