Horizon - Season 36 / Year 1999

Horizon - Season 36 / Year 1999

Season 36 / Year 1999

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Episodes13
DatesJan 28, 1999 - Dec 2, 1999
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Episodes

From Here to Infinity
Year 1999Episode 160 min

From Here to Infinity

Horizon follows the hunt for the most distant star ever seen.
Jan 28, 1999
Pandemic
Year 1999Episode 260 min

Pandemic

Horizon looks at the knowledge gained following the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918.
Feb 4, 1999
Elephants or Ivory
Year 1999Episode 360 min

Elephants or Ivory

In this episode, Horizon reports from Africa on the effect that rising elephant numbers are having on humans and the natural environment.
Feb 11, 1999
Electric Heart
Year 1999Episode 460 min

Electric Heart

Horizon presents a documentary looking at the United States heart specialist, Michael DeBakey, and his work and research into making miniature pumps which could help make permanent artificial hearts in the future.
Feb 18, 1999
Sudden Death
Year 1999Episode 560 min

Sudden Death

In this Horizon documentary, we present Alfred Steinschneider's theory on cot death where gaps in breathing could be responsible for the death of many infants.
Feb 25, 1999
New Star in Orbit
Year 1999Episode 660 min

New Star in Orbit

In this report, Horizon explores the arguments for and against the building of the Space Station Freedom and will it ever justify it's huge cost.
Mar 11, 1999
New Asteroid Danger
Year 1999Episode 760 min

New Asteroid Danger

Horizon presents this documentary by scientists who have calculated that the Earth will be hit by a small asteroid within 50 years. How will this effect our planet?
Mar 18, 1999
Skeleton Key
Year 1999Episode 860 min

Skeleton Key

In this report, Horizon investigates the rare disease called Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, which causes muscles and ligaments to turn into solid bone. This disease causes severe disfigurement and suffering, and often-time death. We look at the research by scientists trying to find out the causes of the disease and how to find a cure.
Mar 25, 1999
Wings of Angels
Year 1999Episode 960 min

Wings of Angels

Dramatisation of biologist David Lack's struggle to reconcile scientific evidence for evolution with his belief in God.
Aug 1, 1999
Mistaken Identity
Year 1999Episode 1060 min

Mistaken Identity

Horizon presents a documentary about Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) where in the 1980's, it suddenly became the talk of the town. Tens of thousands of Americans were diagnosed with an illness that was previously unheard of. A trigger for this sudden was the release of a film, "Sybil". Telling the dramatic story of a woman diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder, the film was shown across America making Sybil a household name.
Nov 11, 1999
Volcanoes of the Deep
Year 1999Episode 1160 min

Volcanoes of the Deep

Could giant volcanic 'chimneys' on the ocean floor unlock the secret of how life began on Earth?
Nov 18, 1999
Anatomy of an Avalanche
Year 1999Episode 1260 min

Anatomy of an Avalanche

Horizon reports on a February 1999 catastrophic avalanche at Galtür in Austria that claimed 31 lives. Over the next six months, Horizon followed a team of scientists as they pieced together the extraordinary chain of events that led to the disaster. The scientists' investigations into the extreme forces of nature responsible for the tragedy are making people re-evaluate their calculations about avalanches.
Nov 25, 1999
The Midas Formula
Year 1999Episode 1360 min

The Midas Formula

Horizon presents the extraordinary story of a beautiful mathematical formula that changed the world, the financial markets, and indeed capitalism itself. It could do the unthinkable - it took the risk out of playing the money-markets. To its inventors it brought the Nobel Prize for economics. To those who used it, it brought great wealth. But this glittering tale would end in tragedy.
Dec 2, 1999

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