Horizon - 2005
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two20 Episodes
Global Dimming
Season 42 - Episode 1
Horizon producer David Sington on why predictions about the Earth's climate will need to be re-examined.
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Season 42 - Episode 2
The unpredictable results of the Theory of Relativity. Horizon brings you the second part of a two-part series on Albert Einsten. In the su...
Einstein's Equation of Life and Death
Season 42 - Episode 3
The story of Einstein's most famous equation E=mc² – its role in the creation of the atom bomb and our understanding of the beginnings of th...
Living with ADHD
Season 42 - Episode 4
In this documentary, Horizon investigates Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which is one of the most feared and misunderstood...
Neanderthal
Season 42 - Episode 5
Horizon investigates a strange skull that was discovered in 1848 on the military outpost of Gibraltar. It was undoubtedly human, but also ha...
An Experiment to Save the World
Season 42 - Episode 6
In this documentary, Horizon follows the scientific world that was rocked by some astonishing news in March 2002 where a distinguished US go...
Who's Afraid of Designer Babies?
Season 42 - Episode 7
This Horizon episode is about genetics in humans. Every parent wants their child to have the best in life. But would this extend to picking ...
The Lost Civilisation of Peru
Season 42 - Episode 8
Horizon brings us back two thousand years ago when a mysterious and little known civilization ruled the northern coast of Peru. Its people w...
The Next Megaquake
Season 42 - Episode 9
In this documentary on earthquakes, Horizon starts with the worst natural disasters of all time in December 2004. The cause of so much devas...
Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?
Season 42 - Episode 10
In this documentary, Horizon presents the largest public health issue of recent years that has attracted such heated debate as the question ...
Malaria: Defeating the Curse
Season 42 - Episode 11
This is the story by Horizon of an epic battle between science and nature. It's a battle to destroy a disease that is one of the biggest kil...
Tsunami: Naming the Dead
Season 42 - Episode 12
How the biggest international forensic operation in history identified the victims of the most devastating natural disaster of recent times.
The Hawking Paradox
Season 42 - Episode 13
Has Stephen Hawking been wrong about the universe for the last 30 years? Horizon explores his latest theory.
The Mystery of the Human Hobbit
Season 42 - Episode 14
Is the hobbit a new human species or nothing more than a modern human with a crippling deformity?
The Doctor Who Makes People Walk Again?
Season 42 - Episode 15
At the Xishan Hospital, near Beijing, a remarkable medical pilgrimage is taking place. The sick and the dying are travelling here for a trea...
Can Fish Make My Child Smart?
Season 42 - Episode 16
Scientists once got sacked for suggesting oily fish was good for you. Now all and sundry are hailing it as a panacea.
Madagascar - A Treetop Odyssey
Season 42 - Episode 17
Time is running out for the rainforest, but a team of scientists have come up with a unique strategy to help save it: a giant inflatable raf...
Titan. A Place Like Home?
Season 42 - Episode 18
Over a billion kilometres away, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, holds tantalising clues to how life began here on Earth. Horizon tells the sto...
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Season 42 - Episode 19
On 7 July 2005 Britain experienced its first ever suicide attack. Four bombs exploded in central London, killing 52 people and injuring over...
The Ghost in Your Genes
Season 42 - Episode 20
The controversial science of epigenetics suggests you may inherit a lot more than you imagine from your forebears. The scientists who belie...