Horizon - Season 34 / Year 1997

Horizon - Season 34 / Year 1997

Season 34 / Year 1997

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Episodes15
DatesFeb 27, 1997 - Oct 23, 1997
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Episodes

Psychedelic Science
Year 1997Episode 160 min

Psychedelic Science

Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.
Feb 27, 1997
Fat Cats, Thin Mice
Year 1997Episode 260 min

Fat Cats, Thin Mice

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.
Mar 6, 1997
Shipwreck
Year 1997Episode 360 min

Shipwreck

Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.
Mar 13, 1997
Genius of the Jet
Year 1997Episode 460 min

Genius of the Jet

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.
Mar 20, 1997
Smallpox on Death Row
Year 1997Episode 560 min

Smallpox on Death Row

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?
Mar 27, 1997
Silent Children, New Language
Year 1997Episode 660 min

Silent Children, New Language

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.
Apr 3, 1997
Turned On by Danger
Year 1997Episode 760 min

Turned On by Danger

Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.
Apr 17, 1997
A Perfect Oil Spill
Year 1997Episode 860 min

A Perfect Oil Spill

Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.
Apr 24, 1997
The Great Balloon Race
Year 1997Episode 960 min

The Great Balloon Race

Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.
May 1, 1997
Crater of Death
Year 1997Episode 1060 min

Crater of Death

Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
Sep 11, 1997
Mind Over Body
Year 1997Episode 1160 min

Mind Over Body

Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.
Sep 18, 1997
Out of Asia
Year 1997Episode 1260 min

Out of Asia

In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.
Sep 25, 1997
The Virus That Cures
Year 1997Episode 1360 min

The Virus That Cures

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.
Oct 9, 1997
The Man Who Lost His Body
Year 1997Episode 1460 min

The Man Who Lost His Body

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.
Oct 16, 1997
Dawn of the Clone Age
Year 1997Episode 1560 min

Dawn of the Clone Age

This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.
Oct 23, 1997

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