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The Case of the Ancient Astronauts
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Nov 25, 1977
In this special episode, Horizon reports on Erich von Däniken and his theories about astronauts visiting Earth long ago.
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The Mind's Eye
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Jan 28, 1980
This special episode of Horizon shows the latest advances in research into how the visual eyesight system of humans and animals work.
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25 Years in Space
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Dec 25, 1982
This Horizon special episode recalls the highlights of the past 25 years of the space age.
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Biology at War: The Mystery of Yellow Rain
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May 15, 1984
In the first part of this special two-part series, Horizon reports on the yellow rain problem in South-east Asia.
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Beyond the Moon
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Jul 21, 1984
In this special episode, Horizon brings you a report on space exploration and exploitation. The first half of this episode looks back at the Apollo 11 moon landing, and second the second half looks at the future plans of the space program.
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Biology at War: A Plague in the Wind
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Oct 29, 1984
This is the second part, of a two-part special series. In this episode, Horizon looks at the history of germ warfare and the research still continuing today in military labs under deceptive name of defensive biology.
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Twenty-First Birthday
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May 20, 1985
Horizon celebrates twenty one years of work, achievement, and awards with a birthday compilation of highlights from past episodes.
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Halley's Comet - The Apparition
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Nov 25, 1985
This report by Horizon looks into how the apparitions of Halley's comet came to be predicted so accurately.
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Halley's Comet - The Encounter
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Mar 13, 1986
Special on Halley's comet
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Life Story
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Apr 27, 1987
Dramatisation of the race at the University of Cambridge in 1951 for the discovery of DNA.
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The Diary of Discovery
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Sep 28, 1988
This Horizon special follows the 20 months preparation of the five astronauts who are to man the American space shuttle Discovery launching on the 29th of September in 1988. This is the .. show full overview
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Making an Honest Fiver
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Jun 06, 1990
This Horizon special explores the production and processes behind the scenes of the new five pound note to be launched on the 7the June, 1990, in Britain. It considers the design and .. show full overview
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Red Star in Orbit: The Invisible Spaceman
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Dec 07, 1990
This Horizon special episode is part one of a three part series on the projects, cosmonauts, and engineers involved in the Soviet Union space program.
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Red Star in Orbit: The Dark Side of the Moon
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Dec 14, 1990
This Horizon special episode is part two of a three part series on the projects, cosmonauts, and engineers involved in the Soviet Union space program.
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Red Star in Orbit: The Mission
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Dec 21, 1990
This Horizon special episode is the last part of a three part series on the projects, cosmonauts, and engineers involved in the Soviet Union space program. In this episode, two Soviet .. show full overview
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A Close Encounter of the Second Kind
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Jul 10, 1992
This Horizon special program explores what happened when the "Giotto" explorer spacecraft passed within 100 kilometres of Halley's Comet.
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Hide and Seek in Iraq
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Aug 23, 1992
This documentary by Horizon reveals the disturbing discoveries made in over 40 inspections looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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The Truth About Sex
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Oct 12, 1992
This report by Horizon brings you the results of a landmark survey about sex.
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Assault on the Male
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Oct 31, 1993
This Horizon special looks at the mysterious changes in wildlife that has been reported in the USA and that man's reproduction may also be adversely effected.
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30th Anniversary - The Far Side
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May 23, 1994
Horizon celebrates its 30th birthday by checking on some of the scientific predictions of last three decades.
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Twice Born
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Feb 14, 1995
In this special episode, Horizon examines the use of foetal surgery for life saving operations.
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Einstein: The Miracle Year
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Mar 17, 1996
First part of a two-part drama looking at the work and life of Albert Einstein. Mixes archival material with dramatised sequences. Looks at his turbulent private life and the six month .. show full overview
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Einstein: Fame
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Mar 18, 1996
This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series on Albert Einstein looking at Einstein's life and work. This program deals with the break up of his first marriage, his second .. show full overview
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BSE: The Invisible Enemy
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Nov 17, 1996
First part of a two-part investigation into BSE. Looks into the scientific confusion and official bungling surrounding the problem, which allowed BSE to spread into the human population. .. show full overview
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BSE: The Human Experiment
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Nov 18, 1996
This is part two of a two-part Horizon series on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as "mad cow" disease, and how it is transmitted to humans, becoming CJD .. show full overview
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Molecules With Sunglasses (Update)
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Dec 09, 1996
An update on the earlier 1992 episode, and the continuing story of the Carbon 60 molecule.
