Horizon - 2018
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two13 Episodes
My Amazing Brain: Richard's War
Season 55 - Episode 1
The rarely seen journey back to recovery of Richard Gray after a life-changing catastrophic stroke. Initially bed bound and unable to do any...
Teenagers vs Cancer: A User's Guide
Season 55 - Episode 2
What is it like to be young and find out you have got cancer? What you will find out in this film may surprise you. This film, narrated by a...
How to Build a Time Machine
Season 55 - Episode 3
Time travel is not forbidden by the laws of nature, but to build a time machine, we would need to understand more about those laws and how t...
Spina Bifida & Me
Season 55 - Episode 4
One in every 1,000 pregnancies in Britain has a spine or brain defect like spina bifida. 30 years ago, actress Ruth Madeley was one of them....
Jupiter Revealed
Season 55 - Episode 5
'To send a spacecraft there is a little bit insane,' says Scott Bolton when talking about Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. B...
Stopping Male Suicide
Season 55 - Episode 6
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK - causing more deaths in this group than car accidents, and even more than cancer. T...
A Week Without Lying - The Honesty Experiment
Season 55 - Episode 7
Deception is an integral part of human nature and it is estimated we all lie up to nine times a day. But what if we created a world in which...
The Placebo Experiment: Can My Brain Cure My Body?
Season 55 - Episode 8
Dr. Michael Mosley cures real pain with fake pills in Britain's largest ever placebo trial.
Body Clock: What Makes Us Tick?
Season 55 - Episode 9
We all have a biological clock ticking away inside us that governs our daily rhythms. This affects our health as much as our diet and whethe...
Avalanche: Making a Deadly Snowstorm
Season 55 - Episode 10
Can we predict avalanches? How can we save more lives? A team of scientists led by Prof Danielle George create a massive avalanche to find o...
Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth?
Season 55 - Episode 11
Nearly half of us take a vitamin or mineral supplement every day, but what are these pills sold on every high street actually doing? Digging...
Diagnosis on Demand? The Computer Will See You Now
Season 55 - Episode 12
Could a machine replace your doctor? Dr Hannah Fry explores the incredible ways AI is revolutionising healthcare - and what this means for a...
The Contraceptive Pill: How Safe Is It?
Season 55 - Episode 13
In recent years a groundbreaking new study has been released into the effects of the contraceptive pill. Research from Denmark claimed women...