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 2012 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland- Sun 4 Mar 2012 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
Tue 6 Mar 2012 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD- Fri 16 Mar 2012 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sat 17 Mar 2012 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
Fri 30 Mar 2012 02:55- Tue 3 Apr 2012 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sat 5 Jan 2013 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sun 20 Jan 2013 18:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Sun 20 Jan 2013 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Tue 3 Dec 2013 20:00
- Wed 4 Dec 2013 00:45
- Thu 1 May 2014 20:00
- Thu 4 Dec 2014 20:00
- Thu 31 May 2018 20:00
- Fri 1 Jun 2018 02:00
- Wed 17 Jul 2019 13:45
- Sat 17 Jul 2021 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Mon 11 Oct 2021 23:30
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