Horizon - Season 30 / Year 1993

Horizon - Season 30 / Year 1993

Season 30 / Year 1993

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Episodes21
DatesJan. 4, 1993 - Juni 28, 1993
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Episodes

Awakening the Frozen Addicts
Year 1993Episode 160 min

Awakening the Frozen Addicts

Horizons presents a report on a daring Swedish operation that transplants foetal tissue into the brains of Parkinson's disease sufferers.
Jan. 4, 1993
Cheating Time
Year 1993Episode 260 min

Cheating Time

Horizon investigates the current benefits and disadvantages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
Jan. 11, 1993
TB - The Forgotten Plague
Year 1993Episode 360 min

TB - The Forgotten Plague

This Horizon episode is about the new and terrible threat from tuberculosis which kills more people than any other infection.
Jan. 18, 1993
No Ordinary Genius (1)
Year 1993Episode 460 min

No Ordinary Genius (1)

This is the first part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
Jan. 25, 1993
No Ordinary Genius (2)
Year 1993Episode 560 min

No Ordinary Genius (2)

This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
Feb. 1, 1993
Mars Alive
Year 1993Episode 660 min

Mars Alive

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.
Feb. 8, 1993
Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers
Year 1993Episode 760 min

Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers

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?
Feb. 15, 1993
The Pyramid Builders
Year 1993Episode 860 min

The Pyramid Builders

This Horizon documentary looks at how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without the use of the wheel, ramps, or levers.
Feb. 22, 1993
Here Be Monsters
Year 1993Episode 960 min

Here Be Monsters

This documentary by Horizon looks at how the Hubble space telescope is uncovering evidence of black holes in our distant galaxies.
März 1, 1993
Iceman (Update)
Year 1993Episode 1060 min

Iceman (Update)

This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.
März 8, 1993
Whatever Happened to Star Wars
Year 1993Episode 1160 min

Whatever Happened to Star Wars

Horizon shows how American scientists struggled to fulfil the dreams which challenged fundamental scientific laws.
März 15, 1993
Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls
Year 1993Episode 1260 min

Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls

In this episode, Horizon examines the latest scientific evidence about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
März 22, 1993
Dante Goes to Hell
Year 1993Episode 1360 min

Dante Goes to Hell

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.
März 29, 1993
Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
Year 1993Episode 1460 min

Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard

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.
Apr. 5, 1993
The New Alchemists
Year 1993Episode 1560 min

The New Alchemists

Horizon reports on scientists who are planning smart aircraft wings and smart buildings that can sense earthquakes.
Apr. 19, 1993
Allergic to the 20th Century
Year 1993Episode 1660 min

Allergic to the 20th Century

In this episode, Horizon examines Asthma, the illness that is the most common condition of the developed world.
Mai 10, 1993
Wot U Looking At?
Year 1993Episode 1760 min

Wot U Looking At?

Horizon looks at causes of violence and asks psychologists to interview men and boys with a record of violence.
Mai 24, 1993
The Electronic Frontier
Year 1993Episode 1860 min

The Electronic Frontier

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?
Juni 7, 1993
A Vital Poison
Year 1993Episode 1960 min

A Vital Poison

Horizon describes how researchers discovered that a lethal gas, called nitric oxide, was behind some of the most basic functions of our bodies.
Juni 14, 1993
Chimp Talk
Year 1993Episode 2060 min

Chimp Talk

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.
Juni 21, 1993
Life is Impossible
Year 1993Episode 2160 min

Life is Impossible

Horizon investigates how life began on Earth. Did it evolve on land surfaces on Earth, in the sea, or in space?
Juni 28, 1993

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