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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 29

Every episode of Horizon Season 29 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 29!

The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 29

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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    #1 - The Shadow of Breast Cancer

    S29:E1

    Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Pest Wars

    S29:E2

    Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Molecules With Sunglasses

    S29:E3

    About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named Buckminsterfullerene after the architect who invented geodesic domes. The two scientists who discovered the material glimpsed it for brief seconds only in their lasers but neither they nor other scientists subsequently could make the substance last long enough in the laser to prove their theory. Then in 1990, a couple of physicists with an arc-welder in a bell-jar found they could make as much Buckminsterfullerene as they liked, and industrial applications opened up, with talk of new polymers, molecular ball-bearings, lubricants and super- conductors. Meanwhile, the original discoverers were turning back to the fundamental questions surrounding the discovery, such as how and why does it form; does it exist in space or is it the solution to one of the great mysteries of the universe.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - In Search of the Noble Savage

    S29:E4

    Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #5 - Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites

    S29:E5

    In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - The Black Sun

    S29:E6

    Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - Hitler's Bomb

    S29:E7

    Horizon investigates how in 1939, the Nazis led the race for the atomic bomb. Did scientific errors rob Hitler of a victory over the allies?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - An Expensive Theology

    S29:E8

    This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing

    S29:E9

    Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - Hot Jam in the Doughnut

    S29:E10

    This episode of Horizon is about how nuclear fusion has been heralded as the power of the future with the promise of clean affordable energy.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - A Diet for a Lifetime

    S29:E11

    Horizon presents a story about what a women eats before and during pregnancy can determine the diseases her children may suffer from later in their life.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - Before Babel

    S29:E12

    Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - The Man Who Moved the Mountains

    S29:E13

    In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.

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    #14 - Iceman

    S29:E14

    Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Taking the Credit

    S29:E15

    Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #16 - Fast Life in the Food Chain

    S29:E16

    In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - Dodging Doomsday

    S29:E17

    Horizon brings you this report to explain when animal communities exceed carrying capacities of their environments, they crash spectacularly. Will this also happen to humans?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - A Question of Sport...

    S29:E18

    Horizon presents the current evidence of a massive sporting fraud in the former Eastern Germany that has now been uncovered. The evidence shows that the East German Olympic success through the 1980's was due in part to the sophisticated use of drugs, a practice which the East German state endorsed.

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    #19 - Genes R Us

    S29:E19

    This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.

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Season 29 Ratings Summary

"The Shadow of Breast Cancer" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 29. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/6/1992. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Pest Wars".