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 34)
Psychedelic Science (Episodio 1)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-02-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.
Fat Cats, Thin Mice (Episodio 2)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-03-06
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this documentary, Horizon investigates obesity in Britain, following a woman, Heather Osborne, who weighs 322 pounds. We watch her progress through a stomach stapling operation and explore reports on a so-called fat free fat and two new drugs which have been marketed as the ultimate cure for obesity.
Shipwreck (Episodio 3)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-03-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.
Genius of the Jet (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-03-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This episode of Horizon presents a profile of the inventor Sir Frank Whittle and his idea for the first jet engine which changed the nature of air travel.
Smallpox on Death Row (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-03-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon reports on the last lab samples of smallpox destined to be destroyed. But do we still have much to learn from this virus?
Silent Children, New Language (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-04-03
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.
Turned On by Danger (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-04-17
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.
A Perfect Oil Spill (Episodio 8)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-04-24
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.
The Great Balloon Race (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-05-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.
Crater of Death (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-09-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
Mind Over Body (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-09-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.
Out of Asia (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-09-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.
The Virus that Cures (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-10-09
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.
The Man Who Lost his Body (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-10-16
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by sheer will-power to get back some mobility. Examines the question of how far the brain can over-ride disease or physical problems.
Dawn of the Clone Age (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-10-23
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.
