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Horizon: 2008

17 episodes · first aired Jan 15, 2008

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1 How to Kill a Human Being Jan 15, 2008 · 1h Michael Portillo looks at the science behind executions. Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution…
2 Total Isolation Jan 22, 2008 · 1h Psychologists subject six volunteers to a world without stimulation. For the first time in 40 years Horizon re-creates a controversial sensory deprivation experiment. Six ordinary people…
3 What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity? Jan 29, 2008 · 1h Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. Particle physicist and ex D:Ream keyboard player Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. He…
4 Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy? Feb 5, 2008 · 1h A trip through the highs and lows of the UK’s 20 most dangerous drugs. Recent research has analysed the link between the harmful effects of drugs relative to their current classification…
5 How to Make Better Decisions Feb 12, 2008 · 1h Lifting the lid on the business of human choices in an exclusive guide to making better decisions. We are bad at making decisions. According to science, our decisions are based on…
6 How to Live to be 101 Feb 19, 2008 · 1h While scientists have been searching for the secrets of long life, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the answer. The quest to live longer has been one of humanities oldest…
7 Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets Feb 26, 2008 · 1h Friendly bacteria, superfoods, cholesterol busting spreads, 99% germ free, whiter than white...it's almost impossible to find a product in the supermarket today that doesn't come with…
8 Are we Alone in the Universe? Mar 4, 2008 · 1h Use the Drake equation to calculate the number of civilisations in our galaxy. For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence has been scanning the galaxy for a message…
9 How Much is Your Dead Body Worth? Mar 18, 2008 · 1h Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts . When veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke died in 2004 few suspected that he was yet…
10 How Does Your Memory Work? Mar 25, 2008 · 1h Horizon journeys into the human memory, from how it emerges in childhood, develops through to adulthood, and fades in middle age. You might think that your memory is there to help you…
11 The President's Guide to Science Sep 16, 2008 · 1h Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new American president. The United States president is quite simply the most powerful man on earth, but past…
12 How Mad Are You? (1 of 2) Nov 11, 2008 · 1h First of a two-part special. Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill. Horizon asks…
13 How Mad Are You? (2 of 2) Nov 18, 2008 · 1h Second part of the special documentary considering where the line between sanity and madness lies as ten volunteers come together for an extraordinary test. With five 'normal' volunteers…
14 Jimmy's GM Food Fight Nov 25, 2008 · 1h Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer, one-time scientist and poster-boy for sustainable food production is on a mission to find out if GM crops really can feed the world. We need to double the amount…
15 Do You Know What Time It Is? Dec 2, 2008 · 1h Particle physicist Professor Brian Cox asks, 'What time is it?' It's a simple question and it sounds like it has a simple answer. But do we really know what it is that we're asking? Brian…
16 Allergy Planet Dec 9, 2008 · 1h We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. Fifty years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer to one in three. Why this should be is one of modern medicine's…
17 Where's My Robot? Dec 16, 2008 · 1h Danny Wallace really wants a robot. He wants it to walk like him and talk like him. It's what scientists have been promising us for generations but it's a promise so far unfulfilled. Danny…