Horizon
Season 47

s47e01 / Why Are Thin People Not Fat?

26th Jan '09 - 9:00pm
Why Are Thin People Not Fat? Summary

The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why isn't everyone succumbing? A controversial overeating experiment aims to identify why it's hard for some people to bulk up. This episode looks at what it is about some people that makes it hard for them to gain weight.

149 have watched this episode

s47e02 / Cannabis: The Evil Weed?

3rd Feb '09 - 9:00pm
Cannabis: The Evil Weed? Summary

James Marsden looks at how cannabis use has affected different people's lives.

146 have watched this episode

s47e03 / Why Do We Dream?

10th Feb '09 - 9:00pm
Why Do We Dream? Summary

The series takes a look at dreams and as to why they are important to the cognitive process.

144 have watched this episode

s47e04 / Can We Make a Star on Earth?

17th Feb '09 - 9:00pm
Can We Make a Star on Earth? Summary

Professor Brian Cox takes a global journey in search of the energy source of the future. Called nuclear fusion, it is the process that fuels the sun and every other star in the universe. Yet despite over five decades of effort, scientists have been unable to get even a single watt of fusion electricity onto the grid. Brian returns to Horizon to find out why. Granted extraordinary access to the biggest and most ambitious fusion experiments on the planet, Brian travels to the USA to see a high security fusion bomb testing facility in action and is given a tour of the world's most powerful laser. In South Korea, he clambers inside the reaction chamber of K-Star, the world's first super-cooled, super-conducting fusion reactor where the fate of future fusion research will be decided.

145 have watched this episode

s47e05 / The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock

24th Feb '09 - 9:00pm
The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock Summary

The series takes a look at how the human body clock works and why certain things are more likely to happen at different times of the day.

148 have watched this episode

s47e06 / What's the Problem with Nudity?

3rd Mar '09 - 9:00pm
What's the Problem with Nudity? Summary

The show examines the reasons why people are embarrassed by the naked human body.

149 have watched this episode

s47e07 / How to Survive a Disaster

10th Mar '09 - 9:00pm
How to Survive a Disaster Summary

The series attempts to show the best ways to survive a disaster by asking a team of experts for help.

142 have watched this episode

s47e08 / Who Do You Want Your Child to Be?

17th Mar '09 - 9:00pm
Who Do You Want Your Child to Be? Summary

David Baddiel explores the best ways to educate your children.

141 have watched this episode

s47e09 / Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes?

24th Mar '09 - 9:00pm
Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes? Summary

The series takes a look as to why science has been unable to predict when an earthquake is going to happen.

148 have watched this episode

s47e10 / Alan and Marcus Go Forth and Multiply

31st Mar '09 - 9:00pm
Alan and Marcus Go Forth and Multiply Summary

Ever since he was at school, actor and comedian Alan Davies has hated maths. And like many people, he is not much good at it either. But with the help of top mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy, Alan is going to embark on a maths odyssey. Together they visit the fourth dimension, cross the universe and explore the concept of infinity. But did his abilities peak 25 years ago when he got his grade C O-Level? Or will Alan be able to master the most complex maths concept there is?

146 have watched this episode

s47e11 / How Violent Are You?

12th May '09 - 9:00pm
How Violent Are You? Summary

What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? In a thought-provoking and disturbing journey, Michael Portillo investigates one of the darker sides of human nature

142 have watched this episode

s47e12 / Mars: A Horizon Guide

19th May '09 - 9:00pm
Mars: A Horizon Guide Summary

The intriguing possibility of life on Mars has fueled man's quest to visit the Red Planet. Drawing on 45 years of Horizon archive, space expert Dr Kevin Fong presents a documentary on Earth's near neighbor. Man's extraordinary attempts to reach Mars have pushed technological boundaries past their limit and raised the tantalizing prospect of establishing human colonies beyond our own planet. While the moon lies 240,000 miles away, Mars is at a distance of 50 million miles. Reaching the moon takes three days, but to land on Mars would take nearly eight months, and only two thirds of the missions to Mars have made it. The BBC has been there to analyze the highs and lows - including the ill-fated British attempt, the Beagle. Horizon has explored how scientists believe the only way to truly understand Mars is to send people there. If and when we do, it will be the most challenging trip humanity has ever undertaken.

145 have watched this episode
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