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The Sky at Night Special: Mariner To Mars
Patrick Moore takes a look at the close up pictures of Mars taken by the American Mars probe, Mariner 6. (1969)
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Sun 3 Aug 196923:15
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BBC Four Planetary Flybys Collection
Celebrating The Sky At Night's 750th episode, this Collection features archive programmes from the series, all taking a look back at planetary flybys.
Planetary Flybys
Planetary Flybys
About BBC Four Collection programmes
Programmes are selected, in part, for their historical context and reflect the broadcast standards and attitudes of their time, which may not accord to some current BBC editorial guidelines. We aim to select programmes which can be shown in their entirety but in some cases edits are required.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Patrick Moore |
| Producer | Patricia Owtram |
| Producer | Robert Toner |
| Participant | Dr E. Pickering |
| Participant | Bernard Lovell |
| Participant | Gilbert Fielder |
| Participant | Samuel Tolansky |
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- Sun 3 Aug 196923:15
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Planetary Flybys
Archive programmes from The Sky at Night, all taking a look back at planetary flybys.
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