Horizon examines the possibility of scientists, either intentionally or unintentionally, creating living forms which could enjoy an independent existence, initially confined to computers and telephone networks, and in the form of computer viruses.
1. Red Star in Orbit: The Invisible Spaceman
Aired: Jan 8, 1990History of the early Soviet space program, emphasizing the role of the enigma...
2. Red Star in Orbit: The Dark Side of the Moon
Aired: Jan 15, 1990History of the early Soviet space program, with emphasis on the "space race" ...
3. Red Star in Orbit: The Mission
Aired: Jan 22, 1990History of the Soviet space program, focusing on a 6-month-long mission in 19...
Aired: Jan 29, 1990In this Horizon documentary, we look at how NASA launched the Voyager space p...
Aired: Feb 5, 1990This report by Horizon presents the Voyager space probe close up encounter wi...
6. Smokers Can Harm Your Health
Aired: Feb 12, 1990Horizon looks at the potential implications of genetically engineering plants.
Aired: Feb 19, 1990Horizon brings you a documentary on embryology - the branch of biology that s...
8. Small Problem with the Mirror
Aired: Mar 5, 1990Horizon reports on how America has chosen to bury all of its most lethal radi...
9. Two Weeks to Save the Earth
Aired: Mar 12, 1990Horizon explores the inside of Hurricane Gilbert as it neared Jamaica on a di...
Aired: Mar 19, 1990Horizon investigates how British scientists have begun to experiment to predi...
Aired: Mar 26, 1990This story by Horizon investigates cold fusion
Aired: Apr 2, 1990Horizon presents the real story of seismic neglect and the failure of the San...
Aired: Apr 9, 1990In this episode, Horizon looks at the Hubble space telescope, hailed as the g...
Aired: Apr 23, 1990What can we learn from insects? Professor James Gould explains on Horizon tha...
15. The Terracotta Time Machine
Aired: Apr 30, 1990This Horizon documentary looks at the radical transformations in the Singapor...
16. Measuring the Roof of the World
Aired: May 14, 1990Horizon looks at the area around Mt. St. Helens 10 years after the volcanic e...
Aired: May 21, 1990This episode of Horizon is about BSE transmitted in cattle feed and causing t...
18. Inside Chernobyl Sarcophagus
Aired: Jun 4, 1990Horizon investigates how teenage pregnancy is now posing massive health and s...
Aired: Jun 11, 1990Horizon examines the possibility of scientists, either intentionally or unint...
Aired: Jun 25, 1990Horizon investigates new breakthroughs in the scientific study, analysis, and...
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: BBC Two
Production Country: United Kingdom
Genres:Documentary
