The Sky at Night

NR1957•30m•8.4/10

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Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

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Returning Series

First Aired

April 24, 1957

Last Aired

November 10, 2025

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BBC Four

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Arend-Roland Comet

Air date: 1957-04-24

Patrick Moore tells you what to look for in the night sky during the coming month. The first of a regular monthly series.

Episode 2

Air date: 1957-05-22

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the night sky during the coming month.

Episode 3

Air date: 1957-06-20

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month.

Episode 4

Air date: 1957-07-25

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the night sky during the coming month.

Telescopes

Air date: 1957-08-19

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the night sky during the coming month and discusses telescopes with Henry Wildey.

New Comet

Air date: 1957-09-19

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and talks to Clive Hare, the boy who first saw the New Comet in England.

The Sun

Air date: 1957-10-19

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and talks about the Sun to Colin Ronan, F.R.A.S.

Britain's First Planetarium

Air date: 1957-11-16

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and gives, with Reginald Edds and A. H. Degenhardt, a preview of Britain's first Planetarium.

Episode 9

Air date: 1957-12-14

Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month.