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Horizon: 2000

19 episodes · first aired Jan 12, 2000

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1 Breath of Life Jan 12, 2000 · 1h In this moving film Horizon follows the Loughran family in their fight to save the life of their daughter Sheila who suffers from cystic fibrosis. They lost their youngest daughter Ann to…
2 The Lost City of Nasca Jan 20, 2000 · 1h On a barren desert in South America lies one of the greatest archaeological puzzles in the world. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand are hundreds of straight lines, geometric…
3 The Diamond Makers Jan 27, 2000 · 1h There is something so special about diamonds, and they are so valuable, that people have always been prepared to go to the most extraordinary lengths to find them. But how would we feel…
4 Supervolcanoes Feb 3, 2000 · 1h Hidden deep beneath the Earth's surface lie one of the most destructive and yet least-understood natural phenomena in the world - supervolcanoes. Only a handful exist in the world but when…
5 Miracle In Orbit Feb 3, 2000 · 1h When and how did space and time begin? The birth of the Universe is one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy. It has perplexed the best scientific minds for centuries. Decades before…
6 Complete Obsession - Body Dysmorphia Feb 17, 2000 · 1h What happens when a completely healthy person wants their leg amputated? Gregg is 55 and does not feel physically whole. This is despite the fact that he is physically healthy and…
7 Is GM Safe? Mar 9, 2000 · 1h Some people see GM food as a ground-breaking scientific idea that could help to end world hunger and reduce global pollution. Others see it purely as 'Frankenstein foods' on 21st century…
8 Planet Hunters Mar 16, 2000 · 1h If extra-terrestrials do exist they must have a home. Horizon tells the story of the race to find out where in the Universe this might be. The answer, for scientists across the world, lies…
9 Moon Children Apr 4, 2000 · 1h A handful of children around the world cannot tolerate the sun. Any exposure leads rapidly to skin cancer. They must either play indoors during daylight or be protected from head to toe in…
10 Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction Oct 12, 2000 · 1h Scattered across the world’s oceans are a handful of rare geological time-bombs. Once unleashed they create an extraordinary phenomenon, a gigantic tidal wave, far bigger than any normal…
11 Conjoined Twins Oct 19, 2000 · 1h Conjoined twins are among the rarest of human beings. There are probably fewer than a dozen adult pairs living in the world today. Only a few hundred pairs of conjoined twins are born in…
12 The Lost World of Lake Vostok Oct 26, 2000 · 1h It sometimes seems as if our planet has no secrets left - but deep beneath the great Antarctic ice sheet scientists have made an astonishing discovery. They’ve found one of the largest…
13 Vanished: The Plane that Disappeared Nov 2, 2000 · 1h On August 2nd 1947, a British civilian version of the wartime Lancaster bomber took off from Buenos Aires airport on a scheduled flight to Santiago. There were 5 crew and 6 passengers on…
14 The Secret Treasures of Zeugma Nov 9, 2000 · 1h In the summer of 2000, one of the great frontier cities of the Roman Empire, the city of Zeugma, all but disappeared from the face of the Earth under the flood waters of a dam. In a bid to…
15 Valley of Life or Death Nov 16, 2000 · 1h At the heart of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, there is a deadly mystery that has puzzled scientists for years. There are groups of people who are four times less likely to get HIV than…
16 Extreme Dinosaurs Nov 23, 2000 · 1h Amazing new discoveries in South America are revolutionising what we thought we knew about the dinosaur world. It now seems that South America was home to both the largest meat-eater - so…
17 Supermassive Black Holes Nov 30, 2000 · 1h In June 2000, astronomers made an extraordinary discovery. One that promises to solve one of the biggest problems in cosmology - how and why galaxies are created. Incredibly, the answer…
18 The Boy who was Turned into a Girl Dec 7, 2000 · 1h In 1965 in the Canadian town of Winnipeg, Janet Reimer gave birth to twin boys - Bruce and Brian. Six months later a bungled circumcision left Bruce without a penis. Based on a radical new…
19 Atlantis Reborn Again Dec 14, 2000 · 1h Horizon puts Graham Hancock's controversial theories about the past to the test, dissecting his evidence for a lost civilisation. Graham Hancock offers various pieces of evidence to…