Horizon (1964)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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1999x01 From Here to Infinity
28 January, 1999 9:00 pm
Horizon follows the hunt for the most distant star ever seen.
1999x02 Pandemic
04 February, 1999 9:00 pm
Horizon looks at the knowledge gained following the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918.
1999x03 Elephants or Ivory
11 February, 1999 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon reports from Africa on the effect that rising elephant numbers are having on humans and the natural environment.
1999x04 Electric Heart
18 February, 1999 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a documentary looking at the United States heart specialist, Michael DeBakey, and his work and research into making miniature pumps which could help make permanent artificial hearts in the future.
1999x05 Sudden Death
25 February, 1999 9:00 pm
In this Horizon documentary, we present Alfred Steinschneider's theory on cot death where gaps in breathing could be responsible for the death of many infants.
1999x06 New Star in Orbit
11 March, 1999 9:00 pm
In this report, Horizon explores the arguments for and against the building of the Space Station Freedom and will it ever justify it's huge cost.
1999x07 New Asteroid Danger
18 March, 1999 9:00 pm
Horizon presents this documentary by scientists who have calculated that the Earth will be hit by a small asteroid within 50 years. How will this effect our planet?
1999x08 Skeleton Key
25 March, 1999 9:00 pm
In this report, Horizon investigates the rare disease called Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, which causes muscles and ligaments to turn into solid bone. This disease causes severe disfigurement and suffering, and often-time death. We look at the research by scientists trying to find out the causes of the disease and how to find a cure.
1999x09 Wings of Angels
01 August, 1999 9:00 pm
Dramatisation of biologist David Lack's struggle to reconcile scientific evidence for evolution with his belief in God.
1999x10 Mistaken Identity
11 November, 1999 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a documentary about Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) where in the 1980's, it suddenly became the talk of the town. Tens of thousands of Americans were diagnosed with an illness that was previously unheard of. A trigger for this sudden was the release of a film, "Sybil". Telling the dramatic story of a woman diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder, the film was shown across America making Sybil a household name.
1999x11 Volcanoes of the Deep
18 November, 1999 9:00 pm
Could giant volcanic 'chimneys' on the ocean floor unlock the secret of how life began on Earth?
1999x12 Anatomy of an Avalanche
25 November, 1999 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on a February 1999 catastrophic avalanche at Galtür in Austria that claimed 31 lives. Over the next six months, Horizon followed a team of scientists as they pieced together the extraordinary chain of events that led to the disaster. The scientists' investigations into the extreme forces of nature responsible for the tragedy are making people re-evaluate their calculations about avalanches.
1999x13 The Midas Formula
02 December, 1999 9:00 pm
Horizon presents the extraordinary story of a beautiful mathematical formula that changed the world, the financial markets, and indeed capitalism itself. It could do the unthinkable - it took the risk out of playing the money-markets. To its inventors it brought the Nobel Prize for economics. To those who used it, it brought great wealth. But this glittering tale would end in tragedy.
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