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Horizon - 1999

Horizon

Run Time: 60 mins

Air Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999

Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)

BBC Two

14 Episodes

From Here to Infinity

From Here to Infinity

Season 36 - Episode 1

Horizon examines how observations of supernova in distant parts of the universe has provided evidence of the accelerating expansion of the u...

Pandemic

Pandemic

Season 36 - Episode 2

Horizon looks at the knowledge gained following the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918.

Elephants or Ivory

Elephants or Ivory

Season 36 - Episode 3

In this episode, Horizon reports from Africa on the effect that rising elephant numbers are having on humans and the natural environment.

Electric Heart

Electric Heart

Season 36 - Episode 4

Horizon presents a documentary looking at the United States heart specialist, Michael DeBakey, and his work and research into making miniatu...

Sudden Death

Sudden Death

Season 36 - Episode 5

In this Horizon documentary, we present Alfred Steinschneider's theory on cot death where gaps in breathing could be responsible for the dea...

New Star in Orbit

New Star in Orbit

Season 36 - Episode 6

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 ...

New Asteroid Danger

New Asteroid Danger

Season 36 - Episode 7

Horizon presents this documentary by scientists who have calculated that the Earth will be hit by a small asteroid within 50 years. How will...

Skeleton Key

Skeleton Key

Season 36 - Episode 8

In this report, Horizon investigates the rare disease called Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, which causes muscles and ligaments to tu...

Wings of Angels

Wings of Angels

Season 36 - Episode 9

Dramatisation of biologist David Lack's struggle to reconcile scientific evidence for evolution with his belief in God.

Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity

Season 36 - Episode 10

Horizon presents a documentary about Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) where in the 1980's, it suddenly became the talk of the town. Tens ...

Volcanoes of the Deep

Volcanoes of the Deep

Season 36 - Episode 11

Could giant volcanic 'chimneys' on the ocean floor unlock the secret of how life began on Earth?

Anatomy of an Avalanche

Anatomy of an Avalanche

Season 36 - Episode 12

Horizon reports on a February 1999 catastrophic avalanche at Galtür in Austria that claimed 31 lives. Over the next six months, Horizon foll...

The Midas Formula

The Midas Formula

Season 36 - Episode 13

Horizon presents the extraordinary story of a beautiful mathematical formula that changed the world, the financial markets, and indeed capit...

Blood and Flowers: In Search of the Aztecs

Blood and Flowers: In Search of the Aztecs

Season 36 - Episode 14

The Aztecs are regarded as the most bloodthirsty of the Central American peoples, but they were also one of the most sophisticated. DrTony S...

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