Horizon - 1997
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two15 Episodes
Psychedelic Science
Season 34 - Episode 1
Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.
Fat Cats, Thin Mice
Season 34 - Episode 2
In this documentary, Horizon investigates obesity in Britain, following a woman, Heather Osborne, who weighs 322 pounds. We watch her progre...
Shipwreck
Season 34 - Episode 3
Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.
Genius of the Jet
Season 34 - Episode 4
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 ...
Smallpox on Death Row
Season 34 - Episode 5
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 ...
Silent Children, New Language
Season 34 - Episode 6
In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from w...
Turned On by Danger
Season 34 - Episode 7
Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.
A Perfect Oil Spill
Season 34 - Episode 8
Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.
The Great Balloon Race
Season 34 - Episode 9
Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.
Crater of Death
Season 34 - Episode 10
Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
Mind Over Body
Season 34 - Episode 11
Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.
Out of Asia
Season 34 - Episode 12
In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.
The Virus that Cures
Season 34 - Episode 13
Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the f...
The Man Who Lost his Body
Season 34 - Episode 14
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 wo...
Dawn of the Clone Age
Season 34 - Episode 15
This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.