Episode 1

E1

Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.

Radio Watchers

E2

Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.

How the Universe Began

E3

Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.

Cambridge Telescope

E4

Patrick Moore explains the significance of a new telescope jointly planned by Cambridge University and the Harvard Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is being set up in Chile.

Town Astronomy

E5

Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.

Star Death

E6

Dr Robin Catchpole of the Royal Greenwich Observatory joins Patrick Moore to talk about supernova - the most tremendous outbursts known in nature involving the destruction of a massive star - from which astronomers can learn a great deal.

A Star and its Costar

E7

Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Planetary Nebulae

E8

Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.

Swarm around the Solar System

E9

Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.

Merlin - The Radio Wizard

E10

Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.

Tubes of Light

E11

Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.

Aerial Display

E12

Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.

Galactic Dustbins

E13

Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.