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.
Horizon (Temporada 27)
Oil Spill (Episodio 1)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-01-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Horizon looks at tanker design and the technology used for dealing with major oil slicks.
Medicine 2000 (Episodio 2)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-01-15
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon reports on medical developments in Britain which could mean by the year 2000, health care will be very different.
Food Irradiation: Would You Buy It? (Episodio 3)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-01-22
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon examines the history of research into irradiated food.
From Earth to Miranda (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-01-29
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this Horizon documentary, we look at how NASA launched the Voyager space probes to explore the planets of the outer solar system.
Encounter With Neptune (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-02-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This report by Horizon presents the Voyager space probe close up encounter with the planet Neptune.
Guess What's Coming to Dinner? (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-02-12
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon looks at the potential implications of genetically engineering plants.
The First 14 Days (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-02-19
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon brings you a documentary on embryology - the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms from the moment of conception.
The 10,000 Year Test (Episodio 8)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon reports on how America has chosen to bury all of its most lethal radioactive waste under Yucca mountain in the state of Nevada.
Hurricane! (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-12
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon explores the inside of Hurricane Gilbert as it neared Jamaica on a direct course for the United States.
The Britannic Greenhouse (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-19
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates how British scientists have begun to experiment to predict the effects of a changing climate from Greenhouse gases.
Cold Fusion (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-26
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This story by Horizon investigates cold fusion
The Quake of '89 - The Final Warning? (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-04-02
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon presents the real story of seismic neglect and the failure of the San Francisco city government to protect its citizens.
The Sharpest Shot of the Universe (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-04-09
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon looks at the Hubble space telescope, hailed as the greatest advance in astronomy since Galileo.
The Company of Ants and Bees (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-04-23
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: What can we learn from insects? Professor James Gould explains on Horizon that the human society may be able to predict their own future based on the society structure of ants and bees.
The Intelligent Island (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-04-30
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This Horizon documentary looks at the radical transformations in the Singapore society as its technology extends into monitoring, logging, and linking up all businesses, information, and aspects of life on computer systems. The country's ultimate plan is to link the entire population electronically through the world's most advanced videotext system called Teleview. The report raises the question of what type of society this may create and also the political implications of such a system.
Legacy of a Volcano (Episodio 16)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-05-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon looks at the area around Mt. St. Helens 10 years after the volcanic eruption that devastated more 500 square kilometres of forest land in just minutes.
Do Cows Make You Mad? (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-05-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This episode of Horizon is about BSE transmitted in cattle feed and causing the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome in humans.
The Child Mothers (Episodio 18)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-06-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates how teenage pregnancy is now posing massive health and social problems in many societies.
Signs of Life (Episodio 19)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-06-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon examines the possibility of scientists, either intentionally or unintentionally, creating living forms which could enjoy an independent existence, initially confined to computers and telephone networks, and in the form of computer viruses.
AIDS: A Quest for a Cure (Episodio 20)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-06-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates new breakthroughs in the scientific study, analysis, and reproduction of cells and their compounds, which may lead to the development of a cure for the AIDS virus.
