Stargazing Live

Stargazing Live
GenrePopular science, astronomy
Presented byBrian Cox (2011–17, 2019)
Dara Ó Briain (2011–17, 2019)
Liz Bonnin (2011–17)
Mark Thompson (2011–14)
Lucie Green (2015)
Greg Quicke (2017)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes21 (including 3 specials)
13 (Back to Earth)
Production
Production locationsJodrell Bank Observatory (2011–16)
Science Museum, London (2015)
Siding Spring Observatory (2017)
Kennedy Space Center (2019)
Running time60 mins (main show)
30 mins (Back to Earth)
Original release
NetworkBBC Two (2011–17, 2019)
BBC HD (2011–13)
BBC Two HD (2014–17, 2019)
BBC One (2015)
Release3 January 2011 (2011-01-03) –
28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)
Release15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)
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Stargazing Live is a British live television programme on astronomy that was broadcast yearly on BBC Two over three nights every winter from 2011 to 2017. The series was primarily presented by scientist Brian Cox and comedian and amateur astronomer Dara Ó Briain with support from TV presenter and biochemist Liz Bonnin and astronomer Mark Thompson. For the first six series, the show was broadcast from Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire,[1] and featured live links from scientific facilities in locations such as Hawaii, South Africa, and Norway. The seventh series in 2017 was broadcast from Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, and a special episode filmed at Kennedy Space Center was broadcast in July 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.

  1. ^ "Jodrell Bank Observatory to host BBC Stargazing Live". BBC News. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2011.