Horizon - Season 45
Trailer: Horizon
Runtime: 60:14 Min
Quality: HD
First Air Date: Feb 04, 1964
Last Air Date: Jul 22, 2024
Episode: 1162 Episode
Season: 60 Season
How to Kill a Human Being
Michael Portillo looks at the science behind executions. Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an...
Total Isolation
Psychologists subject six volunteers to a world without stimulation. For the first time in 40 years Horizon re-creates a controversial sensory...
What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?
Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. Particle physicist and ex D:Ream keyboard player Dr Brian Cox wants to know why...
Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?
A trip through the highs and lows of the UK’s 20 most dangerous drugs. Recent research has analysed the link between the harmful effects of...
How to Make Better Decisions
Lifting the lid on the business of human choices in an exclusive guide to making better decisions. We are bad at making decisions. According to...
How to Live to be 101
While scientists have been searching for the secrets of long life, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the answer. The quest to live...
Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets
Friendly bacteria, superfoods, cholesterol busting spreads, 99% germ free, whiter than white...it's almost impossible to find a product in the...
Are we Alone in the Universe?
Use the Drake equation to calculate the number of civilisations in our galaxy. For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence has...
How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?
Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts . When veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke...
How Does Your Memory Work?
Horizon journeys into the human memory, from how it emerges in childhood, develops through to adulthood, and fades in middle age. You might think...
The President's Guide to Science
Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new American president. The United States president is quite simply...
How Mad Are You? (1 of 2)
First of a two-part special. Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially...
How Mad Are You? (2 of 2)
Second part of the special documentary considering where the line between sanity and madness lies as ten volunteers come together for an...
Jimmy's GM Food Fight
Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer, one-time scientist and poster-boy for sustainable food production is on a mission to find out if GM crops really can feed...
Do You Know What Time It Is?
Particle physicist Professor Brian Cox asks, 'What time is it?' It's a simple question and it sounds like it has a simple answer. But do we really...
Allergy Planet
We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. Fifty years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer to one in three. Why this...
Where's My Robot?
Danny Wallace really wants a robot. He wants it to walk like him and talk like him. It's what scientists have been promising us for generations but...