The Planets (1999)

Updated to include discoveries from recent missions to Saturn and Mars, this remarkable series from the BBC gives a unique insight into our solar system. It shows how our understanding of the solar system has undergone a radical change in both distant history and the recent past. Employing state-of-the-art computer graphics, unseen Space Race archive material, and firsthand testimony from scientists around the world, The Planets is a comprehensive and spectacular account of space exploration and discovery.