David Stewart
Director
Horizon (1964)
1986
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Released Feb. 4, 1964
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.spatial-awareness, imdb.science, imdb.reenactment, imdb.technology, imdb.nature, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.deep-dive, imdb.one-word-title
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S23E1 - Are You a Racist?
Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.
Jan. 6, 1986, midnight
S23E2 - Genesis
This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
Jan. 13, 1986, midnight
S23E3 - Bitter Cold
Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
Jan. 20, 1986, midnight
S23E4 - The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
Jan. 27, 1986, midnight
S23E5 - Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?
Feb. 3, 1986, midnight
S23E6 - Science...Fiction?
Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
Feb. 17, 1986, midnight
S23E7 - The Children of Eve
Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
Feb. 24, 1986, midnight
S23E8 - The New Face of Leprosy
This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
March 3, 1986, midnight
S23E9 - Hi-Tech à la Française
Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
March 10, 1986, midnight
S23E10 - In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.
March 17, 1986, midnight
S23E11 - AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.
March 24, 1986, midnight
S23E12 - The Case of the Frozen Addict
In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
April 7, 1986, midnight
S23E13 - Nice Guys Finish First
In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.
April 14, 1986, midnight
S23E14 - The Men Who Bottled a Cow
This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.
April 21, 1986, midnight
S23E15 - Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
April 28, 1986, midnight
S23E16 - What Makes an Animal Smart?
This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.
May 12, 1986, midnight
S23E17 - A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt
Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
May 19, 1986, midnight
S23E18 - Uranus Encounter
In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
May 26, 1986, midnight
S23E19 - Who Built Stonehenge?
Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
June 9, 1986, midnight
S23E21 - Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
June 16, 1986, midnight
S23E22 - Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain
This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
June 23, 1986, midnight
S23E23 - Doctors to Be
In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.
June 30, 1986, midnight
BBC Two
60 min/ep
77006 min
Feb. 4, 1964
Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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