Horizon - 1999
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two14 Episodes
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
Season 36 - Episode 2
Horizon looks at the knowledge gained following the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Season 36 - Episode 9
Dramatisation of biologist David Lack's struggle to reconcile scientific evidence for evolution with his belief in God.
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
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
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
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
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...