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Horizon: 2004

18 episodes · first aired Jan 8, 2004

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1 The Demonic Ape Jan 8, 2004 · 1h In a film that is in turns charming, disturbing and poignant, Horizon explores the relationship between science and the chimpanzee. It began with a magical story. A young girl ventured…
2 The Moscow Theatre Siege Jan 15, 2004 · 1h With the help of doctors and scientists in America, Germany and Britain, Horizon unpicks the mystery of the Moscow theatre siege. In October 2002, Chechen terrorists took a thousand people…
3 The Atkins Diet Jan 22, 2004 · 1h This is the truth about the world's most famous, most glamorous and most controversial diet. The Atkins diet says that eating fat can make you thin. It says you don't need to bother…
4 Secrets of the Star Disc Jan 29, 2004 · 1h This is the extraordinary story of how a small metal disc is rewriting the epic saga of how civilisation first came to Europe, 3600 years ago. When grave robbers ransacked a Bronze Age…
5 The Dark Secret of Hendrik Schön Feb 5, 2004 · 1h Imagine a world where disease could be eradicated by an injection of tiny robots the size of molecules. That is the hope offered by nanotechnology - the science of microscopically small…
6 Thalidomide - A Second Chance? Feb 12, 2004 · 1h Thalidomide was one of the biggest medical tragedies of modern times. The images of children born with shrunken limbs still haunt anyone who sees them. And the tragedy is not over. Those…
7 Diamond Labs Mar 4, 2004 · 1h Top quality diamonds at knock down prices? The only catch is: these rocks don't come out of the ground, but are made in a lab. This is the promise offered by a series of recent scientific…
8 T-Rex - Warrior or Wimp? Mar 11, 2004 · 1h Tyrannosaurus rex - it's the scariest, meanest, most bewitching dinosaur of them all. Children are captivated by the sheer savagery of the teeth. Experts marvelled at the force of its bite…
9 Project Poltergeist Mar 18, 2004 · 1h This is the story of two genuine scientific heroes. For forty years, John Bahcall and Ray Davis were engaged in a single extraordinary experiment - to find out why the Sun shines. In the…
10 The Truth of Troy Mar 25, 2004 · 1h It's one of the greatest stories ever told. The legend of Helen of Troy has enchanted audiences for the last three thousand years. In May this year a Hollywood film staring Brad Pitt and…
11 The Truth About Vitamins Sep 16, 2004 · 1h Every year we spend £300 million on vitamin supplements, but do they actually do us any good? Some believe they offer the promise of preventing or even curing some of the world's biggest…
12 King Solomon's Tablet of Stone Sep 23, 2004 · 1h
13 Derek Tastes of Earwax Sep 30, 2004 · 1h Is Wednesday red? Take part in our experiment to test whether your senses overlap. Do melodies have a colour? Take part in our experiment to test whether you hear colours. Imagine if every…
14 What Really Killed the Dinosaurs? Oct 7, 2004 · 1h Until recently most scientists thought they knew what killed off the dinosaurs. A 10km-wide meteorite had smashed into the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, causing worldwide forest fires…
15 Making Millions the Easy Way Oct 14, 2004 · 1h In the mid-1990s, a team of American science students took on the might of the Las Vegas casinos, and came home with millions of dollars. Hard working engineering students during the week…
16 Saturn - Lord of the Rings Oct 21, 2004 · 1h In 1610, Galileo used a new invention -- a simple telescope -- to look at Saturn. When he viewed the planet for the first time, he saw something strange. He thought he saw three stars…
17 The Hunt for the Supertwister Oct 28, 2004 · 1h
18 Dr Money and the Boy with No Penis Nov 4, 2004 · 1h