- Title: The Planets: The Blue Planet
- Date: 9th August 1989
- Summary: THE EARTH IS UNIQUE. IT IS THE ONLY PLANET TO HAVE WATER; A FACTOR THAT HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE. AMONGST THE PENGUINS AT LONDON ZOO, HEATHER COUPER ASKS ZOOLOGIST JEREMY CHERFAS HOW LIFE GOT STARTED ON EARTH. IN A SENSE , THE WHOLE EARTH IS ALIVE; ITS SURFACE IS CONSTANTLY BEING RENEWED. GEOLOGIST DURMMOND MATTHEWS RECALLS HIS DISCOVERY OF HOW THE CONTINENTS DRIFT AROUNG THE GLOBE, TRIGGERING EARTHQUAKES, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. BY CONTRAST, EARTH'S COMPANION, THE MOON, SEEMS TO BE UTTERLY DEAD. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE RACE TO GET THERE FIRST. AND CAN YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE DOING THE NIGHT MAN GOT TO THE MOON?
- 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 3
- Transmission Date:09/08/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s