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Ice Mummies: The Ice Maiden
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Jan 30, 1997
Follows archeologist Natalya Polosmok as she journeys to the Altay Mountains in southern Siberia to search for traces of an ancient people known as the Pazyryk. * Polosmok and her .. show full overview
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Ice Mummies: A Life in Ice
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Feb 06, 1997
In this second part of the Ice Mummies trilogy, attention turns to Ötzi, the Neolithic man plucked with an ice pick and some not inconsiderable brute force from an Alpine glacier. Once .. show full overview
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Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven
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Feb 13, 1997
This is the bizarre and fascinating story of the remains of Inca culture, frozen for posterity high in the mountains of the Andes. Evidence has emerged of sacrifice to the mountain gods, .. show full overview
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Computers Don't Bite, Inside the Internet
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May 17, 1997
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Antarctica: The Ice Lives
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Oct 30, 1997
This is part one of a three-part Horizon special about the scientists and others who became explorers in the earth's final frontier, Antarctica.
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Antarctica: The Ice Forms
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Nov 06, 1997
This is part two of a three-part Horizon special about the scientists and others who became explorers in the earth's final frontier, Antarctica.
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Antarctica: The Ice Melts
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Nov 13, 1997
This is part three of a three-part Horizon special about the scientists and others who became explorers in the earth's final frontier, Antarctica.
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Crash
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Jan 08, 1998
This programme traces the lessons learned from a century of road fatalities. How have car makers learnt to predict the injuries their designs will inflict, and how have doctors learnt to patch up the damage to the frail human body?
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Darwin: The Legacy
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Mar 29, 1998
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Longitude
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Jan 04, 1999
In this documentary special, Horizon explores how to solve the problem of sailors being unable to pin-point their exact east-west position on the globe.
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Fat Files: Born to Be Fat
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Jan 07, 1999
Horizon presents a three-part series focusing on weight-gain, dieting, and eating disorders. In this episode, there is scientific proof that we are not always in control of our appetites and weight, and introduces the hormone called Leptin.
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Fat Files: Fixing Fat
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Jan 14, 1999
Horizon presents a three-part series focusing on weight-gain, dieting, and eating disorders. In this episode, Horizon examines the shift away from invasive dieting methods to more .. show full overview
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Fat Files: Living on Air
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Jan 21, 1999
Horizon presents a three-part series focusing on weight-gain, dieting, and eating disorders. In this episode, Horizon looks at the eating disorders called Anorexia and Bulimia.
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Atlantis Uncovered
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Oct 28, 1999
This is part one of a two-part special Horizon series about Atlantis. In this episode, Horizon explores the mystery of whether Atlantis really did exist. Was there really, about 12,000 .. show full overview
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Atlantis Reborn
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Nov 04, 1999
This is part two of a two-part special Horizon series about Atlantis. In this episode, Horizon puts Graham Hancock's controversial theories about the past to the test, dissecting his evidence for a lost civilization.
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Life and Death in the 21st Century: Living Forever
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Jan 04, 2000
Will we find the magic formula that allows us to live forever in the 21st Century?
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Life and Death in the 21st Century: Future Plagues
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Jan 05, 2000
Ancient diseases we thought we had defeated are returning to haunt us, and plagues of new viruses and bacteria are now emerging.
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Life and Death in the 21st Century: Designer Babies
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Jan 06, 2000
Will we ever be able to hand-pick genes to manufacture our own tailor-made baby?
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Inside the Internet
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Jun 10, 2000
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Life on Mars
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Jan 11, 2001
If there's life on Mars, it would be one of the most important discoveries of all time. It would mean life on Earth was not some special unique event - it would mean there's likely to be .. show full overview
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Destination Mars
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Jan 18, 2001
Tantalising new evidence has emerged that life could exist on Mars. But to find out for sure humans will have to journey to this dry, frozen planet.
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What Sank the Kursk?
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Aug 08, 2001
In August 2000, the Russian submarine, the Kursk, sank with the loss of 118 lives. It was a tragedy which shocked the world. But to many the tragedy remains incomprehensible, for the .. show full overview
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Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Revisited)
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Dec 06, 2002
How scientists now believe that dinosaurs may have actually come into existence thanks to an earlier meteoric impact.
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You do as you are told (Revisited)
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Feb 27, 2003
Horizon brings you the update on Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments and the importance of those findings for today's world.
