Horizon

1994

21 episodes · premiered Jan 10, 1994

Where to watch Horizon

  1. E1 Small Arms, Soft Targets

    Jan 10, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon brings you the international campaign to frame the laws of war by limiting the design and use of weapons aimed at "soft targets".

  2. E2 The Last Mammoth

    Jan 17, 1994 · 1h

    This Horizon documentary explores theories about the reasons for the extinction of mammoths including those which survived on the Island of Wrangel.

  3. E3 The Man Who Made Up His Mind

    Jan 24, 1994 · 1h

    This is a Horizon episode that attempts to answer the question, "What is a mind?" and how does your brain create it? Gerald Edelman thinks he has the answer.

  4. E4 Genie

    Jan 31, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon brings you the story about a 13 year old girl who had lived most of her life tied up in the back room of her parent's house since the time she was born.

  5. E5 Death Wish - The Untold Story

    Feb 7, 1994 · 1h

    In this report by Horizon, we look at a type of cancer which cured itself. The cancer cells were killing themselves and finding out why may revolutionize future cancer treatment.

  6. E6 Air Crash - The Deadly Puzzle

    Feb 14, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon reports on a team investigating the mysterious disappearance of an airliner in 1992 that was flying over the Panamanian jungle.

  7. E7 Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid

    Feb 28, 1994 · 1h

    In this documentary, Horizon tries to answer the question if "Star Wars" technology could be used to destroy meteors big enough to threaten life on earth.

  8. E8 Hubble Vision

    Mar 7, 1994 · 1h

    This Horizon episode follows the rescue and repair mission carried out by the shuttle astronauts on the Hubble Space Telescope.

  9. E9 Some Like iit Hot

    Mar 14, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon explores scientific discoveries made in extraordinary ways.

  10. E10 Too Close to the Sun

    Mar 21, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon examines the continuing, bitter controversy over the claim that nuclear fusion has been produced in a test tube.

  11. E11 Sir Walter's Journey

    Mar 28, 1994 · 1h

    In this episode, Horizon presents Professor Sir Walter Bodmer who searches for a new history of Britain, one that is written in their genes.

  12. E12 After the Flood

    Apr 18, 1994 · 1h

    This episode of Horizon investigates the flooding of the Mississippi river in the USA and a massive flood in Bangladesh.

  13. E13 Against The Clock

    Apr 25, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon explores how the demands of a 24-hour culture pushes people too far and the many accidents caused by fatigue.

  14. E14 The Blueprints of Genocide

    May 9, 1994 · 1h

    This Horizon documentary investigates newly discovered documents in Moscow from 1945 about German concentration camps.

  15. E15 Ulcer Wars

    May 16, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon reports on a new discovery where stomach ulcers caused by Bacterium Helicobacter Pylori are treatable with antibiotics.

  16. E16 Deaf Whale, Dead Whale

    Nov 7, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon investigates how mankind is now polluting the world's oceans with extreme noise caused by many sources such explosions and super tankers.

  17. E17 Whispers of Creation

    Nov 14, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon explores the creative process that caused ripples in the universe after the "Big Bang". Three teams of scientists attempt practical experiments to test abstract theories of cosmology.

  18. E18 The Predator

    Nov 21, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon presents a documentary on the Partula, a Polynesian tree snail.

  19. E19 Close Encounters

    Nov 28, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon investigates some alleged reports of alien abductions.

  20. E20 Orange Sherbet Kisses

    Dec 12, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon presents a documentary on Synaesthesia which is an unusual disorder of perception in which barriers between the senses dissolve.

  21. E21 Designer Wines

    Dec 19, 1994 · 1h

    Horizon brings you Reports from Europe, America, and Australia on how wine making differs and asks whether the traditional and troubled European wine industry will have to change its methods to compete with those wines from the new world.