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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!

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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  • Bitter Cold
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    #1 - Bitter Cold

    Season 23 Episode 3

    Aired 1/20/1986

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

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  • Are You a Racist?
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    #2 - Are You a Racist?

    Season 23 Episode 1

    Aired 1/6/1986

    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: N/A

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  • Genesis
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    #3 - Genesis

    Season 23 Episode 2

    Aired 1/13/1986

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

    Director: N/A

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  • The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
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    #4 - The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe

    Season 23 Episode 4

    Aired 1/27/1986

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

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  • Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
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    #5 - Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould

    Season 23 Episode 5

    Aired 2/3/1986

    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?

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  • Science...Fiction?
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    #6 - Science...Fiction?

    Season 23 Episode 6

    Aired 2/17/1986

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

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  • The Children of Eve
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    #7 - The Children of Eve

    Season 23 Episode 7

    Aired 2/24/1986

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

    Director: N/A

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  • The New Face of Leprosy
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    #8 - The New Face of Leprosy

    Season 23 Episode 8

    Aired 3/3/1986

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

    Director: N/A

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  • Hi-Tech à la Française
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    #9 - Hi-Tech à la Française

    Season 23 Episode 9

    Aired 3/10/1986

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

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  • In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
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    #10 - In the Wake of HMS Sheffield

    Season 23 Episode 10

    Aired 3/17/1986

    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.

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  • AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
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    #11 - AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus

    Season 23 Episode 11

    Aired 3/24/1986

    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: N/A

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  • The Case of the Frozen Addict
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    #12 - The Case of the Frozen Addict

    Season 23 Episode 12

    Aired 4/7/1986

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

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  • Nice Guys Finish First
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    #13 - Nice Guys Finish First

    Season 23 Episode 13

    Aired 4/14/1986

    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.

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  • The Men Who Bottled a Cow
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    #14 - The Men Who Bottled a Cow

    Season 23 Episode 14

    Aired 4/21/1986

    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.

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  • Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
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    #15 - Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird

    Season 23 Episode 15

    Aired 4/28/1986

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

    Director: N/A

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  • What Makes an Animal Smart?
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    #16 - What Makes an Animal Smart?

    Season 23 Episode 16

    Aired 5/12/1986

    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: N/A

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  • A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt
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    #17 - A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt

    Season 23 Episode 17

    Aired 5/19/1986

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

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  • Uranus Encounter
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    #18 - Uranus Encounter

    Season 23 Episode 18

    Aired 5/26/1986

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Who Built Stonehenge?
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    #19 - Who Built Stonehenge?

    Season 23 Episode 19

    Aired 6/9/1986

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

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  • Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
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    #20 - Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation

    Season 23 Episode 21

    Aired 6/16/1986

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

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  • Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain
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    #21 - Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain

    Season 23 Episode 22

    Aired 6/23/1986

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

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  • Doctors to Be
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    #22 - Doctors to Be

    Season 23 Episode 23

    Aired 6/30/1986

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

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Season 23 Ratings Summary

"Bitter Cold" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 23. It scored 8.1/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/20/1986. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Are You a Racist?".