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Season 1987
1987x1
Photographing The Sky
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 18, 1987
Objects to photograph with inexpensive equipment.
1987x2
The Study Of Variable Stars
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 1987
Where variable stars are found and how they behave.
1987x3
Stellar Catastrophe
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 15, 1987
Discovery of Supernova 1987A.
1987x4
A Celebration (30th Anniversary)
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 24, 1987
Thirty years of the programme, including clips and new film of JCMT and the William Herschel Telescope.
1987x5
Air On Other Worlds
Episode overview
Air date
May 17, 1987
Atmospheres and weather on neighbouring planets.
1987x6
High Moon
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 14, 1987
Why the Moon appears higher and sometimes lower.
1987x7
The William Herschel Telescope
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 12, 1987
The world's third largest telescope is nearly finished.
1987x8
The Roof Of The World
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 09, 1987
On Hawaii with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, studying objects in the submillimetre waveband.
1987x9
The Hunt For Planet Ten
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 06, 1987
Theories and searches for tenth planet.
1987x10
The Exploding Star
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 1987
AAT findings on Supernova 1987A.
1987x11
Jodrell - The Listening Bank
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1987
The 30th anniversary of telescope now renamed the Lovell Telescope.
1987x12
A Telescope For Christmas
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 1987
Advice on which telescopes to buy or not to buy.
1987x13 Season finale
Where Are The Stars
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 13, 1987
Accurate maps of the stars to be made by Hipparcos, set for launch in 1989.

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