1997
Season 33Season 35

S34 1997

Horizon / Season 34

27 Feb, 1997 · 15 episodes

 
Season 33Season 35

S34 1997

Horizon / Season 34

27 Feb, 1997 · 15 episodes

 
Psychedelic Science
S34 | E01

1h

Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.

27/02/1997 | 21:00
Fat Cats, Thin Mice
S34 | E02

1h

In 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.

06/03/1997 | 21:00
Shipwreck
S34 | E03

1h

Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.

13/03/1997 | 21:00
Genius of the Jet
S34 | E04

1h

This 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.

20/03/1997 | 21:00
Smallpox on Death Row
S34 | E05

1h

In 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?

27/03/1997 | 21:00
Silent Children, New Language
S34 | E06

1h

In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.

03/04/1997 | 20:00
Turned On by Danger
S34 | E07

1h

Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.

17/04/1997 | 20:00
A Perfect Oil Spill
S34 | E08

1h

Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.

24/04/1997 | 20:00
The Great Balloon Race
S34 | E09

1h

Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.

01/05/1997 | 20:00
Crater of Death
S34 | E10

1h

Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

11/09/1997 | 20:00
Mind Over Body
S34 | E11

1h

Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.

18/09/1997 | 20:00
Out of Asia
S34 | E12

1h

In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.

25/09/1997 | 20:00
The Virus that Cures
S34 | E13

1h

Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.

09/10/1997 | 20:00
The Man Who Lost his Body
S34 | E14

1h

Looks 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.

16/10/1997 | 20:00
Dawn of the Clone Age
S34 | E15
SEASON FINALE

1h

This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.

23/10/1997 | 20:00
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