| The Planets | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Developed by | Christopher Riley |
| Directed by | David McNab |
| Narrated by | Samuel West (Original) Mark Halliley (Remastered) |
| Composer | Jim Meacock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | John Lynch |
| Cinematography | Simon Fanthorpe |
| Running time | 390 min. (8 episodes) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 29 April – 17 June 1999 |
| Related | |
| The Planets 2019 BBC series | |
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The Planets is a documentary miniseries produced by the BBC and A&E and released in 1999. The series was remastered in 2004. It documents the Solar System and its nature, formation, and discovery by humans during the Space Age. The series of eight episodes includes a substantial amount of archival footage from both the United States and Soviet space programs. It also depicts the Solar System through computer graphics. There were a total of eight episodes produced for the series. The series featured appearances from famous pioneering space scientists and explorers, and was narrated by Samuel West in the original 1999 edition, and Mark Halliley in the 2004 remastered edition.