BBC Sky at Night

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT

The Sky at Night TV show, past, present and future

Peter Leonard is the series producer of The Sky at Night

Since March 2021, I’ve been the series producer of . It means that I’ve had to learn a lot about astronomy and space science very quickly in order to research, plan, shoot and edit the show

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