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The Worst Episodes of The Sky at Night

Every episode of The Sky at Night ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Sky at Night!

Worst episode
S65E9 Telescopes through Time
6.48 votes
Best episode
S49E8 Fallout From Deep Impact
9.810 votes
Top season
Season 49
9.8avg
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Sky at Night Season 65 Episode 9 - Telescopes through Time
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    S65:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Sky at Night Season 67 Episode 7 - Question Time Special
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    S67:E7

    A special Question Time edition of the programme, recorded at the University of Exeter as part of the British Science Association’s Science Festival.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E3

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 7 - The Sun
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E7

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and talks about the Sun to Colin Ronan, F.R.A.S.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Sky at Night Season 68 Episode 7 - Question Time Special
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S68:E7

    Get ready for The Sky at Night’s annual Question Time Special, where viewers get the opportunity to ask the questions they have always wanted answered about our universe. Join host Dallas Campbell as he leads a panel of experts through a range of fascinating topics.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 8 - Question Time
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S66:E8

    A special ‘Question Time’ edition of the programme, recorded at The Venue in De Montford University, Leicester, as part of the British Science Association’s annual science festival. Chris, Maggie and Pete are joined on stage by planetary scientist Dr Suzie Imber and astronomer Professor Nial Tanvir to answer questions from viewers, covering all things astronomical – from the size of the universe to the possible nature of alien life.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Sky at Night Season 63 Episode 2 - Is Cosmology in Crisis?
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    S63:E2

    Ever since we discovered that distant galaxies are racing away from us, there has been a heated debate over just how fast the Universe is expanding. At the beginning of the 21st century, we thought we knew the answer. But now, two very different viewpoints have emerged. And they are dividing the scientific community. The Sky at Night meets leading astronomers and cosmologists on both sides of the debate. Which team has the right answer? Or could both teams be right? If so, we may need to rethink everything we think we know about the Universe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 8 - Britain's First Planetarium
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E8

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and gives, with Reginald Edds and A. H. Degenhardt, a preview of Britain's first Planetarium.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Sky at Night Season 60 Episode 8 - Goodbye Rosetta: A Sky At Night Special
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S60:E8

    Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock report on the Rosetta spacecraft as it prepares to crash into the surface of comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This month the Sky at Night goes behind the scenes at the European Space Agency as the Rosetta mission reaches its dramatic conclusion and the spacecraft is crashed into the surface of comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. For nearly two years the Rosetta spacecraft has been in orbit around 67P - studying the comet at close range and returning the most extraordinary pictures. But now the the mission must come to an end and the project scientists have decided to have one final attempt at studying the comet at closer range than ever before. On September 30th the spacecraft - with all its instruments running - will be crashed into the surface of the comet. Its aim is to get the best ever view of the mysterious pits on the comet's surface. Pits whose walls are thought to have been undisturbed for over 4 billion years, since the formation of the solar system. Chris Lintott will be in mission control with the scientists as they watch the pictures come in from the spacecraft's dive towards the surface. And Maggie Aderin-Pocock will be investigating how the mission has transformed our understanding of comets and the birth of the solar system.

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  10. The Sky at Night Season 60 Episode 9 - Life on Mars
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S60:E9

    The Sky at Night team investigates the ongoing hunt for life on Mars. It is one of the great scientific questions of our time, but are we any closer to finding an answer? As well as uncovering the cause of the recent crash of the Schiaparelli lander, the team looks at the next missions designed to hunt for life on the red planet - from a rover designed to drill deep into the surface, to the orbiter sniffing for signs of methane in the atmosphere. Adam Rutherford joins the team to ask if we have been deliberately avoiding the most likely places to find life on Mars.

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  11. The Sky at Night Season 61 Episode 1 - Guide to the Galaxy
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S61:E1

    All good travel guides need a map, and the team unveil the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way ever produced. A map that reveals that there may be 50 per cent more stars in the galaxy than we previously thought. American astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson gives us a guided tour of the strangest stars we have ever observed, and we discover that the Milky Way may already be colliding with our neighbouring galaxy, Andromeda.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Sky at Night Season 61 Episode 2 - Telescope Takeover
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S61:E2

    The team travel to the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands where they take control of some of the world's largest telescopes to view the most spectacular sights in the night sky.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Sky at Night Season 63 Episode 5 - Return to the Moon
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S63:E5

    In the first of two programmes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landings, the Sky at Night team take a look at the latest plans to return to the Moon. Recently, China, Israel and India have all sent major missions to the Moon. The Europeans and Americans are planning to build a space station in permanent orbit around the Moon. And NASA has just announced that they plan to land astronauts on the Moon’s surface within five years. It all suggests that we are on the verge of a new golden age in lunar exploration.