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The Human Genome Project (Revisited)
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Mar 06, 2003
Horizon follows the updates by Baroness Helena Kennedy who revisits The Book of Man - originally broadcast in 1987 on the human genome project.
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Michael Adler on AIDS (Revisited)
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Mar 13, 2003
This episode is an update by Professor Michael Adler who revisits the 1987 Horizon broadcast on AIDS, "Can AIDS be Stopped?"
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First Olympian
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Jul 23, 2004
In this documentary, Horizon reports on a skeleton was found 50 years ago in Southern Italy. The bone structure suggests the owner was an ancient athlete.
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The Life and Times of El Niño
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Jan 03, 2006
In this intriguing BBC science documentary, The Life and Times of El Niño combines history and science to show how this meteorological monster has affected global economy and political .. show full overview
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Everest: Doctors in the Death Zone (1)
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Sep 23, 2007
This two-part special, Horizon documentary follows an extraordinary team of climbing doctors on an expedition like no other to make scientific history and experience the ultimate in .. show full overview
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Everest: Doctors in the Death Zone (2)
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Sep 30, 2007
The extraordinary expedition of climbing doctors reaches a tense conclusion as Horizon follows Dr Mike Grocott and his team as they attempt to reach the summit of Everest and measure the .. show full overview
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Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
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Sep 04, 2008
Professor Jim Al Khalili delves into over 50 years of the BBC science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories of modern science, the Big Bang. The .. show full overview
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The Big Bang Machine
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Sep 04, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider, constructed in tunnels below Geneva, is the world's largest particle accelerator. Scientists using the LHC will recreate conditions less than a billionth of a second after the Big Bang.
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40 Years On The Moon
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Jul 09, 2009
Professor Brian Cox takes a look through nearly 50 years of BBC archive at the story of man's relationship with the moon. From the BBC's space fanatic James Burke testing out the .. show full overview
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The Horizon Guide to Pandemic
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Aug 09, 2009
In the wake of the swine flu outbreak, virologist Dr Mike Leahy goes back over 50 years of BBC archives to explore the history of pandemics: waves of infectious diseases caused by .. show full overview
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Mars: A Horizon Guide
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Nov 15, 2009
The intriguing possibility of life on Mars has fuelled man's quest to visit the Red Planet. Drawing on 45 years of Horizon archive, space expert Dr Kevin Fong presents a documentary on .. show full overview
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How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?
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Dec 09, 2009
In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis. In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human .. show full overview
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Diet: A Horizon Guide
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Jan 07, 2010
Dr Susan Jebb takes a look through nearly fifty years of amazing BBC archive of mankind's relationship with what we eat, charting the shift from the malnutrition of the past to today's .. show full overview
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The End of God? A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion
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Sep 17, 2010
As the Pope ends his visit to Britain, historian Dr Thomas Dixon delves into the BBC's archive to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science. From the creationists of .. show full overview
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What Makes Us Clever? A Horizon Guide to Intelligence
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Jan 06, 2011
Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archive to discover how our understanding of intelligence has transformed over the last century. From early caveman thinkers to computers doing .. show full overview
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Japan Earthquake: A Horizon Special
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Mar 27, 2011
Professor Iain Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthquake, and explores how the release of this power of the planet brought Japan .. show full overview
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The Horizon Guide to Space Shuttles
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Apr 10, 2011
In 2011, after more than 30 years of service, America's space shuttle took to the skies for the last time. Its story has been characterised by incredible triumphs, but blighted by .. show full overview
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The End of the World? A Horizon Guide to Armageddon
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May 12, 2011
Our understanding of the world around us is better now than ever before. But are we any closer to knowing how its all going to end? Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archive to .. show full overview
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Carrot or Stick? A Horizon Guide to Raising Kids
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Aug 11, 2011
Child psychologist Laverne Antrobus delves into the Horizon archive to find out how science has shaped our approach to parenting and education over the last fifty years. From lessons in .. show full overview
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Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs
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Sep 21, 2011
Dallas Campbell delves in to the Horizon archive to discover how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed over the past 40 years. From realising that lumbering swamp dwellers were really .. show full overview
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The Hunt for Higgs: A Horizon Special
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Jan 09, 2012
