I'll wind the clock back somewhat, but I have to mention these. The BBC "Horizon" series made two incredible documentaries shortly after the Voyager probes visited Jupiter and Saturn. One was called "Encounter with Jupiter", and the second was the two parter "Resolution on Saturn", part one "The moons" and part two "The rings". All narrated by Ian Holm (of Alien fame). There is a paperback book as well, which has historical value now I reckon.
Although these are going back some 20 years now, they are every bit as high quality as the BBC "The Planets" series. Moreover, many of the NASA JPL scientists featured in "The Planets" are interviewed 20 years earlier in the Horizon series. I have the Saturn two parter still on VHS, and hope to transfer it to DVD one day. I did not capture the Jupiter one on VHS unfortunately.
Apart from being typical superb BBC production, the very final moments are spectacular: one shows a computer graphic Voyager flyby of Jupiter with Camille Saint-Seans "Organ" symphony no.3 for the background, and another shows Voyager approaching Saturn with Wagners "Der Ring des Nibelungen" in the background. IMHO, these scenes are breathtaking, despite being 20 years old.
Both are listed in the BBC archives website under the "Horizon" series, BUT none are available at all on DVD, and doubt they ever will be given their vintage.
Two more old specials I know are also worth mention. One is called "The Universe" - not the UK thing with John Hurt narrating. The one I am referring to is only a 10 min thing, black and white, and starts off with some professional astronomer driving to an observatory and embarks on a photographic journey of the universe. The music is oddly creepy, not unlike the original "Outer Limits" - it's quite moving if you ask me. The second one is "Power of ten" - again very old and only about 10 minutes, starting from a human hand, it flies out 10-fold at a time to the edge of the universe, and then all way back in to subatomic quarks - it's a fantastic piece for its time.
Cheers, FOX!
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Hi Mike 
check them out on the History Channel Shop 
