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by Alec Muffett

Moore the merrier as The Sky at Night heads for its half-century

2006/12/19 10:38:05 GMT

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The sky at night over Sir Patrick Moore’s Sussex garden was a pinkish-grey slab of damp blotting paper. The promised meteor shower may well have been streaking across the heavens, thick as hailstones, but once again the main event had evaded the cameras of the oldest television science series in the world. Instead, Chris Lintott, out in the cold garden, and Sir Patrick, snug in his warm study, talked imperturbably about what they would have seen if they could see anything.
In 1957, a writer, fine musician, useful cricketer and amateur astronomer was invited by producer Paul Johnstone – his other spectacular recruit was David Attenborough – to present one live astronomy show a month, for three months. A star was born.
On April 24 2007, The Sky At Night will celebrate its half-century, not out. At Farthings, Sir Patrick’s half-timbered thatched cottage at Selsey, the 650th programme has just been completed.
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The 650th Sky at Night, January 7 on BBC 1, and January 8 on BBC 4

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2006/12/19

Stephen Usher

re: Moore the merrier as The Sky at Night heads for its half-century

Of course, the reason why “The Sky at Night” has survived is that it’s nobody’s enemy within the BBC. It goes out at a time other programmes don’t want, it’s only on once a month and it costs the amount of money other programmes spend on their catering budget.

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