Horizon goes behind the scenes at CERN to follow one of the most epic and expensive scientific quests of all time: the search for the Higgs particle, believed to give mass to everything .. show full overview
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Woof! A Horizon Guide to Dogs
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Mar 01, 2012
Dallas Campbell looks back through the Horizon archives to find out what science can tell us about our best friend the dog, and whether new thinking should change the way we treat them. .. show full overview
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The Hunt for AI
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Apr 03, 2012
Marcus Du Sautoy wants to find out how close we are to creating machines that can think like us: robots or computers that have artificial intelligence. His journey takes him to a .. show full overview
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Stuff: A Horizon Guide to Materials
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Apr 19, 2012
Engineer Jem Stansfield looks back through the Horizon archives to find out how scientists have come to understand and manipulate the materials that built the modern world. Whether it is .. show full overview
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The Transit of Venus: A Horizon Special
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Jun 05, 2012
Liz Bonnin presents a Horizon special about a rare and beautiful event in our solar system, one that we should all be able to see for ourselves - the transit of Venus across the face of .. show full overview
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Blink: A Horizon Guide to the Senses
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Jul 11, 2012
Touch, sight, smell, hearing and taste - our senses link us to the outside world. Dr Kevin Fong looks back through 40 years of Horizon archives to find out what science has taught us .. show full overview
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Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing
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Jul 17, 2012
Is there any way to slow or even prevent the ravages of time? Veteran presenter Johnny Ball looks back over the 45 years that Horizon - and he - have been on air to find out what science .. show full overview
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Mission to Mars
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Jul 30, 2012
Horizon goes behind the scenes at NASA as they countdown to the landing of a 2.5 billion-dollar rover on the surface of Mars. In six days time, the nuclear-powered vehicle - the size of .. show full overview
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Mission to Mars
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Jul 30, 2012
Horizon goes behind the scenes at Nasa as they count down to the landing of a 2.5 billion-dollar rover on the surface of Mars. The nuclear-powered vehicle, the size of a car, will be .. show full overview
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The Final Frontier? A Horizon Guide to the Universe
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Oct 17, 2012
Dallas Campbell looks back through almost 50 years of the Horizon archives to chart the scientific breakthroughs that have transformed our understanding of the universe. From Einstein's .. show full overview
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The Truth About Meteors
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Mar 03, 2013
On a bright, cold morning on 15th February 2013, a meteorite ripped across the skies above the Ural mountains in Russia, distintegrating into three pieces and exploding with the force of .. show full overview
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Mend Me: A Horizon Guide to Transplants
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Mar 27, 2013
Transplant surgery has now reached incredible heights, from achieving full face transplants to growing organs in the lab. This Horizon Guide looks back at the extraordinary odds doctors .. show full overview
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Tomorrow's World
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Apr 11, 2013
Liz Bonnin delves in to the world of invention, revealing the people and technologies set to transform all our lives. She examines the conditions that are promising to make the 21st .. show full overview
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What's Killing Our Bees? A Horizon Special
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Aug 02, 2013
Bill Turnbull investigates one of the biggest mysteries in the British countryside: what is killing our bees. It is a question that generates huge controversy. Changes in the weather, .. show full overview
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Sex: A Horizon Guide
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Sep 11, 2013
Sex is a simple word for a very complex set of desires. It cuts to the core of our passions, our wants, our emotions. But when it goes wrong, it can be the most painful thing of all. .. show full overview
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Impact! A Horizon Guide to Plane Crashes
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Oct 14, 2013
It's a macabre paradox, but almost every advance in aviation safety has been driven by a crash. After every crash, investigators determine its cause and scientists make every effort to .. show full overview
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Impact! A Horizon Guide to Car Crashes
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Oct 21, 2013
In the 1950s up to 8,000 people died every year on the roads in this country - a truly horrific figure. Thankfully it has now fallen to around 2,000 a year - still a terrible toll, but a .. show full overview
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Comet of the Century: A Horizon Special
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Nov 23, 2013
Comet ISON could well be the brightest and most spectacular comet for a generation. It should appear above the eastern horizon from December 2013 as a glorious streak across the sky. .. show full overview
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Cat Watch 2014 - A Cat's Eye View
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Oct 07, 2014
Playful pets, fearsome fighters or deadly hunters? Millions of us have cats in our homes, yet we know very little about them. In this series, Liz Bonnin joins forces with some of the .. show full overview
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Cat Watch 2014 - The Lion in Your Lap
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Oct 08, 2014
The second episode of this unique scientific study reveals the wild side of pet cats. Using GPS trackers and cat cameras, they show how these felines transform from pampered pet to .. show full overview
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Cat Watch 2014 - Cat Talk
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Oct 09, 2014
