1992 (1992)
Episodes: 19
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 The Shadow of Breast Cancer
Air Date: 1992-01-06
Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.
Ep.2 Pest Wars
Air Date: 1992-01-13
Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.
Ep.3 Molecules With Sunglasses
Air Date: 1992-01-20
About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named Buckminsterfullerene after the architect who invented geodesic domes. The two scientists who discovered the material glimpsed it for brief seconds only in their lasers but neither they nor other scientists subsequently could make the substance last long enough in the laser to prove their theory. Then in 1990, a couple of physicists with an arc-welder in a bell-jar found they could make as much Buckminsterfullerene as they liked, and industrial applications opened up, with talk of new polymers, molecular ball-bearings, lubricants and super- conductors. Meanwhile, the original discoverers were turning back to the fundamental questions surrounding the discovery, such as how and why does it form; does it exist in space or is it the solution to one of the great mysteries of the universe.
Ep.4 In Search of the Noble Savage
Air Date: 1992-01-27
Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.
Ep.5 Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
Air Date: 1992-02-03
In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.
Ep.6 The Black Sun
Air Date: 1992-02-17
Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.
Ep.7 Hitler's Bomb
Air Date: 1992-02-24
Horizon investigates how in 1939, the Nazis led the race for the atomic bomb. Did scientific errors rob Hitler of a victory over the allies?
Ep.8 An Expensive Theology
Air Date: 1992-03-02
This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.
Ep.9 The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
Air Date: 1992-03-09
Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.
Ep.10 Hot Jam in the Doughnut
Air Date: 1992-03-16
This episode of Horizon is about how nuclear fusion has been heralded as the power of the future with the promise of clean affordable energy.
Ep.11 A Diet for a Lifetime
Air Date: 1992-03-30
Horizon presents a story about what a women eats before and during pregnancy can determine the diseases her children may suffer from later in their life.
Ep.12 Before Babel
Air Date: 1992-04-06
Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.
Ep.13 The Man Who Moved the Mountains
Air Date: 1992-04-13
In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.
Ep.14 Iceman
Air Date: 1992-04-27
Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.
Ep.15 Taking the Credit
Air Date: 1992-05-11
Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.
Ep.16 Fast Life in the Food Chain
Air Date: 1992-05-18
In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.
Ep.17 Dodging Doomsday
Air Date: 1992-06-01
Horizon brings you this report to explain when animal communities exceed carrying capacities of their environments, they crash spectacularly. Will this also happen to humans?
Ep.18 A Question of Sport...
Air Date: 1992-06-08
Horizon presents the current evidence of a massive sporting fraud in the former Eastern Germany that has now been uncovered. The evidence shows that the East German Olympic success through the 1980's was due in part to the sophisticated use of drugs, a practice which the East German state endorsed.
Ep.19 Genes R Us
Air Date: 1992-06-15
This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.