The Sky at Night
Season 28 Episode 11 - Once Upon a Time
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
What is only 100 years old? What were the French finally forced to accept? And why do King Charles II, Sir Isaac Newton, Captain Cook, Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovel, the Great Western Railway and an American called Charles Dowd share a vital part in an institution of which we in Britain can be justly proud? Patrick Moore takes an affectionate look at the stories behind the centenary of Greenwich Mean Time; asks why it incurred the wrath of the law and discovers why astronauts and space men - like mere earthlings - would be lost without Greenwich Mean Time.
Episodes in Season 28
1
The Winter Sky
2
At the Castle Gate
3
Venus Unveiled
4
The Secret Lives of the Stars
5
New Life for Solar Max
6
Cooking the Elements
7
A Night with the INT
8
Missions to Comets
9
The Orange World of Titan
10
Shells Around the Stars
11
Once Upon a Time
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12
Reflection Nebulae
13
