2018
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S55 2018

Horizon / Season 55

05 Feb, 2018 · 13 episodes

 
Season 54Season 56

S55 2018

Horizon / Season 55

05 Feb, 2018 · 13 episodes

 
My Amazing Brain: Richard's War
S55 | E01

1h

The rarely seen journey back to recovery of Richard Gray after a life-changing catastrophic stroke. Initially bed bound and unable to do anything, including speak, the initial outlook was bleak, yet occasionally small glimmers of hope emerged. Armed always with her camera, his film-maker wife Fiona captures the moment Richard moves his fingers for the first time, and then over months she documents... Read more

05/02/2018 | 21:00
Teenagers vs Cancer: A User's Guide
S55 | E02

1h

What is it like to be young and find out you have got cancer? What you will find out in this film may surprise you. This film, narrated by actor and comedian Jack Whitehall, tells 11 inspirational stories, revealing how a range of young people have dealt with their cancer diagnosis and the treatment process. We hear, primarily in their own words, about their fears, their hopes and their experience... Read more

26/06/2018 | 20:00
How to Build a Time Machine
S55 | E03

1h

Time travel is not forbidden by the laws of nature, but to build a time machine, we would need to understand more about those laws and how to subvert them than we do now. And every day, science does learn more. In this film Horizon meets the scientists working on the cutting edge of discovery - men and women who may discover how to build wormholes, manipulate entangled photons or build fully funct... Read more

10/07/2018 | 20:00
Spina Bifida & Me
S55 | E04

1h

One in every 1,000 pregnancies in Britain has a spine or brain defect like spina bifida. 30 years ago, actress Ruth Madeley was one of them. Despite having spina bifida herself, it is a condition she doesn't fully understand. In this programme, Ruth sets out to discover why she has it, whether it could have been prevented and what it means for her future. Ruth meets the lord campaigning for a chan... Read more

26/07/2018 | 20:00
Jupiter Revealed
S55 | E05

1h

'To send a spacecraft there is a little bit insane,' says Scott Bolton when talking about Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. But that is exactly what he has done, because Scott is head of Juno, the Nasa mission designed to peer through Jupiter's swirling clouds and reveal the wonders within. But this is no ordinary world. This documentary, narrated by Toby Jones, journeys with the sc... Read more

07/08/2018 | 20:00
Stopping Male Suicide
S55 | E06

1h

Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK - causing more deaths in this group than car accidents, and even more than cancer. This means that the most likely thing to kill Dr Xand Van Tulleken is himself. And he wants to know why. In this sensitive film, Xand finds out what we know about why people develop suicidal thoughts, and whether there is anything that we can do about it.

22/08/2018 | 20:00
A Week Without Lying - The Honesty Experiment
S55 | E07

1h

Deception is an integral part of human nature and it is estimated we all lie up to nine times a day. But what if we created a world in which we couldn't lie? In a radical experiment, pioneering scientists from across Europe have come together to make this happen. Brand new technology is allowing them to rig three British people to make it impossible for them to lie undetected. Then they will be ch... Read more

29/08/2018 | 20:00
The Placebo Experiment: Can My Brain Cure My Body?
S55 | E08

1h

Dr. Michael Mosley cures real pain with fake pills in Britain's largest ever placebo trial.

04/10/2018 | 20:00
Body Clock: What Makes Us Tick?
S55 | E09

1h

We all have a biological clock ticking away inside us that governs our daily rhythms. This affects our health as much as our diet and whether we exercise. So what can we do to manage this internal clock better? To find out, evolutionary biologist Ella Al-Shamahi locks former commando Aldo Kane in an abandoned nuclear bunker with no way of telling the time - for ten days. Monitored around the clock... Read more

11/10/2018 | 20:00
Avalanche: Making a Deadly Snowstorm
S55 | E10

1h

Can we predict avalanches? How can we save more lives? A team of scientists led by Prof Danielle George create a massive avalanche to find out.

18/10/2018 | 20:00
Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth?
S55 | E11

1h

Nearly half of us take a vitamin or mineral supplement every day, but what are these pills sold on every high street actually doing? Digging deeper than the eye-catching words on the packaging, Dr Giles Yeo investigates who really needs a supplement by putting our diets to the test.

25/10/2018 | 20:00
Diagnosis on Demand? The Computer Will See You Now
S55 | E12

1h

Could a machine replace your doctor? Dr Hannah Fry explores the incredible ways AI is revolutionising healthcare - and what this means for all of us. This film chronicles the inside story of the AI health revolution, as one company, Babylon Health, prepare for a man vs machine showdown. Can Babylon succeed in their quest to prove their AI can outperform human doctors at safe triage and accurate di... Read more

01/11/2018 | 21:00
The Contraceptive Pill: How Safe Is It?
S55 | E13
SEASON FINALE

1h

In recent years a groundbreaking new study has been released into the effects of the contraceptive pill. Research from Denmark claimed women on the pill and other forms of hormonal contraception were 70% more likely to be diagnosed with depression than those who were not. And another study has found hormonal contraception was linked to a seemingly dramatic risk of breast cancer. Negative headlines... Read more

21/11/2018 | 21:00
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