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Season 2008
2008x1
How to Kill a Human Being
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Jan 15, 2008
Michael Portillo looks at the science behind executions. Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of .. show full overview
2008x2
Total Isolation
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Jan 22, 2008
Psychologists subject six volunteers to a world without stimulation. For the first time in 40 years Horizon re-creates a controversial sensory deprivation experiment. Six ordinary .. show full overview
2008x3
What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?
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Jan 29, 2008
Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. Particle physicist and ex D:Ream keyboard player Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it .. show full overview
2008x4
Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?
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Feb 05, 2008
A trip through the highs and lows of the UK’s 20 most dangerous drugs. Recent research has analysed the link between the harmful effects of drugs relative to their current .. show full overview
2008x5
How to Make Better Decisions
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Feb 12, 2008
Lifting the lid on the business of human choices in an exclusive guide to making better decisions. We are bad at making decisions. According to science, our decisions are based on .. show full overview
2008x6
How to Live to be 101
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Feb 19, 2008
While scientists have been searching for the secrets of long life, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the answer. The quest to live longer has been one of humanities .. show full overview
2008x7
Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets
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Feb 26, 2008
Friendly bacteria, superfoods, cholesterol busting spreads, 99% germ free, whiter than white...it's almost impossible to find a product in the supermarket today that doesn't come with .. show full overview
2008x8
Are we Alone in the Universe?
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Mar 04, 2008
Use the Drake equation to calculate the number of civilisations in our galaxy. For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence has been scanning the galaxy for a .. show full overview
2008x9
How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?
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Mar 18, 2008
Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts . When veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke died in 2004 few suspected that he .. show full overview
2008x10
How Does Your Memory Work?
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Mar 25, 2008
Horizon journeys into the human memory, from how it emerges in childhood, develops through to adulthood, and fades in middle age. You might think that your memory is there to help you .. show full overview
2008x11
The President's Guide to Science
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Sep 16, 2008
Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new American president. The United States president is quite simply the most powerful man on earth, but .. show full overview
2008x12
How Mad Are You? (1 of 2)
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Nov 11, 2008
First of a two-part special. Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill. Horizon .. show full overview
2008x13
How Mad Are You? (2 of 2)
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Nov 18, 2008
Second part of the special documentary considering where the line between sanity and madness lies as ten volunteers come together for an extraordinary test. With five 'normal' .. show full overview
2008x14
Jimmy's GM Food Fight
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Nov 25, 2008
Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer, one-time scientist and poster-boy for sustainable food production is on a mission to find out if GM crops really can feed the world. We need to double the .. show full overview
2008x15
Do You Know What Time It Is?
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Dec 02, 2008
Particle physicist Professor Brian Cox asks, 'What time is it?' It's a simple question and it sounds like it has a simple answer. But do we really know what it is that we're .. show full overview
2008x16
Allergy Planet
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Dec 09, 2008
We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. Fifty years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer to one in three. Why this should be is one of modern medicine's .. show full overview
2008x17 Season finale
Where's My Robot?
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Dec 16, 2008
Danny Wallace really wants a robot. He wants it to walk like him and talk like him. It's what scientists have been promising us for generations but it's a promise so far unfulfilled. .. show full overview

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