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1994

Horizon

1994 Episodes
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EP 1
60m

Small Arms, Soft Targets

1/10/1994

Horizon brings you the international campaign to frame the laws of war by limiting the design and use of weapons aimed at "soft targets".

EP 2
60m

The Last Mammoth

1/17/1994

This Horizon documentary explores theories about the reasons for the extinction of mammoths including those which survived on the Island of Wrangel.

EP 3
60m

The Man Who Made Up His Mind

1/24/1994

This is a Horizon episode that attempts to answer the question, "What is a mind?" and how does your brain create it? Gerald Edelman thinks he has the answer.

EP 4
60m

Genie

1/31/1994

Horizon brings you the story about a 13 year old girl who had lived most of her life tied up in the back room of her parent's house since the time she was born.

EP 5
60m

Death Wish - The Untold Story

2/7/1994

In this report by Horizon, we look at a type of cancer which cured itself. The cancer cells were killing themselves and finding out why may revolutionize future cancer treatment.

EP 6
60m

Air Crash - The Deadly Puzzle

2/14/1994

Horizon reports on a team investigating the mysterious disappearance of an airliner in 1992 that was flying over the Panamanian jungle.

EP 7
60m

Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid

2/28/1994

In this documentary, Horizon tries to answer the question if "Star Wars" technology could be used to destroy meteors big enough to threaten life on earth.

EP 8
60m

Hubble Vision

3/7/1994

This Horizon episode follows the rescue and repair mission carried out by the shuttle astronauts on the Hubble Space Telescope.

EP 9
60m

Some Like iit Hot

3/14/1994

Horizon explores scientific discoveries made in extraordinary ways.

EP 10
60m

Too Close to the Sun

3/21/1994

Horizon examines the continuing, bitter controversy over the claim that nuclear fusion has been produced in a test tube.

EP 11
60m

Sir Walter's Journey

3/28/1994

In this episode, Horizon presents Professor Sir Walter Bodmer who searches for a new history of Britain, one that is written in their genes.

EP 12
60m

After the Flood

4/18/1994

This episode of Horizon investigates the flooding of the Mississippi river in the USA and a massive flood in Bangladesh.

EP 13
60m

Against The Clock

4/25/1994

Horizon explores how the demands of a 24-hour culture pushes people too far and the many accidents caused by fatigue.

EP 14
60m

The Blueprints of Genocide

5/9/1994

This Horizon documentary investigates newly discovered documents in Moscow from 1945 about German concentration camps.

EP 15
60m

Ulcer Wars

5/16/1994

Horizon reports on a new discovery where stomach ulcers caused by Bacterium Helicobacter Pylori are treatable with antibiotics.

EP 16
60m

Deaf Whale, Dead Whale

11/7/1994

Horizon investigates how mankind is now polluting the world's oceans with extreme noise caused by many sources such explosions and super tankers.

EP 17
60m

Whispers of Creation

11/14/1994

Horizon explores the creative process that caused ripples in the universe after the "Big Bang". Three teams of scientists attempt practical experiments to test abstract theories of cosmology.

EP 18
60m

The Predator

11/21/1994

Horizon presents a documentary on the Partula, a Polynesian tree snail.

EP 19
60m

Close Encounters

11/28/1994
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Horizon investigates some alleged reports of alien abductions.

EP 20
60m

Orange Sherbet Kisses

12/12/1994

Horizon presents a documentary on Synaesthesia which is an unusual disorder of perception in which barriers between the senses dissolve.

EP 21
60m

Designer Wines

12/19/1994

Horizon brings you Reports from Europe, America, and Australia on how wine making differs and asks whether the traditional and troubled European wine industry will have to change its methods to compete with those wines from the new world.