- 1 From Here to Infinity
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Horizon follows the hunt for the most distant star ever seen.
Air Date: 1999-01-28
- 2 Pandemic
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Horizon looks at the knowledge gained following the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918.
Air Date: 1999-02-04
- 3 Elephants or Ivory
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In this episode, Horizon reports from Africa on the effect that rising elephant numbers are having on humans and the natural environment.
Air Date: 1999-02-11
- 4 Electric Heart
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Horizon presents a documentary looking at the United States heart specialist, Michael DeBakey, and his work and research into making miniature pumps which could help make permanent artificial hearts in the future.
Air Date: 1999-02-18
- 5 Sudden Death
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In this Horizon documentary, we present Alfred Steinschneider's theory on cot death where gaps in breathing could be responsible for the death of many infants.
Air Date: 1999-02-25
- 6 New Star in Orbit
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In this report, Horizon explores the arguments for and against the building of the Space Station Freedom and will it ever justify it's huge cost.
Air Date: 1999-03-11
- 7 New Asteroid Danger
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Horizon presents this documentary by scientists who have calculated that the Earth will be hit by a small asteroid within 50 years. How will this effect our planet?
Air Date: 1999-03-18
- 8 Skeleton Key
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In this report, Horizon investigates the rare disease called Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, which causes muscles and ligaments to turn into solid bone. This disease causes severe disfigurement and suffering, and often-time death. We look at the research by scientists trying to find out the causes of the disease and how to find a cure.
Air Date: 1999-03-25
- 9 Wings of Angels
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Dramatisation of biologist David Lack's struggle to reconcile scientific evidence for evolution with his belief in God.
Air Date: 1999-08-01
- 10 Mistaken Identity
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Horizon presents a documentary about Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) where in the 1980's, it suddenly became the talk of the town. Tens of thousands of Americans were diagnosed with an illness that was previously unheard of. A trigger for this sudden was the release of a film, "Sybil". Telling the dramatic story of a woman diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder, the film was shown across America making Sybil a household name.
Air Date: 1999-11-11
- 11 Volcanoes of the Deep
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Could giant volcanic 'chimneys' on the ocean floor unlock the secret of how life began on Earth?
Air Date: 1999-11-18
- 12 Anatomy of an Avalanche
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Horizon reports on a February 1999 catastrophic avalanche at Galtür in Austria that claimed 31 lives. Over the next six months, Horizon followed a team of scientists as they pieced together the extraordinary chain of events that led to the disaster. The scientists' investigations into the extreme forces of nature responsible for the tragedy are making people re-evaluate their calculations about avalanches.
Air Date: 1999-11-25
- 13 The Midas Formula
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Horizon presents the extraordinary story of a beautiful mathematical formula that changed the world, the financial markets, and indeed capitalism itself. It could do the unthinkable - it took the risk out of playing the money-markets. To its inventors it brought the Nobel Prize for economics. To those who used it, it brought great wealth. But this glittering tale would end in tragedy.
Air Date: 1999-12-02
- 14 Mistaken Identity
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Horizon presents a documentary about Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) where in the 1980's, it suddenly became the talk of the town. Tens of thousands of Americans were diagnosed with an illness that was previously unheard of. A trigger for this sudden was the release of a film, "Sybil". Telling the dramatic story of a woman diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder, the film was shown across America making Sybil a household name.
Air Date: 1999-11-11
- 15 Volcanoes of the Deep
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Could giant volcanic 'chimneys' on the ocean floor unlock the secret of how life began on Earth?
Air Date: 1999-11-18
- 16 Anatomy of an Avalanche
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Horizon reports on a February 1999 catastrophic avalanche at Galtür in Austria that claimed 31 lives. Over the next six months, Horizon followed a team of scientists as they pieced together the extraordinary chain of events that led to the disaster. The scientists' investigations into the extreme forces of nature responsible for the tragedy are making people re-evaluate their calculations about avalanches.
Air Date: 1999-11-25
- 17 The Midas Formula
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Horizon presents the extraordinary story of a beautiful mathematical formula that changed the world, the financial markets, and indeed capitalism itself. It could do the unthinkable - it took the risk out of playing the money-markets. To its inventors it brought the Nobel Prize for economics. To those who used it, it brought great wealth. But this glittering tale would end in tragedy.
Air Date: 1999-12-02
- 100 Longitude (Special)
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Air Date: 1999-01-04
- 101 Fat Files special: Born to be Fat (Special)
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Air Date: 1999-01-07
- 102 Fat Files special: Fixing Fat (Special)
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Air Date: 1999-01-14
- 103 Fat Files special: Living on Air (Special)
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Air Date: 1999-01-21
- 104 Atlantis Uncovered Part 1 (Special)
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Documentary series. 1: A report on the theories surrounding the myth of Atlantis, according to Plato an ancient civilisation which was destroyed in a catastrophic flood.
Air Date: 1999-10-28
- 105 Atlantis Reborn Part 2 (Special)
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Documentary series. 2: Examining the claims of author Graham Hancock, whose theories of a lost civilisation are proven, he says, by ancient monuments built to mirror the stars.
Air Date: 1999-11-04