1997
15 episodes · Feb 27, 1997
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- S34E1
Psychedelic Science
Feb 27, 199760mHorizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.
- S34E2
Fat Cats, Thin Mice
Mar 6, 199760mIn 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.
- S34E3
Shipwreck
Mar 13, 199760mHorizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.
- S34E4
Genius of the Jet
Mar 20, 199760mThis 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.
- S34E5
Smallpox on Death Row
Mar 27, 199760mIn 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?
- S34E6
Silent Children, New Language
Apr 3, 199760mIn this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.
- S34E7
Turned On by Danger
Apr 17, 199760mHorizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.
- S34E8
A Perfect Oil Spill
Apr 24, 199760mHorizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.
- S34E9
The Great Balloon Race
May 1, 199760mHorizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.
- S34E10
Crater of Death
Sep 11, 199760mHorizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
- S34E11
Mind Over Body
Sep 18, 199760mHorizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.
- S34E12
Out of Asia
Sep 25, 199760mIn this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.
- S34E13
The Virus that Cures
Oct 9, 199760mHorizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.
- S34E14
The Man Who Lost his Body
Oct 16, 199760mLooks 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.
- S34E15
Dawn of the Clone Age
Oct 23, 199760mThis Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.