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Horizon Season 1996

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1996x01 The Butchers of Boxgrove aired Jan 08, 1996

Investigates the case of the "Boxgrove Man". Follows archaeologist Mark Roberts who tries to piece together the history of the first Englishman, from a shin ... read more

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1996x02 Fermat's Last Theorem aired Jan 15, 1996

Tells the story of mathematician Andrew Wiles who has made it his life's work to solve the puzzle of Fermat's last theorem that has baffled minds for three c... read more

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1996x03 A Miracle for Cancer? aired Jan 22, 1996

Examines the latest research aimed at conquering cancer. Includes research into vaccines for prostate cancer and skin cancer.

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1996x04 Nature's Numbers aired Jan 29, 1996

Follows a group of biologists Conservation International who take a pragmatic approach to what species can be saved.They travel to the Bolivian rainforest to... read more

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1996x05 The Gene Race aired Feb 05, 1996

Follows two teams of researchers, in Britain and USA as they use radically different genetic techniques in the race to find an effective treatment against cy... read more

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1996x06 Masters of the Ionosphere aired Feb 12, 1996

Recounts the history of scientific attempts from Marconi onwards to understand the atmospheric layer, known as the ionosphere. Discusses interest shown by th... read more

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1996x07 Assault on the Male (revisited) aired Feb 26, 1996

Are changes in modern living increasing levels of oestrogen and threatening males of different species, from alligators to humans?

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1996x08 Death by Design aired Mar 04, 1996

In this Horizon documentary, we look at the notion that each cell in our body is programmed to die. Understanding this concept has major implications for res... read more

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1996x09 The Planet Hunters aired Mar 11, 1996

Follows astronomers from Manchester, Switzerland and California as they search for planets with liquid water on them, the prerequisite for life

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1996x10 Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus (Update) aired Mar 25, 1996

In this episode of Horizon, which is a follow-up to the 1991 documentary, we follow a group of soviet scientists on a suicide mission as they search for the ... read more

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1996x11 Fallout from Chernobyl aired Apr 01, 1996

Reports on the work by scientists Dr Keith Baverstock and Sir Dillwyn Williams to confirm that the outbreak of thyroid cancer in children in Belarus and the ... read more

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1996x12 TV is Dead, Long Live TV aired Nov 04, 1996

In this documentary, Horizon compares the future of television with the years of experimentation before the first BBC broadcasts in 1936.

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1996x13 Aliens from Mars aired Nov 11, 1996

An investigation into claims that life once existed on Mars. NASA scientists and their critics discuss the fossils discovered in a small meteoric rock in Ant... read more

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1996x14 Living Death aired Nov 25, 1996

Looks at new treatments for patients in a persistent vegetative state. Focuses on the case of Geoffrey Wildsmith who was misdiagnosed as being PVS. He had aw... read more

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1996x15 The Time Lords aired Dec 02, 1996

An investigation into claims by researchers that time travel is not only theoretically possible but is already happening.

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1996x16 Noah's Flood aired Dec 16, 1996

Follows the work of geologists Bill Ryan and Walter Pitman, who for twenty five years have been investigating evidence for the location of the biblical flood... read more

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