Planets

by David Stafford

Journey through space and time, witnessing the birth of the sun, and traveling to the outer limits of our solar system. This 60-minute video features simple discussions of scientific concepts, and guides viewers through a three-dimensional "virtual museum" of deep space, nebulae, the planets, and more. This award-winning series features stunning photography and graphics to bring science to life. Closed-captioned.

Genres: Nonfiction

63 pages, Hardcover

First published December 3, 2007

About the author

David Stafford is a writer, broadcaster and occasional musician born in Birmingham, England. David began his career in fringe and community theatre in the 1970s. In the early 1980s, he collaborated and toured with Alexei Sayle, which resulted in two series for Capital Radio, two films for TV ('Itch and Didn't You Kill My Brother?), a book, Great Bus Journeys of the World, and various songs and recordings including Doctor Marten’s Boots. At the same time he was a presenter on the Channel 4 consumer programme 4 What It’s Worth and contributed to many arts programmes and documentaries including The Media Show (Channel 4) and extensively to The Late Show (BBC2). His TV plays include Dread Poets Society (BBC2) co-written with the poet Benjamin Zephaniah, My Little Grey Home In The West and Catherine. For ten years he wrote a weekly column for the Saturday Guardian, eventually called Staffordshire Bull. During the 1990s, he presented Tracks for BBC2, Going Places for BBC Radio 4 and was a regular panellist on Radio 4’s literary parody game Booked. David frequently stood in for John Peel as the presenter of Home Truths (BBC Radio 4). After Peel’s death, he became first one of the pool of presenters and later sole presenter of the programme. For the past five years he has taught a screenwriting course at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Reviews

[Silas N · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful book about planets—dwarf planets, habitable planets, big gas giants and so on!

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

broad interpretations and information about the planets and astrological theory.