Horizon — 1994

Jan 19941h

Horizon brings you the international campaign to frame the laws of war by limiting the design and use of weapons aimed at "soft targets".

Jan 19941h

This Horizon documentary explores theories about the reasons for the extinction of mammoths including those which survived on the Island of Wrangel.

Jan 19941h

This is a Horizon episode that attempts to answer the question, "What is a mind?" and how does your brain create it? Gerald Edelman thinks he has the answer.

Jan 19941h

Horizon brings you the story about a 13 year old girl who had lived most of her life tied up in the back room of her parent's house since the time she was born.

Feb 19941h

In this report by Horizon, we look at a type of cancer which cured itself. The cancer cells were killing themselves and finding out why may revolutionize future cancer treatment.

Feb 19941h

Horizon reports on a team investigating the mysterious disappearance of an airliner in 1992 that was flying over the Panamanian jungle.

Feb 19941h

In this documentary, Horizon tries to answer the question if "Star Wars" technology could be used to destroy meteors big enough to threaten life on earth.

Mar 19941h

This Horizon episode follows the rescue and repair mission carried out by the shuttle astronauts on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Mar 19941h

Horizon explores scientific discoveries made in extraordinary ways.

Mar 19941h

Horizon examines the continuing, bitter controversy over the claim that nuclear fusion has been produced in a test tube.

Mar 19941h

In this episode, Horizon presents Professor Sir Walter Bodmer who searches for a new history of Britain, one that is written in their genes.

Apr 19941h

This episode of Horizon investigates the flooding of the Mississippi river in the USA and a massive flood in Bangladesh.

Apr 19941h

Horizon explores how the demands of a 24-hour culture pushes people too far and the many accidents caused by fatigue.

May 19941h

This Horizon documentary investigates newly discovered documents in Moscow from 1945 about German concentration camps.

May 19941h

Horizon reports on a new discovery where stomach ulcers caused by Bacterium Helicobacter Pylori are treatable with antibiotics.

Nov 19941h

Horizon investigates how mankind is now polluting the world's oceans with extreme noise caused by many sources such explosions and super tankers.

Nov 19941h

Horizon explores the creative process that caused ripples in the universe after the "Big Bang". Three teams of scientists attempt practical experiments to test abstract theories of cosmology.

Nov 19941h

Horizon presents a documentary on the Partula, a Polynesian tree snail.

Nov 19941h

Horizon investigates some alleged reports of alien abductions.

Dec 19941h

Horizon presents a documentary on Synaesthesia which is an unusual disorder of perception in which barriers between the senses dissolve.

Dec 19941h

Horizon brings you Reports from Europe, America, and Australia on how wine making differs and asks whether the traditional and troubled European wine industry will have to change its methods to compete with those wines from the new world.