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Episode 1

60 Mins

Psychedelic Science

Synopsis

Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.

Episode 2

60 Mins

Fat Cats, Thin Mice

Synopsis

In this documentary, Horizon investigates obesity in Britain, following a woman, Heather Osborne, who weighs 322 pounds. We watch her progress through a stomach stapling operation and explore reports on a so-called fat free fat and two new drugs which have been marketed as the ultimate cure for obesity.

Episode 3

60 Mins

Shipwreck

Synopsis

Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.

Episode 4

60 Mins

Genius of the Jet

Synopsis

This episode of Horizon presents a profile of the inventor Sir Frank Whittle and his idea for the first jet engine which changed the nature of air travel.

Episode 5

60 Mins

Smallpox on Death Row

Synopsis

In this episode, Horizon reports on the last lab samples of smallpox destined to be destroyed. But do we still have much to learn from this virus?

Episode 6

60 Mins

Silent Children, New Language

Synopsis

In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.

Episode 7

60 Mins

Turned On by Danger

Synopsis

Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.

Episode 8

60 Mins

A Perfect Oil Spill

Synopsis

Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.

Episode 9

60 Mins

The Great Balloon Race

Synopsis

Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.

Episode 10

60 Mins

Crater of Death

Synopsis

Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

Episode 11

60 Mins

Mind Over Body

Synopsis

Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.

Episode 12

60 Mins

Out of Asia

Synopsis

In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.

Episode 13

60 Mins

The Virus that Cures

Synopsis

Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.

Episode 14

60 Mins

The Man Who Lost his Body

Synopsis

Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by sheer will-power to get back some mobility. Examines the question of how far the brain can over-ride disease or physical problems.

Episode 15

60 Mins

Dawn of the Clone Age

Synopsis

This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.