Horizon (1964)

Michael Portillo looks at the science behind executions. Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in…

Psychologists subject six volunteers to a world without stimulation. For the first time in 40 years Horizon re-creates a controversial sens…

Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. Particle physicist and ex D:Ream keyboard player Dr Brian Cox wants to…

A trip through the highs and lows of the UK’s 20 most dangerous drugs. Recent research has analysed the link between the harmful effects of…

Lifting the lid on the business of human choices in an exclusive guide to making better decisions. We are bad at making decisions. Accordin…

While scientists have been searching for the secrets of long life, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the answer. The quest to…

Friendly bacteria, superfoods, cholesterol busting spreads, 99% germ free, whiter than white...it's almost impossible to find a product in…

Use the Drake equation to calculate the number of civilisations in our galaxy. For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligen…

Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts . When veteran broadcaster Alistair…

Horizon journeys into the human memory, from how it emerges in childhood, develops through to adulthood, and fades in middle age. You might…

Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new American president. The United States president is quit…

First of a two-part special. Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been of…

Second part of the special documentary considering where the line between sanity and madness lies as ten volunteers come together for an ex…

Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer, one-time scientist and poster-boy for sustainable food production is on a mission to find out if GM crops really…

Particle physicist Professor Brian Cox asks, 'What time is it?' It's a simple question and it sounds like it has a simple answer. But do we…

We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. Fifty years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer to one in three. Why…

Danny Wallace really wants a robot. He wants it to walk like him and talk like him. It's what scientists have been promising us for generat…