- Title: The Planets: Are We Alone?
- Date: 6th September 1989
- Summary: WE KNOW THAT OUR LOCAL STAR, THE SUN, HAS A FAMILY OF NINE PLANETS - BUT HOW COMMON ARE PLANETS AROUNG OTHER STARS? IN TODAY'S PROGRAMME HEATHER COUPER GOES IN SEARCH OF THE EVIDENCE FOR OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS: A QUEST THAT TAKES HER FROM A HUGE METEORITE CRATER IN ARIZONA TO A SATELLITE THAT LITERALLY SEES THE U NIVERSE IN A NEW LIGHT. AND IF THERE ARE PLANETS OUT THERE - OTHER WORLDS LIKE THE EARTH - WHAT CHANCE IS THERE THAT SOME MIGHT HAVE DEVELOPED LIFE? HEATHER LOOKS AT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE TRIED TO SEARCH FOR ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS - AND ASKS WHETHER IT'S POSSIBLE THAT "THEY" ALREADY KNOW ABOUT US. NB THIS PROGRAMME HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE REPEAT SHOWING
- Description:THE PLANETS IS A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES ABOUT THE SUN'S FAMILY - OUR LOCALNEIGHBOURHOOD IN SPACE. AIMED AT ANYONE OVER TEN,THE PROGRAMMES PUT EACHPLANET IN PERSPECTIVE - HISTORICALLY,CULTURALLY,AND SCIENTIFICALLY.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Moving Picture Company
- Programme Episode:Episode 7
- Transmission Date:06/09/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s