Horizon (Temporada 23)

Horizon es la serie documental de ciencia de 50 minutos de la BBC Two. En septiembre de 2004 celebró su 40 aniversario y continúa disfrutando de excelentes críticas. Reconocido como el líder mundial en su campo, regularmente gana una amplia gama de reconocimientos internacionales de ciencia, medicina y medioambiente, y recientemente ganó el Royal Television Society Award y el Prix Italia. En 2002, la Academia Británica de Artes Cinematográficas y de Televisión le otorgó a Horizon el Premio de Televisión BAFTA por Mejor Serie de Hechos o Strand. En 2003 ganó el prestigioso premio Images et Science al mejor documental médico y el Premio Carl von Linne en el festival de cine Living Europe en Suecia. Ese año, una coproducción de Horizon con WGBH Boston ganó el Emmy al mejor documental.

  • Poster for Are You a Racist?

    Are You a Racist? (Episodio 1)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-01-06

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.

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    Genesis (Episodio 2)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-01-13

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.

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    Bitter Cold (Episodio 3)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-01-20

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.

  • Poster for The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe

    The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe (Episodio 4)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-01-27

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.

  • Poster for Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould

    Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould (Episodio 5)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-02-03

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?

  • Poster for Science...Fiction?

    Science...Fiction? (Episodio 6)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-02-17

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.

  • Poster for The Children of Eve

    The Children of Eve (Episodio 7)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-02-24

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.

  • Poster for The New Face of Leprosy

    The New Face of Leprosy (Episodio 8)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-03-03

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.

  • Poster for Hi-Tech à la Française

    Hi-Tech à la Française (Episodio 9)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-03-10

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.

  • Poster for In the Wake of HMS Sheffield

    In the Wake of HMS Sheffield (Episodio 10)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-03-17

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.

  • Poster for AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus

    AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus (Episodio 11)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-03-24

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.

  • Poster for The Case of the Frozen Addict

    The Case of the Frozen Addict (Episodio 12)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-04-07

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.

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    Nice Guys Finish First (Episodio 13)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-04-14

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.

  • Poster for The Men Who Bottled a Cow

    The Men Who Bottled a Cow (Episodio 14)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-04-21

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.

  • Poster for Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird

    Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird (Episodio 15)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-04-28

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.

  • Poster for What Makes an Animal Smart?

    What Makes an Animal Smart? (Episodio 16)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-05-12

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.

  • Poster for A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt

    A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt (Episodio 17)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-05-19

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.

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    Uranus Encounter (Episodio 18)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-05-26

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.

  • Poster for Who Built Stonehenge?

    Who Built Stonehenge? (Episodio 19)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-06-09

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.

  • Poster for Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation

    Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation (Episodio 20)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-06-16

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.

  • Poster for Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain

    Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain (Episodio 21)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-06-23

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.

  • Poster for Doctors to Be

    Doctors to Be (Episodio 22)

    Fecha de emisión: 1986-06-30

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.

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