Horizon Season 2009

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2009x01 Why Are Thin People Not Fat? aired Jan 26, 2009

The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? Medical science has been obsessed with this subject and is comin... read more

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2009x02 Cannabis: The Evil Weed? aired Feb 03, 2009

Cannabis is the world's favourite drug, but also one of the least understood. Can cannabis cause schizophrenia? Is it addictive? Can it lead you on to harder... read more

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2009x03 Why Do We Dream? aired Feb 10, 2009

Horizon uncovers the secret world of our dreams. In a series of cutting-edge experiments and personal stories, we go in search of the science behind this mos... read more

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2009x04 Can We Make a Star on Earth? aired Feb 17, 2009

Professor Brian Cox takes a global journey in search of the energy source of the future. Called nuclear fusion, it is the process that fuels the sun and ever... read more

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2009x05 The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock aired Feb 24, 2009

Why are you more likely to have a heart attack at eight o'clock in the morning or crash your car on the motorway at two o'clock in the afternoon? Can taking ... read more

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2009x06 What's the Problem with Nudity? aired Mar 03, 2009

What is wrong with nudity? Why are people embarrassed about their bodies? How and why did they get the way they are? Horizon takes a group of volunteers and... read more

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2009x07 How to Survive a Disaster aired Mar 10, 2009

When disaster strikes who lives and who dies is not purely a matter of luck. In every disaster, from those people face once in a lifetime, to those they face... read more

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2009x08 Who Do You Want Your Child to Be? aired Mar 17, 2009

David Baddiel, father of two, sets out to answer one of the greatest questions a parent can ask: how best to educate your child. Taking in the latest scient... read more

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2009x09 Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes? aired Mar 24, 2009

Last century, earthquakes killed over one million, and it is predicted that this century might see ten times as many deaths. Yet when an earthquake strikes, ... read more

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2009x10 Alan and Marcus Go Forth and Multiply aired Mar 31, 2009

Ever since he was at school, actor and comedian Alan Davies has hated maths. And like many people, he is not much good at it either. But Alan has always had ... read more

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2009x11 How Violent Are You? aired May 12, 2009

What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? Michael Portillo investigates the dark side of human nature, and discovers what it is like to inf... read more

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2009x12 Do I Drink Too Much? aired Oct 13, 2009

Do I Drink Too Much? Alcohol is by far the most widely used drug - and a dangerous one at that. So why are so many of us drinking over the recommended limit... read more

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2009x13 The Secret You aired Oct 20, 2009

With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of scie... read more

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2009x14 Fix Me aired Oct 27, 2009

Horizon follows the emotional journey of three young people with currently untreatable conditions to see if, within their lifetime, they can be cured. Sop... read more

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2009x15 Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole? aired Nov 03, 2009

Black holes are one of the most destructive forces in the universe, capable of tearing a planet apart and swallowing an entire star. Yet scientists now belie... read more

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2009x16 Why Do We Talk? aired Nov 10, 2009

Talking is something that is unique to humans, yet it still remains a mystery. Horizon meets the scientists beginning to unlock the secrets of speech - inclu... read more

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2009x17 How Long is a Piece of String? aired Nov 17, 2009

Alan Davies attempts to answer the proverbial question: how long is a piece of string? But what appears to be a simple task soon turns into a mind-bending vo... read more

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2009x18 How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? aired Dec 09, 2009

In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis. In his lengthy career, Sir Davi... read more

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