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  14. The Sky at Night Season 65 Episode 7 - Question Time
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S65:E7

    A special ‘Question Time’ edition of the programme. Planetary scientist Carly Howett and cosmologist Hiranya Peiris join the team to answer questions from viewers covering all things astronomical

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Sky at Night Season 67 Episode 8 - The Sky at Night Meets The Infinite Monkey Cage
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S67:E8

    In a special episode to mark the end of another season, The Sky at Night teams up with Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage to talk all things amateur astronomy.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Sky at Night Season 68 Episode 4 - Webb Telescope - The Story So Far
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S68:E4

    In July 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope released its first images. They were visually stunning, and it was clear they provided more detail of stars, galaxies and planets than ever before. But for the scientists waiting on the data, this was just the beginning of their journey to discover what the new telescope would reveal. Since then, they have been working hard and publishing papers on all the data JWST has been sending back.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Sky at Night Season 68 Episode 5 - Nicky, NASA and the Next Frontier
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S68:E5

    In this Sky at Night special, the team talk to Dr Nicola Fox, NASA’s head of science, whose life began in the UK. Presenter Chris Lintott chats to Nicky about her early years growing up in Hitchin in Hertfordshire and discovers how she fell in love with the stars.

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  18. The Sky at Night Season 66 Episode 1 - Dark Skies
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S66:E1

    The team explores light pollution and what might be done to mitigate its effects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Sky at Night Season 1 Episode 6 - New Comet
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E6

    Patrick Moore shows what to look for in the sky during the coming month and talks to Clive Hare, the boy who first saw the New Comet in England.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Sky at Night Season 60 Episode 10 - Review of the Year
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S60:E10

    Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Chris Lintott present a look back at some of the biggest stories in space science of 2016, and see how these discoveries have developed since making the headlines. Featuring a look at new evidence of a ninth planet in the solar system, the Juno probe's study of Jupiter, and scientists searching for evidence of other planets capable of sustaining human life.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Sky at Night Season 61 Episode 3 - 60th Anniversary Special
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S61:E3

    When the first episode of The Sky at Night was transmitted in April 1957, it was still thought that Mars could be home to advanced life, the Space Age was yet to begin, and the Big Bang was just a controversial theory. So to celebrate its 60th anniversary, this special programme looks at how our knowledge of the universe has been transformed in the last six decades - from the exploration of the solar system to the detection of black holes and planets orbiting distant stars. Featuring contributions from Jim Al-Khalili, Dallas Campbell and Monica Grady and including special birthday messages from a host of stars, this is a celebration of an extraordinary age of discovery, and The Sky at Night's role in covering it.

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  22. The Sky at Night Season 61 Episode 4 - Inside God's Observatory
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S61:E4

    This edition comes from the heart of one of the most influential - and surprising - organisations in the history of astronomy. Maggie and Chris have been granted rare access to the Vatican and its little-known observatory, the Specola Vaticana, perched on a hilltop 30km outside Rome. -- There they explore its rich history and contemporary cutting-edge science, going inside the Vatican walls to visit the Tower of the Winds, a secret antique sundial that revolutionised the length of the year; the remains of a nest of telescopes atop an old medieval church where the science of spectroscopy was born; and the modern labs, manned by priest scientists who study a range of contemporary astronomical problems, from meteorites to binary stars to the birth of the universe itself.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Sky at Night Season 63 Episode 6 - The Moon, the Mission and the BBC
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S63:E6

    To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo mission to put a man on the moon, The Sky at Night looks back through the archives to tell the story of how the BBC reported the moonshot, with some very special guests. Scientist John Zarneki discusses the huge scientific and engineering challenge. The first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, reveals just how accurate the predictions and preparations for life in space were. And writer and broadcaster James Burke - who reported the whole amazing story at the time - explains why Nasa loved the BBC and how he gained access to the command module for an episode of Tomorrow’s World.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Sky at Night Season 63 Episode 7 - Space Mission Special
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S63:E7

    The programme goes behind the scenes as the European Space Agency selects its next mission, which will be launched in 2028, meeting British teams vying to have their ideas selected, including a revolutionary mission to a comet.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Sky at Night Season 63 Episode 9 - Question Time
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S63:E9

    A one-hour special in which The Sky at Night team face a live studio audience to answer their questions about the mysteries and wonders of the universe.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Telescopes through Time" is the worst rated episode of The Sky at Night. It scored 6.4/10 from 8 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 14, 2021. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Question Time Special".

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