Horizon (1964)
Horizon (1964)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

User rating:


1990x01 Oil Spill

08 January, 1990 9:00 pm
After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Horizon looks at tanker design and the technology used for dealing with major oil slicks.

1990x02 Medicine 2000

15 January, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on medical developments in Britain which could mean by the year 2000, health care will be very different.

1990x03 Food Irradiation: Would You Buy It?

22 January, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon examines the history of research into irradiated food.

1990x04 From Earth to Miranda

29 January, 1990 9:00 pm
In this Horizon documentary, we look at how NASA launched the Voyager space probes to explore the planets of the outer solar system.

1990x05 Encounter With Neptune

05 February, 1990 9:00 pm
This report by Horizon presents the Voyager space probe close up encounter with the planet Neptune.

1990x06 Guess What's Coming to Dinner?

12 February, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon looks at the potential implications of genetically engineering plants.

1990x07 The First 14 Days

19 February, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon brings you a documentary on embryology - the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms from the moment of conception.

1990x08 The 10,000 Year Test

05 March, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on how America has chosen to bury all of its most lethal radioactive waste under Yucca mountain in the state of Nevada.

1990x09 Hurricane!

12 March, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon explores the inside of Hurricane Gilbert as it neared Jamaica on a direct course for the United States.

1990x10 The Britannic Greenhouse

19 March, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates how British scientists have begun to experiment to predict the effects of a changing climate from Greenhouse gases.

1990x11 Cold Fusion

26 March, 1990 9:00 pm
This story by Horizon investigates cold fusion

1990x12 The Quake of '89 - The Final Warning?

02 April, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon presents the real story of seismic neglect and the failure of the San Francisco city government to protect its citizens.

1990x13 The Sharpest Shot of the Universe

09 April, 1990 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon looks at the Hubble space telescope, hailed as the greatest advance in astronomy since Galileo.

1990x14 The Company of Ants and Bees

23 April, 1990 9:00 pm
What can we learn from insects? Professor James Gould explains on Horizon that the human society may be able to predict their own future based on the society structure of ants and bees.

1990x15 The Intelligent Island

30 April, 1990 9:00 pm
This Horizon documentary looks at the radical transformations in the Singapore society as its technology extends into monitoring, logging, and linking up all businesses, information, and aspects of life on computer systems. The country's ultimate plan is to link the entire population electronically through the world's most advanced videotext system called Teleview. The report raises the question of what type of society this may create and also the political implications of such a system.

1990x16 Legacy of a Volcano

14 May, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon looks at the area around Mt. St. Helens 10 years after the volcanic eruption that devastated more 500 square kilometres of forest land in just minutes.

1990x17 Do Cows Make You Mad?

21 May, 1990 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon is about BSE transmitted in cattle feed and causing the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome in humans.

1990x18 The Child Mothers

04 June, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates how teenage pregnancy is now posing massive health and social problems in many societies.

1990x19 Signs of Life

11 June, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon examines the possibility of scientists, either intentionally or unintentionally, creating living forms which could enjoy an independent existence, initially confined to computers and telephone networks, and in the form of computer viruses.

1990x20 AIDS: A Quest for a Cure

25 June, 1990 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates new breakthroughs in the scientific study, analysis, and reproduction of cells and their compounds, which may lead to the development of a cure for the AIDS virus.

Video Gallery

Coming Soon...

Photo Gallery

Coming Soon...