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Horizon: 1997

15 episodes · premiered Feb 27, 1997

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  1. Episode 1: Psychedelic Science Feb 27, 1997 · 1h Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.
  2. Episode 2: Fat Cats, Thin Mice Mar 6, 1997 · 1h In this documentary, Horizon investigates obesity in Britain, following a woman, Heather Osborne, who weighs 322 pounds. We watch her progress through a stomach stapling operation and…
  3. Episode 3: Shipwreck Mar 13, 1997 · 1h Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.
  4. Episode 4: Genius of the Jet Mar 20, 1997 · 1h This episode of Horizon presents a profile of the inventor Sir Frank Whittle and his idea for the first jet engine which changed the nature of air travel.
  5. Episode 5: Smallpox on Death Row Mar 27, 1997 · 1h In this episode, Horizon reports on the last lab samples of smallpox destined to be destroyed. But do we still have much to learn from this virus?
  6. Episode 6: Silent Children, New Language Apr 3, 1997 · 1h In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.
  7. Episode 7: Turned On by Danger Apr 17, 1997 · 1h Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.
  8. Episode 8: A Perfect Oil Spill Apr 24, 1997 · 1h Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.
  9. Episode 9: The Great Balloon Race May 1, 1997 · 1h Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.
  10. Episode 10: Crater of Death Sep 11, 1997 · 1h Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
  11. Episode 11: Mind Over Body Sep 18, 1997 · 1h Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.
  12. Episode 12: Out of Asia Sep 25, 1997 · 1h In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.
  13. Episode 13: The Virus that Cures Oct 9, 1997 · 1h Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.
  14. Episode 14: The Man Who Lost his Body Oct 16, 1997 · 1h Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by…
  15. Episode 15: Dawn of the Clone Age Oct 23, 1997 · 1h This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.