Horizon

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  • : 1964
  • : 1202
  • : 91
  • BBC Two
  • 21
  • Documentary

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1996
1996x1
The Butchers of Boxgrove
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08, 1996
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.
1996x2
Fermat's Last Theorem
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15, 1996
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.
1996x3
A Miracle for Cancer?
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22, 1996
Examines the latest research aimed at conquering cancer. Includes research into vaccines for prostate cancer and skin cancer.
1996x4
Nature's Numbers
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29, 1996
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.
1996x5
The Gene Race
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05, 1996
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.
1996x6
Masters of the Ionosphere
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12, 1996
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 .. show full overview
1996x7
Assault on the Male (revisited)
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26, 1996
Are changes in modern living increasing levels of oestrogen and threatening males of different species, from alligators to humans?
1996x8
Death by Design
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04, 1996
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.
1996x9
The Planet Hunters
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11, 1996
Follows astronomers from Manchester, Switzerland and California as they search for planets with liquid water on them, the prerequisite for life
1996x10
Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus (Update)
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25, 1996
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.
1996x11
Fallout from Chernobyl
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01, 1996
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.
1996x12
TV is Dead, Long Live TV
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04, 1996
In this documentary, Horizon compares the future of television with the years of experimentation before the first BBC broadcasts in 1936.
1996x13
Aliens from Mars
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11, 1996
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.
1996x17
BSE: The Invisible Enemy
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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
1996x14
Living Death
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25, 1996
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 .. show full overview
1996x15
The Time Lords
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02, 1996
An investigation into claims by researchers that time travel is not only theoretically possible but is already happening.
1996x16
Noah's Flood
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16, 1996
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.

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