Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Overview

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.

Episodes

The Pathway

S01E01 The Pathway

March 4, 2012 60 min
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...
Spin

S01E02 Spin

March 11, 2012 60 min
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...
Tilt

S01E03 Tilt

March 18, 2012 60 min
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...

Cast

Kate Humble
Kate Humble
Self - Presenter
Helen Czerski
Helen Czerski
Self - Presenter

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