Horizon (1964)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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1997x01 Psychedelic Science
27 February, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.
1997x02 Fat Cats, Thin Mice
06 March, 1997 9:00 pm
In this documentary, Horizon investigates obesity in Britain, following a woman, Heather Osborne, who weighs 322 pounds. We watch her progress through a stomach stapling operation and explore reports on a so-called fat free fat and two new drugs which have been marketed as the ultimate cure for obesity.
1997x03 Shipwreck
13 March, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.
1997x04 Genius of the Jet
20 March, 1997 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon presents a profile of the inventor Sir Frank Whittle and his idea for the first jet engine which changed the nature of air travel.
1997x05 Smallpox on Death Row
27 March, 1997 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon reports on the last lab samples of smallpox destined to be destroyed. But do we still have much to learn from this virus?
1997x06 Silent Children, New Language
03 April, 1997 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.
1997x07 Turned On by Danger
17 April, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.
1997x08 A Perfect Oil Spill
24 April, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.
1997x09 The Great Balloon Race
01 May, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.
1997x10 Destination Mars (Update)
04 July, 1997 9:00 pm
We follow the events leading up to the Pathfinder mission.
1997x11 Crater of Death
11 September, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
1997x12 Mind Over Body
18 September, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.
1997x13 Out of Asia
25 September, 1997 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.
1997x14 The Virus that Cures
09 October, 1997 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.
1997x15 The Man Who Lost his Body
16 October, 1997 9:00 pm
Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by sheer will-power to get back some mobility. Examines the question of how far the brain can over-ride disease or physical problems.
1997x16 Dawn of the Clone Age
23 October, 1997 9:00 pm
This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.
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