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Horizon: Season 30

1993 1993
TV-PG

  • 1993-01-04T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 21h (21 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

21 episodes

Season Premiere

1993-01-04T21:00:00Z

30x01 Awakening the Frozen Addicts

Season Premiere

30x01 Awakening the Frozen Addicts

  • 1993-01-04T21:00:00Z1h

Horizons presents a report on a daring Swedish operation that transplants foetal tissue into the brains of Parkinson's disease sufferers.

1993-01-11T21:00:00Z

30x02 Cheating Time

30x02 Cheating Time

  • 1993-01-11T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon investigates the current benefits and disadvantages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

This Horizon episode is about the new and terrible threat from tuberculosis which kills more people than any other infection.

1993-01-25T21:00:00Z

30x04 No Ordinary Genius (1)

30x04 No Ordinary Genius (1)

  • 1993-01-25T21:00:00Z1h

This is the first part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.

1993-02-01T21:00:00Z

30x05 No Ordinary Genius (2)

30x05 No Ordinary Genius (2)

  • 1993-02-01T21:00:00Z1h

This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.

1993-02-08T21:00:00Z

30x06 Mars Alive

30x06 Mars Alive

  • 1993-02-08T21:00:00Z1h

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.

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?

1993-02-22T21:00:00Z

30x08 The Pyramid Builders

30x08 The Pyramid Builders

  • 1993-02-22T21:00:00Z1h

This Horizon documentary looks at how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without the use of the wheel, ramps, or levers.

1993-03-01T21:00:00Z

30x09 Here Be Monsters

30x09 Here Be Monsters

  • 1993-03-01T21:00:00Z1h

This documentary by Horizon looks at how the Hubble space telescope is uncovering evidence of black holes in our distant galaxies.

1993-03-08T21:00:00Z

30x10 Iceman (Update)

30x10 Iceman (Update)

  • 1993-03-08T21:00:00Z1h

This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.

Horizon shows how American scientists struggled to fulfil the dreams which challenged fundamental scientific laws.

In this episode, Horizon examines the latest scientific evidence about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

1993-03-29T20:00:00Z

30x13 Dante Goes to Hell

30x13 Dante Goes to Hell

  • 1993-03-29T20:00:00Z1h

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.

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.

1993-04-19T20:00:00Z

30x15 The New Alchemists

30x15 The New Alchemists

  • 1993-04-19T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon reports on scientists who are planning smart aircraft wings and smart buildings that can sense earthquakes.

In this episode, Horizon examines Asthma, the illness that is the most common condition of the developed world.

1993-05-24T20:00:00Z

30x17 Wot U Looking At?

30x17 Wot U Looking At?

  • 1993-05-24T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon looks at causes of violence and asks psychologists to interview men and boys with a record of violence.

1993-06-07T20:00:00Z

30x18 The Electronic Frontier

30x18 The Electronic Frontier

  • 1993-06-07T20:00:00Z1h

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?

1993-06-14T20:00:00Z

30x19 A Vital Poison

30x19 A Vital Poison

  • 1993-06-14T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon describes how researchers discovered that a lethal gas, called nitric oxide, was behind some of the most basic functions of our bodies.

1993-06-21T20:00:00Z

30x20 Chimp Talk

30x20 Chimp Talk

  • 1993-06-21T20:00:00Z1h

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.

Season Finale

1993-06-28T20:00:00Z

30x21 Life is Impossible

Season Finale

30x21 Life is Impossible

  • 1993-06-28T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon investigates how life began on Earth. Did it evolve on land surfaces on Earth, in the sea, or in space?

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