The Sky at Night · SEASON 28
Once Upon a Time
Episode 11 · 1984-10-14
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
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.
Season 28 episodes
1. The Winter Sky1984-01-08
2. At the Castle Gate1984-02-05
3. Venus Unveiled1984-03-11
4. The Secret Lives of the Stars1984-04-01
5. New Life for Solar Max1984-04-29
6. Cooking the Elements1984-05-20
7. A Night with the INT1984-06-10
8. Missions to Comets1984-07-15
9. The Orange World of Titan1984-08-19
10. Shells Around the Stars1984-09-17
11. Once Upon a Time1984-10-14
12. Reflection Nebulae1984-11-18
13. Forgotten Constellations1984-12-09
