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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 23

Every episode of Horizon Season 23 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 23!

The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 23

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
  1. Background image for Are You a Racist?
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    #1 - Are You a Racist?

    S23:E1

    Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Genesis
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    #2 - Genesis

    S23:E2

    This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Bitter Cold

    S23:E3

    Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe

    S23:E4

    Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
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    #5 - Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould

    S23:E5

    In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Science...Fiction?

    S23:E6

    Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - The Children of Eve

    S23:E7

    Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - The New Face of Leprosy

    S23:E8

    This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Hi-Tech à la Française

    S23:E9

    Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - In the Wake of HMS Sheffield

    S23:E10

    Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
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    #11 - AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus

    S23:E11

    Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - The Case of the Frozen Addict

    S23:E12

    In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Nice Guys Finish First

    S23:E13

    In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - The Men Who Bottled a Cow

    S23:E14

    This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird

    S23:E15

    Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - What Makes an Animal Smart?

    S23:E16

    This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt

    S23:E17

    Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Uranus Encounter

    S23:E18

    In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Who Built Stonehenge?
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    #19 - Who Built Stonehenge?

    S23:E19

    Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
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    #20 - Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation

    S23:E21

    This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain

    S23:E22

    This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Doctors to Be

    S23:E23

    In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Season 23 Ratings Summary

"Are You a Racist?" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 23. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/6/1986. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Genesis".