Horizon

1964

Horizon

8.6 | TV-PG | en | Documentary

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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EP4 Super Telescope: Mission to the Edge of the Universe

Jul. 14,2022

The inside story of the James Webb Space Telescope, following the Nasa team building the £8 billion device and the scientists taking its first image of distant stars and galaxies.

EP3 Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry

Jun. 02,2022

When she's diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 36, Hannah Fry explores the problematic issues surrounding how we screen for and treat cancer, asking if we could be overmedicalising it.

EP2 Fergal Keane: Living with PTSD

May. 09,2022

BBC News special correspondent Fergal Keane has covered conflict and brutality for more than 30 years and is known for reporting with humanity and extraordinary empathy, but in 2020 revealed he had been diagnosed with an acute form of post-traumatic stress disorder. In this Horizon documentary, he reveals the impact of PTSD on his life, exploring how it led him to consider withdrawing from reporting on conflicts, as well as investigating the latest scientific thinking behind its treatment.

EP1 How to Sleep Well with Michael Mosley

Mar. 31,2022

As more people than ever report struggling with their sleep, Michael Mosley uses the latest science to explore how this impacts our health and what can be done to improve our sleep.

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Released: 1964-02-04 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mgxf

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Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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mentifis Horizon is a prism... it is mostly scientific, retaining much of its earliest episodes in its latter ones (although not quite the details, especially when it concerns physics).Its episodes concerning astronomy, in particular, are usually awe-inspiring, and although Horizon attempts to add in musical details that add to the whole picture (thus sensationalizing it, effectively) it does mostly succeed in conveying both the artistic aspect of what science could achieve and the actual details themselves, although when tackling topics that are more philosophical, like infinity, sensationalism may take over with not as many details.Horizon also tries to explain sociological issues that verge on the scientific, like the placebo effect and autism; with the former it does succeed (in my opinion) in conveying both the hard science and psychology behind it, despite involving some random people... whereas, with autism, it fails scientifically, and seems to involve random people for no apparent reason.Generally, as long as Horizon concentrates on the science it succeeds, but when it ends up speculating on anecdotes it doesn't so well (even with the earlier episodes, individual scientists were interviewed but they didn't necessarily talk about themselves).Science should be at the centre of any documentaries that attempt to tackle such questions (autism clearly involves neurotransmitters e.g. and yet none were mentioned). Anecdotes should be used only in rare, specific cases like Henry Molaison's.Overall, though, Horizon does seem to present science well...