In the final episode of this groundbreaking scientific study, Liz Bonnin and a team of scientists reveal the secret language of our cats, the surprising conversations they have when we .. show full overview
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What's The Right Diet For You? (1)
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Jan 12, 2015
Instead of reaching for the latest fad diet, the best way to lose weight successfully is a personalised approach - diets tailored to your individual biology and psychology. In a .. show full overview
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What's The Right Diet For You? (2)
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Jan 13, 2015
It is time to see if personalised dieting will work in normal life. The volunteers have been given one of three diets to follow - based on their genes, their hormones and their .. show full overview
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What's The Right Diet For You? (3)
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Jan 14, 2015
So far the volunteers have successfully been losing lost weight, but now the honeymoon period is over. It is the final two months of the diet, and their minds and bodies are fighting .. show full overview
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Climate Change: A Horizon Guide
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Mar 04, 2015
Today, the topic of climate change is a major part of daily life, yet 40 years ago it was virtually unheard of. Since then, Horizon and the BBC have followed scientists as they have .. show full overview
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The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
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Mar 09, 2015
There are about 600 murders each year in the UK. So, what drives people to kill? Are some people born to kill or are they driven to it by circumstances? Michael Mosley delves into the .. show full overview
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Tim Peake Special - How to be an Astronaut
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Dec 13, 2015
On the 15th December, Tim Peake will launch into space to be Britain's first astronaut on board the International Space Station. For the past two years, Tim has been filming a video .. show full overview
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Ice Station Antarctica: Part One
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May 21, 2016
BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs makes an emotional return to Antarctica, years after he lived and worked at the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station. (Part One as shown on BBC News)
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Ice Station Antarctica: Part Two
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May 28, 2016
BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs's return to Antarctica becomes something of a rescue mission. The British Antarctic Survey reveals how it will save the Halley Research Station from being cast adrift on an iceberg. (Part Two as shown on BBC News)
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Jimmy Carr and the Science of Laughter
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Sep 11, 2016
Comedian Jimmy Carr takes over Horizon for this one-off special programme, produced as part of BBC2's sitcom season. Jimmy turns venerable documentary strand Horizon into a chat show, .. show full overview
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Professor Hawking's Universe
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Mar 14, 2018
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The Horizon Guide to AI
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Sep 04, 2018
The BBC's Horizon programme began in 1964, and since then has produced films looking at computer technology and the emergence of 'artificial intelligence'. Our dreams always begin with .. show full overview
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Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me
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May 21, 2019
In an intensely personal and often surprising film for BBC Two, Alastair Campbell candidly talks about his experience living with depression and explores if radical new treatments can .. show full overview
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Journey to the Moon: A Horizon Special
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Jul 17, 2019
Professor Brian Cox takes a journey through the BBC science archive to explore the story of mankind's relationship with the moon, from James Burke testing Nasa equipment to Neil .. show full overview
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Coronavirus Special - Part 1
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Apr 09, 2020
Investigating the scientific facts and figures behind the biggest public health crisis in living memory as a new coronavirus takes an unprepared world by storm.
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Coronavirus Special - Part 2
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May 19, 2020
Dr Chris van Tulleken, Dr Hannah Fry and Michael Mosley examine the latest research and explore some of the big questions about the new coronavirus and the pandemic it has created.
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Coronavirus Special - What We Know Now
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Feb 25, 2021
In this third Horizon special, Dr Chris Van Tulleken is joined by his brother Xand and Dr Guddi Singh to take us through the latest developments and answer current concerns. Though .. show full overview
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Coronavirus Special - What We Know Now
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Feb 25, 2021
In this third Horizon special, Dr Chris Van Tulleken is joined by his brother Xand and Dr Guddi Singh to take us through the latest developments and answer current concerns.
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Horizon Special: The Vaccine
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Jun 16, 2021
The extraordinary inside story of the biggest scientific challenge of our age - following a small band of vaccine scientists around the world who took on Covid-19 and ultimately .. show full overview
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Dolly: The Sheep That Changed the World
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Nov 23, 2021
This documentary tells the full story for the first time with never-before-seen archive, revealing how on a small Scottish farm, a handful of the world’s best genetic scientists worked .. show full overview
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Fergal Keane: Living with PTSD
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Air date
May 09, 2022
In 2020, BBC special correspondent Fergal Keane went public with his diagnosis of PTSD. In this personal film, Fergal lays bare its impact on himself and others like him.
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