Horizon - 2011-2012
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two13 Episodes
Do You See What I See?
Season 49 - Episode 1
Documentary exploring the impact of colours on people's lives, and how perceptions of them can be influenced by age, gender and mood. The pr...
Seeing Stars
Season 49 - Episode 2
Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, eve...
The Nine Months That Made You
Season 49 - Episode 3
Horizon explores the secrets of what makes a long, healthy and happy life. It turns out that a time you can't remember - the nine months you...
The Core
Season 49 - Episode 4
For centuries we have dreamt of reaching the centre of the Earth. Now scientists are uncovering a bizarre and alien world that lies 4,000 mi...
Are You Good or Evil?
Season 49 - Episode 5
What makes us good or evil? It's a simple but deeply unsettling question. One that scientists are now starting to answer. Horizon meets the ...
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
Season 49 - Episode 6
Six months after the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant and the release of radiation there, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to disc...
Playing God
Season 49 - Episode 7
Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists, the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, and its milk can be used...
The Truth About Exercise
Season 49 - Episode 8
Like many, Michael Mosley want to get fitter and healthier but can't face hours on the treadmill or trips to the gym. Help may be at hand. H...
Solar Storms: The Threat to Planet Earth
Season 49 - Episode 9
Scientists are expecting a fit of violent activity on the sun which will propel billions of tonnes of superheated gas and pulses of energy t...
Out of Control?
Season 49 - Episode 10
We all like to think we are in control of our lives - of what we feel and what we think. But scientists are now discovering this is often si...
Global Weirding
Season 49 - Episode 11
Something weird seems to be happening to our weather - it appears to be getting more extreme. In the past few years we have shivered through...
The Truth about Fat
Season 49 - Episode 12
Surgeon Gabriel Weston discovers the surprising truth about why so many people are piling on the pounds, and how to fight the fat epidemic. ...
Defeating Cancer
Season 49 - Episode 13
Over the past year, Horizon has been behind the scenes at one of Britain's leading cancer hospitals, the Royal Marsden in London. The film f...