David Stewart
Director
Horizon (1964)
1992
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
S29E1 - The Shadow of Breast Cancer
Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.
Jan. 6, 1992, midnight
S29E2 - Pest Wars
Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.
Jan. 13, 1992, midnight
S29E3 - Molecules With Sunglasses
About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named Buckminsterfullerene after the architect who invented geodesic domes. The two scientists who discovered the material glimpsed it for brief seconds only in their lasers but neither they nor other scientists subsequently could make the substance last long enough in the laser to prove their theory. Then in 1990, a couple of physicists with an arc-welder in a bell-jar found they could make as much Buckminsterfullerene as they liked, and industrial applications opened up, with talk of new polymers, molecular ball-bearings, lubricants and super- conductors. Meanwhile, the original discoverers were turning back to the fundamental questions surrounding the discovery, such as how and why does it form; does it exist in space or is it the solution to one of the great mysteries of the universe.
Jan. 20, 1992, midnight
S29E4 - In Search of the Noble Savage
Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.
Jan. 27, 1992, midnight
S29E5 - Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.
Feb. 3, 1992, midnight
S29E6 - The Black Sun
Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.
Feb. 17, 1992, midnight
S29E7 - Hitler's Bomb
Horizon investigates how in 1939, the Nazis led the race for the atomic bomb. Did scientific errors rob Hitler of a victory over the allies?
Feb. 24, 1992, midnight
S29E8 - An Expensive Theology
This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.
March 2, 1992, midnight
S29E9 - The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.
March 9, 1992, midnight
S29E10 - Hot Jam in the Doughnut
This episode of Horizon is about how nuclear fusion has been heralded as the power of the future with the promise of clean affordable energy.
March 16, 1992, midnight
S29E11 - A Diet for a Lifetime
Horizon presents a story about what a women eats before and during pregnancy can determine the diseases her children may suffer from later in their life.
March 30, 1992, midnight
S29E12 - Before Babel
Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.
April 6, 1992, midnight
S29E13 - The Man Who Moved the Mountains
In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.
April 13, 1992, midnight
S29E14 - Iceman
Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.
April 27, 1992, midnight
S29E15 - Taking the Credit
Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.
May 11, 1992, midnight
S29E16 - Fast Life in the Food Chain
In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.
May 18, 1992, midnight
S29E17 - Dodging Doomsday
Horizon brings you this report to explain when animal communities exceed carrying capacities of their environments, they crash spectacularly. Will this also happen to humans?
June 1, 1992, midnight
S29E18 - A Question of Sport...
Horizon presents the current evidence of a massive sporting fraud in the former Eastern Germany that has now been uncovered. The evidence shows that the East German Olympic success through the 1980's was due in part to the sophisticated use of drugs, a practice which the East German state endorsed.
June 8, 1992, midnight
S29E19 - Genes R Us
This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.
June 15, 1992, midnight
BBC Two
60 min/ep
77006 min
Feb. 4, 1964
Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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