{"id":42381,"date":"2023-03-02T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=45289"},"modified":"2023-03-03T15:32:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:32:47","slug":"letters-from-patrick-moore-how-the-sky-at-night-tv-programme-was-born","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/letters-from-patrick-moore-how-the-sky-at-night-tv-programme-was-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters from Patrick Moore: How The Sky at Night TV programme was born"},"content":{"rendered":"

Correspondence between Patrick Moore and TV producer Paul Johnstone reveals how the birth of The Sky at Night came about. <\/p>

By Patrick Moore\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 02 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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I<\/span>n October 1956, Patrick Moore was anxiously awaiting the verdict from a board of TV executives following his appearance on a one-off BBC documentary about UFOs. Flying Saucers \u2013 Do They Exist?<\/i> has since been left to languish in the BBC\u2019s archives, but it was this obscure documentary that would launch Patrick\u2019s broadcasting career, and with it the longest-running programme with the same presenter: The Sky at Night<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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