TV series

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey
2012 · 1 season
A calm, curious tour of the planet's mechanics, pairing sweeping landscapes with clear explanations that make vast cosmic cycles feel graspable and quietly wondrous.
- Created by
- Arif Nurmohamed, Charles Colville
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Kate Humble, Helen Czerski
- 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.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Science, nature, exploration, environment
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Arif Nurmohamed, Charles Colville
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Kate Humble, Helen Czerski


