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 30)
Awakening the Frozen Addicts (Episodio 1)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-01-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizons presents a report on a daring Swedish operation that transplants foetal tissue into the brains of Parkinson's disease sufferers.
Cheating Time (Episodio 2)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-01-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates the current benefits and disadvantages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
TB - The Forgotten Plague (Episodio 3)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-01-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This Horizon episode is about the new and terrible threat from tuberculosis which kills more people than any other infection.
No Ordinary Genius (1) (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-01-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This is the first part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
No Ordinary Genius (2) (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-02-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
Mars Alive (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-02-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This Horizon episode attempts to answer the question if it will be possible to 'terraform' Mars by creating a new atmosphere, and then adding water and plants to make the planet habitable.
Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-02-15
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates how market research, opinion polls, TV ratings, and consumer surveys have got it disastrously wrong. Commercial decisions depend increasingly on this information, but just how good is that information?
The Pyramid Builders (Episodio 8)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-02-22
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This Horizon documentary looks at how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without the use of the wheel, ramps, or levers.
Here Be Monsters (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-03-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This documentary by Horizon looks at how the Hubble space telescope is uncovering evidence of black holes in our distant galaxies.
Iceman (Update) (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-03-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.
Whatever Happened to Star Wars (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-03-15
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon shows how American scientists struggled to fulfil the dreams which challenged fundamental scientific laws.
Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-03-22
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon examines the latest scientific evidence about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Dante Goes to Hell (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-03-29
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon presents the story of a robot named Dante, who goes into an active volcano in Antarctica to find out if volcanoes contribute to the ozone hole in our atmosphere.
Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-04-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Follows a team of archaeologists led by Michael Novacek as they try to retrace the steps of an expedition launched by the American Museum of Natural History in the 1920's. The original expedition sought the origins of humanity but instead came across a virtual graveyard of the dinosaurs.
The New Alchemists (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-04-19
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon reports on scientists who are planning smart aircraft wings and smart buildings that can sense earthquakes.
Allergic to the 20th Century (Episodio 16)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-05-10
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon examines Asthma, the illness that is the most common condition of the developed world.
Wot U Looking At? (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-05-24
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon looks at causes of violence and asks psychologists to interview men and boys with a record of violence.
The Electronic Frontier (Episodio 18)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-06-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this story, Horizon explores the endless stream of digital information available on demand to the public, but do we need, or even want it?
A Vital Poison (Episodio 19)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-06-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon describes how researchers discovered that a lethal gas, called nitric oxide, was behind some of the most basic functions of our bodies.
Chimp Talk (Episodio 20)
Guionista: Jenny Jones
Fecha de emisión: 1993-06-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This documentary by Horizon looks back into the 1980's where the work of pioneer researchers trying to determine if chimpanzees could understand language was attacked as charlatanism. Now the public opinion has moved back in favour of the idea that apes can indeed talk to us. The program looks at the latest developments in the chimpanzee language laboratories in America.
Life is Impossible (Episodio 21)
Fecha de emisión: 1993-06-28
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates how life began on Earth. Did it evolve on land surfaces on Earth, in the sea, or in space?
