Patrick Moore RIP

bigstemarra

So, the grand old fella is no longer with us.

A proper legend - in fact, the man was an institution and his knowledge was phenomenal.

The Sky at Night won't be the same again.

RIP.

Algarveaddick

Good innings, as you say an institution. RIP.

soapy_jones

No. Love that dude. RIP Sir Patrick

SE9

Spent all his life looking into the heavens and now resting there. RIP

nth_london_addick

One of real English characters

Rip top top man

floydroadfaithfull

Selsey not the same without him
Rip

Brendan_O_Connell

RIP Sir Patrick.

stilladdicted

RIP. Despite his legendary and quite dotty misogyny, I loved watching the Sky at Night. His knowledge was simply stunning.

LuckyReds

I'm pretty sure it was Moore that I can remember my mum helping me write a letter to as a young boy; I got a reply with lots of stuff about the solar system in it.

Despite being really quite young I used to really love him whenever he was on TV. I was wondering the other day if he played a part in my interest in the sciences.

Truly a great loss. RIP Sir Moore; may you admire the stars from above.

Ross

Absolute legend. RIP

Stig

Absolute legend. RIP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngVAfMDtqf8

Off_it

Until recently I thought he had probably died years ago. Then The Sky at Night came on and there he was - still there. It actually made me feel good to know that the old boy was still going.

One of the great characters of TV when I was growing up.

RIP.

North Lower Neil

A true British great, RIP.

lancashire lad

RIP,a proper gent

mid_life_crisis

A great British eccentric.
RIP Sir Patrick, you will be sadly missed.

BIG_ROB

RIP

Redmidland

What a shame.....RIP Sir..a true gentleman

WestSussexAddick

My son and I quite often visit Chichester planetarium which is named after Sir Patrick. An absolutely wonderful place to spend a few hours!! RIP Sir...a true inspiration and a great man.

Lincsaddick

Death of an English eccentric legend .. there are not many left !! RIP

ValleyGary

Game master what a programme.

RIP

Henry Irving

All of us are in the gutter
But some of us are looking at the stars

RIP

Slartibartfast

Agree with your comment Luckyred. He also wrote some good stories, I remember one book called Caverns of the Moon. rip.

LenGlover

Another influence from childhood gone.

Very few left now.

RIP Patrick. You were brilliant yet eccentric in the best sense of the word.

The world is a poorer place.

MountsfieldPark

The BBC is currently reviewing the future of the Sky at Night beyond the end of the year, amid rumours that they are considering axing it (e.g. telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10329846/The-Sky-At-Night-faces-the-axe-one-year-after-Sir-Patrick-Moores-death.html).

If you would like to urge the BBC not to trash one of the best remaining examples of intelligent tv, there is a petition at change.org/petitions/the-bbc-please-do-not-axe-the-sky-at-night. Thank you!

TEL

Wow living here I must have missed this somehow. RIP Sir P.....I was fortunate enough to go to several of his lectures over the years and always came out asking questions...amazing man and the world is a sadder place without his itellect.

sillav nitram

apparently he's now orbiting jupiter.

soapy_jones

MountsfieldPark said:

The BBC is currently reviewing the future of the Sky at Night beyond the end of the year, amid rumours that they are considering axing it (e.g. telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10329846/The-Sky-At-Night-faces-the-axe-one-year-after-Sir-Patrick-Moores-death.html).

If you would like to urge the BBC not to trash one of the best remaining examples of intelligent tv, there is a petition at change.org/petitions/the-bbc-please-do-not-axe-the-sky-at-night. Thank you!

Signed. What a bunch of muppets the BBC are

tangoflash

The sad fact of todays society is the majority would much rather watch the likes of Towie..............................

Absurdistan

tangoflash said:

The sad fact of todays society is the majority would much rather watch the likes of Towie..............................

Can't spend your life staring at Uranus.
Wasn't PM a confirmed racist?

SELR_addicks

Well its a sad fact that if no-one is watching then it can get replaced by something cheaper/more likely to be watched.

It's not really the BBC's fault if no-one is tuning in to watch it.

BIG_ROB

Absurdistan said:

tangoflash said:

The sad fact of todays society is the majority would much rather watch the likes of Towie..............................

Can't spend your life staring at Uranus.
Wasn't PM a confirmed racist?

No, he just stated a fact that the UK is being over run with parasites.