Paul Mayho has a disease that was completely unknown only a few decades ago. He was then infected with another disease that was thought to have disappeared entirely from the West. As we enter the 21st-century with all our modern medical weaponry the question is: how could these things be happening? The dominant species on this planet are not humans. They are organisms too small to see with the naked eye, viruses and bacteria. Many believed that we would have won the battle against these microbes in the last century, but things turned out very differently. The new things that willhug us in this century will be unknown emerging microbes and the return of old plagues that we thought had been defeated. Scientists now know that we can never defeat nature itself.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 36 Episode 2 of Horizon resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Horizon Season 36 Episodes...

• s36e01 - Season 36, Episode 01
• s36e02 - Season 36, Episode 02
• s36e03 - Season 36, Episode 03
• s36e04 - Breath of Life
• s36e05 - The Lost City of Nasca
• s36e06 - The Diamond Makers
• s36e07 - Supervolcanoes
• s36e08 - Miracle in Orbit
• s36e09 - Complete Obsession
• s36e11 - Is GM Safe?
• s36e12 - Planet Hunters Part I
• s36e13 - Planet Hunters
• s36e14 - Moon Children
• s36e15 - Conjoined Twins
• s36e16 - The Lost World of Lake Vostok
• s36e17 - Vanished: The Plane That Disappeared
• s36e18 - Secret Treasures of Zeugma
• s36e19 - The Valley of Life or Death
• s36e20 - Extreme Dinosaurs
• s36e21 - Supermassive Black Holes
• s36e22 - Boy Who Was Turned Into a Girl

Horizon Show Summary

Horizon is BBC Two's flagship 50-minute science documentary series.

Recognised as the world leader in its field, it regularly wins a sweep of international science, medical and environmental film accolades, and has recently won the Royal Television Society Award and the Prix Italia.

In 2002, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts presented Horizon with the BAFTA Television Award for Best Factual Series or Strand.

In 2003 it won the prestigious Images et Science award for best medical documentary and the Carl von Linne Award at the Living Europe film festival in Sweden. That year, a Horizon co-production with WGBH Boston won the Emmy for best documentary.

In September 2014 it celebrated its 50th anniversary and it continues to enjoy outstanding critical acclaim.