[Dog Star (Phil)]

Knowing of my interest in matters astronomical, a bloke at work lent me a book - The Universe, by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest.
I've got about 15 or so books on astronomy but this one impressed me with its sheer readability - a real page turner.
It's one of the most concise and easy to understand books on the subject that I've ever read. Complex and baffling concepts (to me) are treated in an informative and user friendly manner.
The blurb on the inside cover states "It accompanies the television series "Universe", created by Pioneer Productions for channel 4 in the UK and The Learning Channel in the USA."
I've never heard of it and it's not often that a show like this gets past me.
Has anyone else heard/seen or read about it.
If the tv series is anywhere near as good as the book, I'd love to get a hold of a dvd of it.
The book is copyright 1999.
Anyone know anything about it?