The Sky at Night (1957)

Name: The Sky at Night
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.3

Documentary

Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (396 votes)
Episode average: 8.4 +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 51 (2007)

9.32 avg 6 episodes 9.8 → 8.8 30 min avg

Season 51 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Stunning Saturn	9.8	9
4	Time Lord	8.5	10
5	50th Anniversary Celebration	9.8	9
13	Sputnik's Children	9.7	10
14	Last Man on the Moon	9.3	11
15	A Journey Through Space and Time	8.8	8

Season 63 (2019)

7.70 avg 4 episodes 8.6 → 7.4 30 min avg

Season 63 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Beyond Pluto	8.6	7
2	Cosmology in Crisis?	7.2	8
4	Marsquake!	7.6	7
8	Space Mission Special	7.4	7

Season 67 (2023)

7.97 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 6.8 30 min avg

Season 67 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Search for Alien Life	7.8	6
3	The UK Space Race	8.6	6
4	Is There Anybody out There?	8.6	6
5	Black Holes: Searching for the Unknown	8.0	8
6	The Very Large Telescope	8.0	7
7	Question Time Special	6.8	6

The Sky at Night (1957)

Seasons

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