Horizon Season 2004

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2004x01 The Demonic Ape aired Jan 08, 2004

In a film that is in turns charming, disturbing and poignant, Horizon explores the relationship between science and the chimpanzee. It began with a magica... read more

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2004x02 The Moscow Theatre Siege aired Jan 15, 2004

With the help of doctors and scientists in America, Germany and Britain, Horizon unpicks the mystery of the Moscow theatre siege. In October 2002, Chechen... read more

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2004x03 The Atkins Diet aired Jan 22, 2004

This is the truth about the world's most famous, most glamorous and most controversial diet. The Atkins diet says that eating fat can make you thin. It says ... read more

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2004x04 Secrets of the Star Disc aired Jan 29, 2004

This is the extraordinary story of how a small metal disc is rewriting the epic saga of how civilisation first came to Europe, 3600 years ago. When grave ... read more

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2004x05 The Dark Secret of Hendrik Schön aired Feb 05, 2004

Imagine a world where disease could be eradicated by an injection of tiny robots the size of molecules. That is the hope offered by nanotechnology - the scie... read more

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2004x06 Thalidomide - A Second Chance? aired Feb 12, 2004

Thalidomide was one of the biggest medical tragedies of modern times. The images of children born with shrunken limbs still haunt anyone who sees them. And t... read more

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2004x07 Diamond Labs aired Mar 04, 2004

Top quality diamonds at knock down prices? The only catch is: these rocks don't come out of the ground, but are made in a lab. This is the promise offered by... read more

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2004x08 T-Rex - Warrior or Wimp? aired Mar 11, 2004

Tyrannosaurus rex - it's the scariest, meanest, most bewitching dinosaur of them all. Children are captivated by the sheer savagery of the teeth. Experts mar... read more

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2004x09 Project Poltergeist aired Mar 18, 2004

This is the story of two genuine scientific heroes. For forty years, John Bahcall and Ray Davis were engaged in a single extraordinary experiment - to find o... read more

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2004x10 The Truth of Troy aired Mar 25, 2004

It's one of the greatest stories ever told. The legend of Helen of Troy has enchanted audiences for the last three thousand years. In May this year a Hollywo... read more

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2004x11 The Truth About Vitamins aired Sep 16, 2004

Every year we spend £300 million on vitamin supplements, but do they actually do us any good? Some believe they offer the promise of preventing or even curin... read more

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2004x12 King Solomon's Tablet of Stone aired Sep 23, 2004

2001. A clandestine meeting of leading Israeli archaeologists are shown a remarkable artefact. It's a stone tablet, apparently from 1,000BC. The writing on i... read more

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2004x13 Derek Tastes of Earwax aired Sep 30, 2004

Is Wednesday red? Take part in our experiment to test whether your senses overlap. Do melodies have a colour? Take part in our experiment to test whether yo... read more

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2004x14 What Really Killed the Dinosaurs? aired Oct 07, 2004

Until recently most scientists thought they knew what killed off the dinosaurs. A 10km-wide meteorite had smashed into the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, causi... read more

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2004x15 Making Millions the Easy Way aired Oct 14, 2004

In the mid-1990s, a team of American science students took on the might of the Las Vegas casinos, and came home with millions of dollars. Hard working engine... read more

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2004x16 Saturn - Lord of the Rings aired Oct 21, 2004

With its famous rings, Saturn is the most distant planet clearly visible to the naked eye. But how did the rings get there and when were they formed? To stud... read more

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2004x17 The Hunt for the Supertwister aired Oct 28, 2004

On 3 May 2003 a tornado smashed through two suburbs of Oklahoma City. It had struck at the height of the tornado season, yet residents were still shocked by ... read more

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2004x18 Dr Money and the Boy with No Penis aired Nov 04, 2004

On 22 August 1965 Janet Reimer was granted her dearest wish: she gave birth to twins. The two boys, Brian and Bruce, were healthy babies, but they would lead... read more

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