Series 1 Plot
Voyage across the solar system with Professor Brian Cox and explore the new discoveries, natural wonders and strange mysteries on the diverse worlds that orbit the sun.
Solar System Series 1 aired on October 7th, 2024.
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Series 1 Episodes
1. Volcano Worlds
Professor Brian Cox explores planets and moons covered in volcanoes. He encounters alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice - eruptions so violent they reach into space.
2. Dark Worlds
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's hidden realms, between and beyond the planets, where countless worlds lie hiding in the darkness.
3. Storm Worlds
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's wildest weather, encountering powerful lightning, strange metallic frosts and monsoon rains on a moon a billion kilometres from Earth.
4. Ice Worlds
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's ice giants, frozen moons and worlds where ice behaves in unimaginable ways.
5. Strange Worlds
Professor Brian Cox explores the solar system's misfits and oddballs and investigates the forces that sculpted the bizarre features on these strange worlds.
