The Sky at Night The Sky at Night The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the same permanent presenter, Patrick Moore, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013, Moore having died on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing, either because the tapes were wiped, thrown out, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition, the show was co-presented by
Trapped in the Sky the budget per episode also increased from £25,000 to £38,000, the pilot and eight other unfinished episodes were extended and re-edited to run for 50 minutes (filling a one-hour commercial timeslot). In the case of "Trapped in the Sky", new footage was filmed during the shooting of "Operation Crash-Dive", which features the return of "Fireflash" and was written as a sequel to the first episode. Among the newly added scenes were the subplot concerning Meddings' boarding of "Fireflash", as well as the first rescue attempt involving the Elevator Cars. "Trapped in the Sky" was first broadcast on ATV Midlands at