Arif Nurmohamed
Director
Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey (2012)
Miniseries
Right now you're hurtling around the sun at 64,000 miles an hour (100,000 kms 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.
Released March 4, 2012
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.miniseries, tmdb.planet-earth, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.tv-mini-series, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary + 8 more, imdb.nature-documentary, imdb.docuseries-documentary, imdb.orbit, imdb.planet, imdb.planet-earth, imdb.seasons, imdb.gravity, imdb.solar-system
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
French
S1E1 - The Pathway
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.
March 4, 2012, midnight
S1E2 - Spin
In this second episode we travel from January to the March equinox. Kate Humble gets closer to the Sun than she has ever been before, whilst Helen Czerski visits a place that gets some of the biggest and fastest snowstorms on Earth.
March 11, 2012, midnight
S1E3 - Tilt
In this final episode we complete our journey, travelling back from the March equinox to the end of June. Kate Humble is in the Arctic at a place where spring arrives with a bang, whilst Helen Czerski chases a tornado to show how the earth's angle of tilt creates the most extreme weather on earth.
March 18, 2012, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 180 min.
Released: March 4, 2012
Last Air Date: March 18, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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