The Sky at Night first broadcast date and the name being Latin for "The Sky at Night". In February 2007, the Royal Mail issued a set of six astronomy stamps to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the programme. In the "Guinness Book of World Records", Patrick Moore is listed as the most prolific TV presenter in the world, having hosted all but one episode of the programme between 1957 and January 2013. A DVD of the special commemorative "Sky at Night" film "Apollo 11: A Night to Remember" was released on 6 July 2009 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first man
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