David Stewart
Director
Horizon (1964)
1996
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
S33E1 - The Butchers of Boxgrove
Investigates the case of the "Boxgrove Man". Follows archaeologist Mark Roberts who tries to piece together the history of the first Englishman, from a shin bone nearly 500,000 years old, discovered in Boxgrove in Sussex.
Jan. 8, 1996, midnight
S33E2 - Fermat's Last Theorem
Tells the story of mathematician Andrew Wiles who has made it his life's work to solve the puzzle of Fermat's last theorem that has baffled minds for three centuries.
Jan. 15, 1996, midnight
S33E3 - A Miracle for Cancer ?
Examines the latest research aimed at conquering cancer. Includes research into vaccines for prostate cancer and skin cancer.
Jan. 22, 1996, midnight
S33E4 - Nature's Numbers
Follows a group of biologists Conservation International who take a pragmatic approach to what species can be saved.They travel to the Bolivian rainforest to assess missing species.
Jan. 29, 1996, midnight
S33E5 - The Gene Race
Follows two teams of researchers, in Britain and USA as they use radically different genetic techniques in the race to find an effective treatment against cystic fibrosis.
Feb. 5, 1996, midnight
S33E6 - Masters of the Ionosphere
Recounts the history of scientific attempts from Marconi onwards to understand the atmospheric layer, known as the ionosphere. Discusses interest shown by the US Military in the region which has led to the establishment of HAARP (High Altitude Auroral Research Project) which will beam energy directly into the ionosphere.
Feb. 12, 1996, midnight
S33E7 - Assault on the Male (revisited)
Are changes in modern living increasing levels of oestrogen and threatening males of different species, from alligators to humans?
Feb. 26, 1996, midnight
S33E8 - Death by Design
In this Horizon documentary, we look at the notion that each cell in our body is programmed to die. Understanding this concept has major implications for research into disease.
March 4, 1996, midnight
S33E9 - The Planet Hunters
Follows astronomers from Manchester, Switzerland and California as they search for planets with liquid water on them, the prerequisite for life
March 11, 1996, midnight
S33E10 - Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus (Update)
In this episode of Horizon, which is a follow-up to the 1991 documentary, we follow a group of soviet scientists on a suicide mission as they search for the missing nuclear fuel inside the remains of the nuclear reactor 4.
March 25, 1996, midnight
S33E11 - Fallout from Chernobyl
Reports on the work by scientists Dr Keith Baverstock and Sir Dillwyn Williams to confirm that the outbreak of thyroid cancer in children in Belarus and the Ukraine was due to the Chernobyl disaster.
April 1, 1996, midnight
S33E12 - TV is Dead, Long Live TV
In this documentary, Horizon compares the future of television with the years of experimentation before the first BBC broadcasts in 1936.
Nov. 4, 1996, midnight
S33E13 - Aliens from Mars
An investigation into claims that life once existed on Mars. NASA scientists and their critics discuss the fossils discovered in a small meteoric rock in Antarctica earlier in 1996.
Nov. 11, 1996, midnight
S33E14 - Living Death
Looks at new treatments for patients in a persistent vegetative state. Focuses on the case of Geoffrey Wildsmith who was misdiagnosed as being PVS. He had awoken from his coma but was totally paralysed and unable to communicate. After two years he was transferred and it was found he could communicate by using a buzzer connected to a highly sensitive pressure-switch.
Nov. 25, 1996, midnight
S33E15 - The Time Lords
An investigation into claims by researchers that time travel is not only theoretically possible but is already happening.
Dec. 2, 1996, midnight
S33E16 - Noah's Flood
Follows the work of geologists Bill Ryan and Walter Pitman, who for twenty five years have been investigating evidence for the location of the biblical flood and Noah's Ark.
Dec. 16, 1996, midnight
BBC Two
60 min/ep
77006 min
Feb. 4, 1964
Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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