Complete Cosmos, The (5 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Series of 25 10-minute programmes on space and astronomy.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) each
- Notes
- Broadcast on C4 from 25/9/98.
- Uses
- Age 11 and up.
- Subjects
- Space science
- Keywords
- cosmology
Credits
- Director
- David Taylor; John Mason; Martyn Ives
- Producer
- David Taylor; John Mason; Martyn Ives
Sections
- Title
- Sun and the inner planets
- Synopsis
- 1: Looking outward from the sun to Mercury, Venus, earth and the moon: 1) Our Star is Born: the sun; 2) Mercury; 3) Venus; 4) Blue Planet: the earth; 5) Moon.
- Title
- Mars and the outer planets
- Synopsis
- 2: From Mars to the gas giants, Pluto and the realm of the comets: 6) Red Planet: Mars; 7) Jupiter; 8) Saturn; 9) Uranus and Neptune; 10) Realm of the Comets: includes the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt.
- Title
- Blast off!
- Synopsis
- 3: Space exploration: 11) Earth Patrol: monitoring satellites; 12) Space Frontier: human space exploration; 13) High Life: living and working in space; 14) Robots: probes on Mars, Jupiter, Titan; 15: Where Next?.
- Title
- Space watch
- Synopsis
- 4: The skieds unveiled - discovery, light shows, 'invisible' astronomy, ipactors, extra-terrestrial life: 16) Pioneers: astronomy and astronomers - Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Hubble; 17) Eclipses and Aurorae; 18) Impact! (comets and asteroids);
- Title
- Deep space
- Synopsis
- 5: Through our galaxy to the depths of the universe and the beginnings of space and time: 21) Milky Way; 22) Hubble's Eye: the Hubble Space Telescope; 23) Infinity: the structure of the universe; 24) Big Bang, Big Crunch; 25) Black Holes, Dark Matter.
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Channel Four Television
- Phone
- 071-396 4444
- Address
- LONDON
SW1P 2TX
- Name
Denmark
- Name
Finland
- Name
France
Distributor
- Name
York Films of England
- office@yorkfilms.com
- Web
- http://www.yorkfilms.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01303 226 2345
- Fax
- 01303 858 196
- Address
- 23 Bradstone Avenue
Folkestone
Kent
CT19 5AQ - Notes
- York Films specialises in producing science programming for television, particularly space and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on using CGI. Several series are available for sale on DVD on topics including Nobel prizewinners, bee breeding and six programmes on the bicycle.
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