Leading astronomer, Patrick Moore presents this look at how the moon has evolved from being remote & mysterious to something that is now very familiar, although there is still the age old question: was there ever life on the moon? He uses exclusive NASA footage of the Apollo landing, illustrations, diagrams & rare film archive to look at the 10 most important scientific discoveries that have come out of lunar study & also looks at the day the last solar eclipse hit Britain, August 11th 1999.