Horizon (1964)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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1993x01 Awakening the Frozen Addicts
04 January, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizons presents a report on a daring Swedish operation that transplants foetal tissue into the brains of Parkinson's disease sufferers.
1993x02 Cheating Time
11 January, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the current benefits and disadvantages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
1993x03 TB - The Forgotten Plague
18 January, 1993 9:00 pm
This Horizon episode is about the new and terrible threat from tuberculosis which kills more people than any other infection.
1993x04 No Ordinary Genius (1)
25 January, 1993 9:00 pm
This is the first part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
1993x05 No Ordinary Genius (2)
01 February, 1993 9:00 pm
This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
1993x06 Mars Alive
08 February, 1993 9:00 pm
This Horizon episode attempts to answer the question if it will be possible to 'terraform' Mars by creating a new atmosphere, and then adding water and plants to make the planet habitable.
1993x07 Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers
15 February, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates how market research, opinion polls, TV ratings, and consumer surveys have got it disastrously wrong. Commercial decisions depend increasingly on this information, but just how good is that information?
1993x08 The Pyramid Builders
22 February, 1993 9:00 pm
This Horizon documentary looks at how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without the use of the wheel, ramps, or levers.
1993x09 Here Be Monsters
01 March, 1993 9:00 pm
This documentary by Horizon looks at how the Hubble space telescope is uncovering evidence of black holes in our distant galaxies.
1993x10 Iceman (Update)
08 March, 1993 9:00 pm
This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.
1993x11 Whatever Happened to Star Wars
15 March, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon shows how American scientists struggled to fulfil the dreams which challenged fundamental scientific laws.
1993x12 Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls
22 March, 1993 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon examines the latest scientific evidence about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
1993x13 Dante Goes to Hell
29 March, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon presents the story of a robot named Dante, who goes into an active volcano in Antarctica to find out if volcanoes contribute to the ozone hole in our atmosphere.
1993x14 Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
05 April, 1993 9:00 pm
Follows a team of archaeologists led by Michael Novacek as they try to retrace the steps of an expedition launched by the American Museum of Natural History in the 1920's. The original expedition sought the origins of humanity but instead came across a virtual graveyard of the dinosaurs.
1993x15 The New Alchemists
19 April, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on scientists who are planning smart aircraft wings and smart buildings that can sense earthquakes.
1993x16 Allergic to the 20th Century
10 May, 1993 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon examines Asthma, the illness that is the most common condition of the developed world.
1993x17 Wot U Looking At?
24 May, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon looks at causes of violence and asks psychologists to interview men and boys with a record of violence.
1993x18 The Electronic Frontier
07 June, 1993 9:00 pm
In this story, Horizon explores the endless stream of digital information available on demand to the public, but do we need, or even want it?
1993x19 A Vital Poison
14 June, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon describes how researchers discovered that a lethal gas, called nitric oxide, was behind some of the most basic functions of our bodies.
1993x20 Chimp Talk
21 June, 1993 9:00 pm
This documentary by Horizon looks back into the 1980's where the work of pioneer researchers trying to determine if chimpanzees could understand language was attacked as charlatanism. Now the public opinion has moved back in favour of the idea that apes can indeed talk to us. The program looks at the latest developments in the chimpanzee language laboratories in America.
1993x21 Life is Impossible
28 June, 1993 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates how life began on Earth. Did it evolve on land surfaces on Earth, in the sea, or in space?
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