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Summary:JOIN PRESENTER/WRITER HEATHER COUPER ON A SEVEN-WEEK TRIP THROUGH SPACE - VISITING THE NINE NEIGHBOUR-WORLDS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. IN TODAY'S PROGRAMME, HEATHER'S TRAVELS TAKE HER FROM A BLEAK STONE CIRCLE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT, VIA RENAISSANCE FLORENCE, TO AN AIRBORNE OBSERVATORY. HER QUEST IS FOR THE DISCOVERERS; THOSE PEOPLE WHO, OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MAPPED OUT OUR COSMIC BACKYARD. BUT RECENTLY, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PLANETS HAS UNDERGONE A DRAMATIC REVOLUTION. NOW THAT WE CAN TRAVEL IN SPACE, THE PLANETS ARE NO LONGER REMOTE DOTS IN THE SKY. THEY ARE REAL "NEW WORLDS" - AWAITING EXPLORERS FROM EARTH.
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.