Horizon (1964)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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- 1 1. Helike - The Real Atlantis2002-01-10 · 1h 0mOn a winter night in 373 BC, the classical Greek city of Helike was destroyed by a massive earthquake and tidal wave. The entire city and all its inhabitants were lost beneath the
- 2 2. Volcano Hell2002-01-17 · 1h 0mIt began with a ghastly tragedy. In 1985 the massive Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted, melting a glacier and sending a vast landslide of mud down on the people asleep in t
- 3 3. Fatbusters2002-01-24 · 1h 0mThere is a new epidemic sweeping the world. It's been silently growing over the last few decades - only now is it reaching dramatic proportions. If current trends continue, more th
- 4 4. The Lost Pyramids of Caral2002-01-31 · 1h 0mThe magnificent ancient city of pyramids at Caral in Peru hit the headlines in 2001. The site is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilisation in the Americas and, at
- 5 5. Death of the Iceman2002-02-07 · 1h 0mIn September 1991 two hikers made a sensational discovery - a frozen body high in the mountains, near the border between Austria and Italy. It turned out to be 5,300 years old, the
- 6 6. Parallel Universes2002-02-14 · 1h 0mEverything you're about to read here seems impossible and insane, beyond science fiction. Yet it's all true. Scientists now believe there may really be a parallel universe - in fa
- 7 7. The Dinosaur that Fooled the World2002-02-21 · 1h 0mIn the mid 1800s, when Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution, one species of animal remained a mystery; where did birds fit on his evolutionary tree? Several years later
- 8 8. The Fall of the World Trade Center2002-03-07 · 50mThe World Trade Center was built on revolutionary design principles. It turned conventional architectural and structural techniques on their head. Built from a thin web of steel, i
- 9 9. Archimedes' Secret2002-03-14 · 1h 0mThis is the story of a book that could have changed the history of the World. To the untrained eye, it is nothing more than a small and unassuming Byzantine prayer book, yet it sol
- 10 10. The Mystery of the Jurassic2002-03-28 · 1h 0mFor years scientists have been trying to find the mysterious evolutionary master key responsible for transforming the dinosaurs into world-beaters. In the early Jurassic, 200 milli
- 11 11. Killer Lakes2002-04-04 · 1h 0mWhen Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2002 it seemed like a disaster. Molten lava plunged down the hillside and poured into nearby Lake Kivu.
- 12 12. The A6 Murder2002-05-16 · 1h 0mOn 4 April 1962, James Hanratty was led from the condemned cell in Bedford Prison to the gallows. On the way he protested his innocence, as he had done every day since he had been
- 13 13. The England Patient2002-05-23 · 1h 0mThe England football manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson, believes that modern soccer matches are not won on the pitch, but inside people's minds. This film examines not just how Eriksson
- 14 14. Freak Wave2002-11-14 · 1h 0mThe world's oceans claim on average one ship a week, often in mysterious circumstances. With little evidence to go on, investigators usually point at human error or poor maintenanc
- 15 15. Stone Age Columbus2002-11-21 · 1h 0mWho were the first people in North America? From where did they come? How did they arrive? The prehistory of the Americas has been widely studied. Over 70 years a consensus became
- 16 16. Homeopathy: The Test2002-11-26 · 1h 0mHomoeopathy was pioneered over 200 years ago. Practitioners and patients are convinced it has the power to heal. Today, some of the most famous and influential people in the world,
- 17 17. The Day the Earth Nearly Died2002-12-05 · 1h 0m250 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the land and oceans teemed with life. This was the Permian, a golden era of biodiversity that was about to come to a
- 18 18. The Secret of El Dorado2002-12-19 · 1h 0mIn 1542, the Spanish Conquistador, Francisco de Orellana ventured along the Rio Negro, one of the Amazon Basin's great rivers. Hunting a hidden city of gold, his expedition found a
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