Horizon (1964)

Investigating the story of how a Russian internet millionaire, Dmitry Itskov, is turning to cutting edge science to try to unlock the secre…

Documentary exploring science's long-standing obsession with the idea of gravity control, including recent breakthroughs in the search for…

Examining Dark Energy, the mysterious force that is unexpectedly causing the universe's expansion to speed up. Its effects were discovered…

The oceans define the earth. They are crucial to life and we used to think that they were unique to our blue planet. But we were wrong. It…

This is the story of how our solar system will be transformed by the aging sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion ye…

Liz Bonnin presents a controversial and provocative episode of Horizon, investigating how new scientific research is raising hard questions…

Dr Xand Van Tulleken is single and looking for love. Mathematician Dr Hannah Fry wants to use him as her guinea pig to test whether the alg…

Antarctica is the last great wilderness. It's the coldest, windiest, driest and most isolated place on Earth. And every winter, for over th…

Horizon investigates a new era of Alzheimer's research, which is bringing hope to millions of sufferers across the world. New scanning and…

Michael Mosley investigates the dramatic rise in e-cigarettes. They're everywhere these days, but what does the latest scientific research…

Over 62% of adults in the UK are currently overweight or obese and this figure is set to rise. A common attitude is that obese people shoul…

Dr Xand van Tulleken investigates the world of performance-enhancing drugs - from the athletes seeking the rewards of fame, glory and lucra…

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, Horizon follows the highs and lows of an extraordinary story in particle physics. In June 2015, te…

The acerbically witty and severely facially disfigured broadcaster Adam Pearson presents a personal film about genetics. He and his twin br…

Alice Roberts explores the latest discoveries in the study of human origins, revealing the transformation that has been brought about in th…

We love talking about the weather - is it too hot or too cold, too wet or too windy? It's a national obsession. Now scientists have started…