NaN/100 votes#1 - Awakening the Frozen Addicts
Season 30 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1993
Horizons presents a report on a daring Swedish operation that transplants foetal tissue into the brains of Parkinson's disease sufferers.
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#2 - Cheating Time
Season 30 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1993
Horizon investigates the current benefits and disadvantages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
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#3 - TB - The Forgotten Plague
Season 30 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1993
This Horizon episode is about the new and terrible threat from tuberculosis which kills more people than any other infection.
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#4 - No Ordinary Genius (1)
Season 30 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/1993
This is the first part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
Director: Christopher Sykes
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#5 - No Ordinary Genius (2)
Season 30 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/1993
This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.
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#6 - Mars Alive
Season 30 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/1993
This Horizon episode attempts to answer the question if it will be possible to 'terraform' Mars by creating a new atmosphere, and then adding water and plants to make the planet habitable.
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#7 - Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers
Season 30 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/1993
Horizon investigates how market research, opinion polls, TV ratings, and consumer surveys have got it disastrously wrong. Commercial decisions depend increasingly on this information, but just how good is that information?
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#8 - The Pyramid Builders
Season 30 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/1993
This Horizon documentary looks at how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without the use of the wheel, ramps, or levers.
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#9 - Here Be Monsters
Season 30 Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/1993
This documentary by Horizon looks at how the Hubble space telescope is uncovering evidence of black holes in our distant galaxies.
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#10 - Iceman (Update)
Season 30 Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/1993
This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.
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#11 - Whatever Happened to Star Wars
Season 30 Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/1993
Horizon shows how American scientists struggled to fulfil the dreams which challenged fundamental scientific laws.
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#12 - Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls
Season 30 Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/1993
In this episode, Horizon examines the latest scientific evidence about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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#13 - Dante Goes to Hell
Season 30 Episode 13 - Aired 3/29/1993
Horizon presents the story of a robot named Dante, who goes into an active volcano in Antarctica to find out if volcanoes contribute to the ozone hole in our atmosphere.
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#14 - Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
Season 30 Episode 14 - Aired 4/5/1993
Follows a team of archaeologists led by Michael Novacek as they try to retrace the steps of an expedition launched by the American Museum of Natural History in the 1920's. The original expedition sought the origins of humanity but instead came across a virtual graveyard of the dinosaurs.
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#15 - The New Alchemists
Season 30 Episode 15 - Aired 4/19/1993
Horizon reports on scientists who are planning smart aircraft wings and smart buildings that can sense earthquakes.
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#16 - Allergic to the 20th Century
Season 30 Episode 16 - Aired 5/10/1993
In this episode, Horizon examines Asthma, the illness that is the most common condition of the developed world.
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#17 - Wot U Looking At?
Season 30 Episode 17 - Aired 5/24/1993
Horizon looks at causes of violence and asks psychologists to interview men and boys with a record of violence.
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#18 - The Electronic Frontier
Season 30 Episode 18 - Aired 6/7/1993
In this story, Horizon explores the endless stream of digital information available on demand to the public, but do we need, or even want it?
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#19 - A Vital Poison
Season 30 Episode 19 - Aired 6/14/1993
Horizon describes how researchers discovered that a lethal gas, called nitric oxide, was behind some of the most basic functions of our bodies.
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#20 - Chimp Talk
Season 30 Episode 20 - Aired 6/21/1993
This documentary by Horizon looks back into the 1980's where the work of pioneer researchers trying to determine if chimpanzees could understand language was attacked as charlatanism. Now the public opinion has moved back in favour of the idea that apes can indeed talk to us. The program looks at the latest developments in the chimpanzee language laboratories in America.
Director: Genya Niio, Jenny Jones
Writer: Jenny Jones
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#21 - Life is Impossible
Season 30 Episode 21 - Aired 6/28/1993
Horizon investigates how life began on Earth. Did it evolve on land surfaces on Earth, in the sea, or in space?
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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 30
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Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Season 30 Ratings Summary
"Awakening the Frozen Addicts" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 30. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/4/1993. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Cheating Time".