2008
(2008)
Cast
Episodes
How to Kill a Human Being 0.0
January 15, 2008
Michael Portillo looks at the science behind executions. Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to t…
Total Isolation 0.0
January 22, 2008
Psychologists subject six volunteers to a world without stimulation. For the first time in 40 years Horizon re-creates…
What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity? 9.0
January 29, 2008
Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. Particle physicist and ex D:Ream keyboard player D…
Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy? 0.0
February 5, 2008
A trip through the highs and lows of the UK’s 20 most dangerous drugs. Recent research has analysed the link between t…
How to Make Better Decisions 0.0
February 12, 2008
Lifting the lid on the business of human choices in an exclusive guide to making better decisions. We are bad at makin…
How to Live to be 101 0.0
February 19, 2008
While scientists have been searching for the secrets of long life, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the …
Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets 0.0
February 26, 2008
Friendly bacteria, superfoods, cholesterol busting spreads, 99% germ free, whiter than white...it's almost impossible t…
Are we Alone in the Universe? 0.0
March 4, 2008
Use the Drake equation to calculate the number of civilisations in our galaxy. For fifty years, the Search for Extra T…
How Much is Your Dead Body Worth? 0.0
March 18, 2008
Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts . When veteran…
How Does Your Memory Work? 0.0
March 25, 2008
Horizon journeys into the human memory, from how it emerges in childhood, develops through to adulthood, and fades in m…
The President's Guide to Science 0.0
September 16, 2008
Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new American president. The United Stat…
How Mad Are You? (1 of 2) 0.0
November 11, 2008
First of a two-part special. Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the oth…
How Mad Are You? (2 of 2) 0.0
November 18, 2008
Second part of the special documentary considering where the line between sanity and madness lies as ten volunteers com…
Jimmy's GM Food Fight 0.0
November 25, 2008
Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer, one-time scientist and poster-boy for sustainable food production is on a mission to find ou…
Do You Know What Time It Is? 0.0
December 2, 2008
Particle physicist Professor Brian Cox asks, 'What time is it?' It's a simple question and it sounds like it has a simp…
Allergy Planet 0.0
December 9, 2008
We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. Fifty years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer t…
Where's My Robot? 0.0
December 16, 2008
Danny Wallace really wants a robot. He wants it to walk like him and talk like him. It's what scientists have been prom…