Sky at night tribute

Hi

It has been a reasonably long length of time since my last post, so here is a new one for anybody interested. The Sky at night is to anybody interested in Astronomy a crucial part of it's fabric. So here is a brief tribute to the Sky at night TV show.
Just briefly I will give the programs history. The Sky at night started in the Summer of 1957, months before the first ever satellite Sputnik went up. So the program is in fact older than the space age. Over it's 50 year run the sky at night as covered many famous astronomical events, from the first satellite,to the first man on the moon, the launch of Hubble and the rather disappointing total solar eclipse from England. Added to this the entire 50 years as been presented by one man. The world famous Sir Patrick Moore.
Now over this time The sky at night as had many notable guests. From Carl Sagan to Fred Hoyle of steady state theory fame. Added to this there have been some recent regulars, including Dr Brian May (From Queen). And more recently Chris Lintott, who started to assist Patrick Moore in presenting as his mobility deteriorated. Just to shamelessly name drop again I am very pleased to have met Chris Lintott and, hear a talk he gave last year.
As part of the shows appeal is it's content, which due to Astronomies always progressing nature as never stagnated. As well as covering the new events in Astronomy such as space probe launches and, new scientific discoveries the Sky at night as covered the more theory based aspects of the subject. Such as Special/General Relativity,the Big Bang and Cosmic microwave background (CMB).
The Sky at night as also influenced many young people to get into Astronomy. Me for a start I used to watch it as a kid and, found it fascinating! And that is what I think is part of it's appeal. Patrick's endless enthusiasm/knowledge of the subject coupled with the amazingness (not a word but never mind) of the subject. Certainly have and will continue to make The Sky at night a huge success!
So that is my brief tribute to the Sky at night.

Kyle