The Best Episodes Directed By Naomi Austin

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   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Human: Neanderthal Encounters

   S52:E1410/1/2025

   For 400,000 years, Neanderthals thrived across frigid, Ice Age Europe. What happened when Homo sapiens arrived, and how did these encounters change our species – including our DNA – in ways still with us today?

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Water World

   S1:E511/22/2022

   The story of water's miraculous arrival onto our planet and its pivotal role in the survival — and amusement — of a herd of elephants.

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   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Force of Attraction

   S1:E611/22/2022

   Shaping our entire universe, gravity has set the stage for life. For two king penguins, it steered them toward their soulmates.

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Which Universe Are We In?

   S52:E169/2/2015

   Imagine a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth. A world where the Germans won World War II and you are President of the United States. Imagine a world where the laws of physics no longer apply and where infinite copies of you are playing out every storyline of your life. It sounds like a plot stolen straight from Hollywood, but far from it. This is the multiverse Until very recently the whole idea of the multiverse was dismissed as a fantasy, but now this strangest of ideas is at the cutting edge of science.And for a growing number of scientists, the multiverse is the only way we will ever truly make sense of the world we are in. Horizon asks the question: Do multiple universes exist? And if so, which one are we actually in?

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   5.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Human: Origins

   S52:E129/17/2025

   Where did humans come from, and what makes us unique? Discover the remarkable origins of Homo sapiens, and the crucial moments of innovation, communication, and ritual that set us on our path.

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   3.0/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Freedom

   S1:E211/16/2016

   In the second part of his four-part series, historian David Olusoga explores the business of slavery and remembers the black sailors who fought for Britain at Trafalgar. He also celebrates a Georgian boxing superstar and the men and women who crossed continents in pursuit of freedom.

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   3.0/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Moral Mission

   S1:E311/23/2016

   In part three of this groundbreaking series, historian David Olusoga explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery. He finds out how Queen Victoria came to have a black god-daughter, why the mill workers of Rochdale stood in solidarity with enslaved Africans in the American South, and remembers the victims of a tragedy in Jamaica.

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