Seasons & episodes

In this episode, Horizon presents Professor Sir Walter Bodmer who searches for a new history of Britain, one that is written in their genes.

This episode of Horizon investigates the flooding of the Mississippi river in the USA and a massive flood in Bangladesh.

Horizon explores how the demands of a 24-hour culture pushes people too far and the many accidents caused by fatigue.

This Horizon documentary investigates newly discovered documents in Moscow from 1945 about German concentration camps.

Horizon reports on a new discovery where stomach ulcers caused by Bacterium Helicobacter Pylori are treatable with antibiotics.

Horizon investigates how mankind is now polluting the world's oceans with extreme noise caused by many sources such explosions and super tankers.

Horizon explores the creative process that caused ripples in the universe after the "Big Bang". Three teams of scientists attempt practical experiments to test abstract theories of cosmology.

Horizon presents a documentary on the Partula, a Polynesian tree snail.

Horizon investigates some alleged reports of alien abductions.

Horizon presents a documentary on Synaesthesia which is an unusual disorder of perception in which barriers between the senses dissolve.

Horizon brings you Reports from Europe, America, and Australia on how wine making differs and asks whether the traditional and troubled European wine industry will have to change its methods to compete with those wines from the new world.

Horizon presents a documentary on the ideas of Maureen Raymo's thesis on what triggered the last ice age.

Horizon follows an expedition from Russia's most advanced oceanographic exploration ship on a mission to clean-up and prevent radioactive contamination of the ocean by one of Russia's sunken nuclear submarines.

This episode of Horizon explores collections of the bones of thousands of Native American Indians in museums and universities across the United States.

Horizon presents the story of a pair of Siamese twins and the surgery they underwent to try and separate them.

Horizon investigates whether the human growth hormone is really the new wonder drug of the 21st century.

Horizon brings you the recent discovery of the real Venus as space probes, like the Magellan, shattered previous existing concerning its geology.

Horizon follows the a six month study of the world's first Environmental Impact Assessment team as they study the implications for the environment for major environmental events such as in Tanzania, when in April last year, nearly half a million people set up home in the refugee camp of Benaco.

Horizon has uncovered disturbing evidence of the fabrication of scientific research results.

This Horizon episode is about the Earth as an icon.

Horizon presents this documentary on how national power is moving into the hands of those who control information.

This episode of Horizon reveals the results of research that could explain the major reasons for so many complications during pregnancy.

Horizon tries to answer the question, "Has the dream of earthquake prediction finally been shattered?"

Horizon explores the phenomenon often regarded as the first sign of madness - hearing voices. The report describes how the work of a leading Dutch professor of psychiatry, Marius Romme, has influenced psychologists and psychiatrists in Britain to rethink their current definitions of madness.