Episode 1
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July to the December solstice and showing its effect.
Right now you're hurtling around the sun at 64,000 miles an hour (100,000km an hour). In the next year you'll travel 584 million miles, to end up back where you started.
Presenters Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the astonishing consequences this journey has for us all.
In this first episode they travel from July to the December solstice, experiencing spectacular weather and the largest tides on Earth. To show how the Earth's orbit affects our lives, Helen jumps out of an aeroplane and Kate briefly becomes the fastest driver on Earth.
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Julian Fauth
Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kate Humble |
| Presenter | Helen Czerski |
| Producer | Dick Taylor |
| Director | Dick Taylor |
| Executive Producer | Jonathan Renouf |
| Series Producer | Stephen Marsh |
Broadcasts
Sun 4 Mar 201221:00BBC Two except Northern Ireland- Sun 4 Mar 201222:00BBC Two Northern Ireland
Tue 6 Mar 201223:00BBC HD- Fri 16 Mar 201221:00BBC HD
- Sat 17 Mar 201200:30BBC HD
Fri 30 Mar 201202:55- Tue 3 Apr 201223:30BBC HD
- Sat 5 Jan 201319:00BBC HD
- Sun 20 Jan 201318:00BBC Two Scotland
- Sun 20 Jan 201318:30BBC Two except Scotland
- Tue 3 Dec 201320:00
- Wed 4 Dec 201300:45
- Thu 1 May 201420:00
- Thu 4 Dec 201420:00
- Thu 31 May 201820:00
- Fri 1 Jun 201802:00
- Wed 17 Jul 201913:45
- Sat 17 Jul 202109:00BBC Two except Scotland
- Mon 11 Oct 202123:30
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