Horizon - 1993
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two21 Episodes
Awakening the Frozen Addicts
Season 30 - Episode 1
Horizons presents a report on a daring Swedish operation that transplants foetal tissue into the brains of Parkinson's disease sufferers.
Cheating Time
Season 30 - Episode 2
Horizon investigates the current benefits and disadvantages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
TB - The Forgotten Plague
Season 30 - Episode 3
This Horizon episode is about the new and terrible threat from tuberculosis which kills more people than any other infection.
No Ordinary Genius (1)
Season 30 - Episode 4
This is the first part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
No Ordinary Genius (2)
Season 30 - Episode 5
This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
Mars Alive
Season 30 - Episode 6
This Horizon episode attempts to answer the question if it will be possible to 'terraform' Mars by creating a new atmosphere, and then addin...
Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers
Season 30 - Episode 7
Horizon investigates how market research, opinion polls, TV ratings, and consumer surveys have got it disastrously wrong. Commercial decisio...
The Pyramid Builders
Season 30 - Episode 8
This Horizon documentary looks at how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without the use of the wheel, ramps, or levers.
Here Be Monsters
Season 30 - Episode 9
This documentary by Horizon looks at how the Hubble space telescope is uncovering evidence of black holes in our distant galaxies.
Iceman (Update)
Season 30 - Episode 10
This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.
Whatever Happened to Star Wars
Season 30 - Episode 11
Horizon shows how American scientists struggled to fulfil the dreams which challenged fundamental scientific laws.
Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls
Season 30 - Episode 12
In this episode, Horizon examines the latest scientific evidence about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Dante Goes to Hell
Season 30 - Episode 13
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 ...
Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
Season 30 - Episode 14
Follows a team of archaeologists led by Michael Novacek as they try to retrace the steps of an expedition launched by the American Museum ...
The New Alchemists
Season 30 - Episode 15
Horizon reports on scientists who are planning smart aircraft wings and smart buildings that can sense earthquakes.
Allergic to the 20th Century
Season 30 - Episode 16
In this episode, Horizon examines Asthma, the illness that is the most common condition of the developed world.
Wot U Looking At?
Season 30 - Episode 17
Horizon looks at causes of violence and asks psychologists to interview men and boys with a record of violence.
The Electronic Frontier
Season 30 - Episode 18
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...
A Vital Poison
Season 30 - Episode 19
Horizon describes how researchers discovered that a lethal gas, called nitric oxide, was behind some of the most basic functions of our bodi...
Chimp Talk
Season 30 - Episode 20
This documentary by Horizon looks back into the 1980's where the work of pioneer researchers trying to determine if chimpanzees could unders...
Life is Impossible
Season 30 - Episode 21
Horizon investigates how life began on Earth. Did it evolve on land surfaces on Earth, in the sea, or in space?