Horizon - Season 37

19 episodes

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Breath of Life
Episode 1
Breath of Life
In this moving film Horizon follows the Loughran family in their fight to save the life of their daughter Sheila who suffers from cystic fibrosis. They lost their youngest daughter Ann to the disease
The Lost City of Nasca
Episode 2
The Lost City of Nasca
On a barren desert in South America lies one of the greatest archaeological puzzles in the world. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand are hundreds of straight lines, geometric shapes and pi
The Diamond Makers
Episode 3
The Diamond Makers
There is something so special about diamonds, and they are so valuable, that people have always been prepared to go to the most extraordinary lengths to find them. But how would we feel about the uniq
Supervolcanoes
Episode 4
Supervolcanoes
Hidden deep beneath the Earth's surface lie one of the most destructive and yet least-understood natural phenomena in the world - supervolcanoes. Only a handful exist in the world but when one erupts
Miracle In Orbit
Episode 5
Miracle In Orbit
When and how did space and time begin? The birth of the Universe is one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy. It has perplexed the best scientific minds for centuries. Decades before space travel was
Complete Obsession - Body Dysmorphia
Episode 6
Complete Obsession - Body Dysmorphia
What happens when a completely healthy person wants their leg amputated? Gregg is 55 and does not feel physically whole. This is despite the fact that he is physically healthy and able-bodied. Gregg
Is GM Safe?
Episode 7
Is GM Safe?
Some people see GM food as a ground-breaking scientific idea that could help to end world hunger and reduce global pollution. Others see it purely as 'Frankenstein foods' on 21st century menus, bringi
Planet Hunters
Episode 8
Planet Hunters
If extra-terrestrials do exist they must have a home. Horizon tells the story of the race to find out where in the Universe this might be. The answer, for scientists across the world, lies in the hunt
Moon Children
Episode 9
Moon Children
A handful of children around the world cannot tolerate the sun. Any exposure leads rapidly to skin cancer. They must either play indoors during daylight or be protected from head to toe in UV-proof su
Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction
Episode 10
Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction
Scattered across the world’s oceans are a handful of rare geological time-bombs. Once unleashed they create an extraordinary phenomenon, a gigantic tidal wave, far bigger than any normal tsunami, able
Conjoined Twins
Episode 11
Conjoined Twins
Conjoined twins are among the rarest of human beings. There are probably fewer than a dozen adult pairs living in the world today. Only a few hundred pairs of conjoined twins are born in the whole wor
The Lost World of Lake Vostok
Episode 12
The Lost World of Lake Vostok
It sometimes seems as if our planet has no secrets left - but deep beneath the great Antarctic ice sheet scientists have made an astonishing discovery. They’ve found one of the largest lakes in the wo
Vanished: The Plane that Disappeared
Episode 13
Vanished: The Plane that Disappeared
On August 2nd 1947, a British civilian version of the wartime Lancaster bomber took off from Buenos Aires airport on a scheduled flight to Santiago. There were 5 crew and 6 passengers on board the pla
The Secret Treasures of Zeugma
Episode 14
The Secret Treasures of Zeugma
In the summer of 2000, one of the great frontier cities of the Roman Empire, the city of Zeugma, all but disappeared from the face of the Earth under the flood waters of a dam. In a bid to modernise,
Valley of Life or Death
Episode 15
Valley of Life or Death
At the heart of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, there is a deadly mystery that has puzzled scientists for years. There are groups of people who are four times less likely to get HIV than other people, so
Extreme Dinosaurs
Episode 16
Extreme Dinosaurs
Amazing new discoveries in South America are revolutionising what we thought we knew about the dinosaur world. It now seems that South America was home to both the largest meat-eater - so new it's sti
Supermassive Black Holes
Episode 17
Supermassive Black Holes
In June 2000, astronomers made an extraordinary discovery. One that promises to solve one of the biggest problems in cosmology - how and why galaxies are created. Incredibly, the answer involves the m
The Boy who was Turned into a Girl
Episode 18
The Boy who was Turned into a Girl
In 1965 in the Canadian town of Winnipeg, Janet Reimer gave birth to twin boys - Bruce and Brian. Six months later a bungled circumcision left Bruce without a penis. Based on a radical new theory of g
Atlantis Reborn Again
Episode 19
Atlantis Reborn Again
Horizon puts Graham Hancock's controversial theories about the past to the test, dissecting his evidence for a lost civilisation. Graham Hancock offers various pieces of evidence to support his theor