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The Best Seasons of The Sky at Night

Every season of The Sky at Night ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The Sky at Night!

Top season
Season 49
9.8avg
Best episode
S49E8 Fallout From Deep Impact
9.810 votes
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#1

Season 49

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2005

9.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · Fallout From Deep Impact 9.8
#2

Season 54

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2010

9.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Twinkle Twinkle 9.8
#3

Season 57

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

9.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Reaching for the Stars 9.8

Other Seasons

#4

Season 53

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2009

9.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Light Fantastic 9.7
#5

Season 40

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1996

9.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE11 · Hunt The Planet 9.6
#6

Season 51

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2007

9.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Stunning Saturn 9.8
#7

Season 33

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1989

9.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Neptune - Voyager's Last Planet 9.4
#8

Season 56

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2012

9.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Mercury and the Moon 9.3
#9

Season 46

13 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2000

9.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · The Birth and Death of the Universe 9.2
#10

Season 19

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1975

9.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · The Outer Planets 9.0
#11

Season 41

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1997

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE9 · Saturn Visitor 8.2
#12

Season 59

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · Pluto Revealed 8.0
#13

Season 67

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2023

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · The UK Space Race 8.4
#14

Season 66

9 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2022

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · The Astronomer Royal at 80 8.0
#15

Season 63

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2019

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Beyond Pluto 8.6
#16

Season 1

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1957

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Episode 4 9.0
#17

Season 69

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2025

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Exoplanets - Strange New Worlds 7.6
#18

Season 64

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2020

7.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Life on Venus 8.0
#19

Season 65

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2021

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Space Boom Britain 7.4
#20

Season 68

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2024

6.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Cosmic Ghosts 8.0
#21

Season 61

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2017

6.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · 60th Anniversary Special 7.0
#22

Season 60

10 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2016

6.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Review of the Year 7.0
#23

Season 2

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1958

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#24

Season 3

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1959

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#25

Season 4

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1960

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#26

Season 5

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1961

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#27

Season 6

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1962

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#28

Season 7

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1963

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#29

Season 8

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1964

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#30

Season 9

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1965

N/A/ 10
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#31

Season 10

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1966

N/A/ 10
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#32

Season 11

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1967

N/A/ 10
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#33

Season 12

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1968

N/A/ 10
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#34

Season 13

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1969

N/A/ 10
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#35

Season 14

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1970

N/A/ 10
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#36

Season 15

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1970

N/A/ 10
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#37

Season 16

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1972

N/A/ 10
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#38

Season 17

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1973

N/A/ 10
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#39

Season 18

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1974

N/A/ 10
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#40

Season 20

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1976

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#41

Season 21

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1977

N/A/ 10
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#42

Season 22

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1978

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#43

Season 23

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1979

N/A/ 10
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#44

Season 24

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1980

N/A/ 10
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#45

Season 25

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1981

N/A/ 10
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#46

Season 26

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1982

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#47

Season 27

13 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 1983

N/A/ 10
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#48

Season 28

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1984

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#49

Season 29

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1985

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#50

Season 30

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1986

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#51

Season 31

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1987

N/A/ 10
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#52

Season 32

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1988

N/A/ 10
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#53

Season 34

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1990

N/A/ 10
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#54

Season 35

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1991

N/A/ 10
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#55

Season 36

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1992

N/A/ 10
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#56

Season 37

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1993

N/A/ 10
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#57

Season 38

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1994

N/A/ 10
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#58

Season 39

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1995

N/A/ 10
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#59

Season 42

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1998

N/A/ 10
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#60

Season 43

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1999

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#61

Season 44

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2000

N/A/ 10
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#62

Season 45

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2001

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#63

Season 47

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2003

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#64

Season 48

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2004

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#65

Season 50

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2006

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#66

Season 52

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2008

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#67

Season 55

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2011

N/A/ 10
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#68

Season 58

11 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2014

N/A/ 10
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#69

Season 62

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#70

Season 70

7 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2026

N/A/ 10
Average Rating

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Top-rated The Sky at Night episodes

  1. #1Fallout From Deep Impact S49E89.8
  2. #2Sputniks Children S51E139.7
  3. #3Light Fantastic S53E19.7
  4. #4Stunning Saturn S51E39.8
  5. #550Th Anniversary - Birthday Party S51E59.8

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