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
Patrick Eisdell Moore He was educated at Auckland Grammar School, and then studied medicine at the University of Otago, from where he graduated MB ChB in 1943. On 21 December 1942, he married Beth Beedie in Dannevirke. In the 1982 New Year Honours Moore was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to otolaryngology and the community, and he was made a Knight Bachelor for services to otolaryngology in the 1992 New Year Honours. Moore died in Auckland on 18 June 2015. His wife, Beth, Lady Moore, died on 7 August 2017. Patrick Eisdell Moore Sir Patrick William