Horizon
1994
199421 episodes
Episode 1
Small Arms, Soft Targets
Jan 10, 19941h
Horizon brings you the international campaign to frame the laws of war by limiting the design and use of weapons aimed at "soft targets".
Episode 2
The Last Mammoth
Jan 17, 19941h
This Horizon documentary explores theories about the reasons for the extinction of mammoths including those which survived on the Island of Wrangel.
Episode 3
The Man Who Made Up His Mind
Jan 24, 19941h
This is a Horizon episode that attempts to answer the question, "What is a mind?" and how does your brain create it? Gerald Edelman thinks he has the answer.
Episode 4
Genie
Jan 31, 19941h
Horizon brings you the story about a 13 year old girl who had lived most of her life tied up in the back room of her parent's house since the time she was born.
Episode 5
Death Wish - The Untold Story
Feb 7, 19941h
In this report by Horizon, we look at a type of cancer which cured itself. The cancer cells were killing themselves and finding out why may revolutionize future cancer treatment.
Episode 6
Air Crash - The Deadly Puzzle
Feb 14, 19941h
Horizon reports on a team investigating the mysterious disappearance of an airliner in 1992 that was flying over the Panamanian jungle.
Episode 7
Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid
Feb 28, 19941h
In this documentary, Horizon tries to answer the question if "Star Wars" technology could be used to destroy meteors big enough to threaten life on earth.
Episode 8
Hubble Vision
Mar 7, 19941h
This Horizon episode follows the rescue and repair mission carried out by the shuttle astronauts on the Hubble Space Telescope.
Episode 9
Some Like iit Hot
Mar 14, 19941h
Horizon explores scientific discoveries made in extraordinary ways.
Episode 10
Too Close to the Sun
Mar 21, 19941h
Horizon examines the continuing, bitter controversy over the claim that nuclear fusion has been produced in a test tube.
Episode 11
Sir Walter's Journey
Mar 28, 19941h
In this episode, Horizon presents Professor Sir Walter Bodmer who searches for a new history of Britain, one that is written in their genes.
Episode 12
After the Flood
Apr 18, 19941h
This episode of Horizon investigates the flooding of the Mississippi river in the USA and a massive flood in Bangladesh.
Episode 13
Against The Clock
Apr 25, 19941h
Horizon explores how the demands of a 24-hour culture pushes people too far and the many accidents caused by fatigue.
Episode 14
The Blueprints of Genocide
May 9, 19941h
This Horizon documentary investigates newly discovered documents in Moscow from 1945 about German concentration camps.
Episode 15
Ulcer Wars
May 16, 19941h
Horizon reports on a new discovery where stomach ulcers caused by Bacterium Helicobacter Pylori are treatable with antibiotics.
Episode 16
Deaf Whale, Dead Whale
Nov 7, 19941h
Horizon investigates how mankind is now polluting the world's oceans with extreme noise caused by many sources such explosions and super tankers.
Episode 17
Whispers of Creation
Nov 14, 19941h
Horizon explores the creative process that caused ripples in the universe after the "Big Bang". Three teams of scientists attempt practical experiments to test abstract theories of cosmology.
Episode 18
The Predator
Nov 21, 19941h
Horizon presents a documentary on the Partula, a Polynesian tree snail.
Episode 19
Close Encounters
Nov 28, 19941h
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Horizon investigates some alleged reports of alien abductions.
Episode 20
Orange Sherbet Kisses
Dec 12, 19941h
Horizon presents a documentary on Synaesthesia which is an unusual disorder of perception in which barriers between the senses dissolve.
Episode 21
Designer Wines
Dec 19, 19941h
Horizon brings you Reports from Europe, America, and Australia on how wine making differs and asks whether the traditional and troubled European wine industry will have to change its methods to compete with those wines from the new world.