Horizon Season 2003

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2003x01 The Mystery Of Easter Island aired Jan 09, 2003

On Easter Day 1722, Dutch explorers landed on Easter Island. A civilisation isolated by 4,000km of Pacific Ocean was about to meet the outside world for the ... read more

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2003x02 Living Nightmare aired Jan 16, 2003

Sleeping is an essential part of everyone's life yet it remains little understood is barely understood. You might think it's a relaxing recharge but in fact ... read more

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2003x03 Averting Armageddon aired Jan 23, 2003

The Earth is under constant bombardment. Each year, many fragments of debris hit our planet. Fortunately for us, most are so small that they burn up harmless... read more

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2003x04 Dirty Bomb aired Jan 30, 2003

A dirty bomb is a radiological weapon but unlike a nuclear bomb, its purpose is to contaminate rather than destroy. It uses normal explosives to disperse rad... read more

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2003x05 Sexual Chemistry (Update) aired Feb 13, 2003

The drug Viagra revolutionised the treatment of sexual dysfunction in men on its launch five years ago. An accidental discovery, the tablet that gave impoten... read more

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2003x06 The Day We Learned To Think aired Feb 20, 2003

Understanding of humans' earliest past often comes from studying fossils. They tell us much of what we know about the people who lived before us. There is on... read more

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2003x07 Trial and Error aired Feb 27, 2003

It was the simplest idea but one with enormous potential. If a gene is defective in the human body, just replace it with one that works properly. Gene therap... read more

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2003x08 Earthquake Storms aired Mar 06, 2003

Earthquakes are among the most devastating natural disasters on the planet. In the last hundred years they have claimed the lives of over one million people.... read more

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2003x09 Life On Mars (Update) aired Mar 27, 2003

Are we alone in the Universe? Or are there aliens somewhere in space? New evidence suggests not only might other life-forms be out there, they may even be li... read more

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2003x10 The Secret Life Of Caves aired Apr 03, 2003

Set against the back drop of awe inspiring geological beauty, a strange scientific adventure sets out to discover how a mineral clad cave network - the heigh... read more

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2003x11 God On The Brain aired Apr 17, 2003

Rudi Affolter and Gwen Tighe have both experienced strong religious visions. He is an atheist; she a Christian. He thought he had died; she thought she had g... read more

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2003x12 Flight 587 aired May 08, 2003

265 people died when an Airbus operated by American Airlines crashed into the New York suburb of Queens in November 2001. The twin-engined jet took off from ... read more

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2003x13 SARS: The True Story aired May 29, 2003

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome didn't even have its name in February 2003, when it struck its first known victim, Johnny Cheng, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Within ... read more

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2003x14 The Big Chill aired Nov 13, 2003

Remember that long, hot summer? You might never see its like again. And all that talk of global warming? Forget it. This season's first Horizon reveals th... read more

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2003x15 The Bible Code aired Nov 20, 2003

This week Horizon investigates the science behind the Bible Code. What he can see is truly horrific; according to Drosnin, the world could end in an atomi... read more

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2003x16 Last Flight of the Columbia aired Nov 27, 2003

Mixing powerful and deeply moving footage with telling forensic analysis, Horizon reveals what really went wrong on the Space Shuttle Columbia. The film's fi... read more

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2003x17 The Hunt for an AIDS Vaccine aired Dec 04, 2003

Horizon tells the microbiological detective story in which some of the best brains in science have been pitted against the most extraordinary bug the world h... read more

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2003x18 Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine aired Dec 11, 2003

Could an unknown Englishman have been the first person ever to fly? To mark the hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers inaugural flight, Horizon tel... read more

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2003x19 Time Trip aired Dec 18, 2003

Horizon's Time Trip is a thrilling journey deep into the strangeness of cutting-edge physics - a place where beautiful, baffling ideas are sometimes indistin... read more

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