The Archives catalogue every Horizon since November 1996.
A good way to search them is to use Find in the Edit menu of either Netscape or Internet Explorer to look for keywords or a date.
Each entry has notes and illustrations relating to the television programme and often additional background information and links. Most have a full transcript of the programme's content.
Special: What Sank the Kursk? 8 August 2001
118 sailors died inside the Russian Navy's supposedly indestructible submarine. Finding the causes takes investigators back to a British sub tragedy in the 1950s.
Keywords GEOPHYSICS, SEISMOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, TORPEDO FUEL, SALVAGE
Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction 12 July 2001
Horizon investigates an extremely rare and destructive phenomenon that strikes every few thousand years: a mega-tsunami (repeat).
Keywords VOLCANO, LANDSLIDE, TIDAL WAVE, LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS, ALASKA
The Lost World of Lake Vostok 21 May 2001
Deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet lies a vast and ancient lake. Scientists believe that its pristine environment could harbour undiscovered life-forms (repeat).
Keywords BIOLOGY, MICROBES, CHEMOSYNTHESIS, NASA, RUSSIA, EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Supervolcanoes 1 April 2001
Beneath America's Yellowstone National Park lies a volcano so colossal that, if it erupts, could threaten the human race with extinction (repeat).
Keywords GEOLOGY, VOLCANO, CRUST MAGMA RESERVOIR, TOBA, SUMATRA, UTAH
Taming the Problem Child
March 8th 2001
Two disruptive children are followed through a controversial treatment regime.
Keywords HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR, THREE FEET RULE, RON FEDERICI
Miracle in Orbit 1 March 2001
Horizon examines the early failure and later success of the Hubble Space Telescope (repeat).
Keywords ASTRONOMY, SATELLITE, MIRROR, ABERRATION, NASA, PERKIN-ELMER
Snowball Earth 22 February 2001
The controversial theory that for millions of years the Earth was plunged into catastrophe - entirely smothered in ice up to one kilometre thick.
Keywords GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, GLACIATION, VOLCANO, NAMIBIA, PAUL HOFFMAN
Ecstasy and Agony 15 February 2001
Tim Lawrence was an all-action stuntman until hit by Parkinson's Disease. Horizon follows his hopes of a more normal lifestyle using Ecstasy - a class A illegal drug.
Keywords HEALTH, MEDICINE, DYSKINESIAS, SERATONIN, DOPAMINE, PLACEBO
Killer Algae 8 February 2001
A tropical seaweed that escaped from an aquarium is endangering sealife in the Mediterranean and has gone on to infect the California coast.
Keywords BIOLOGY, PLANTS, CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA, NICE, ALEXANDRE MEINESZ
The Missing Link 1 February 2001
A trail from Greenland to Britain via Latvia offers new evidence into how evolution could have seen aquatic life form legs and walk.
Keywords PALAEONTOLOGY, DEVONIAN, LOBE-FINNED FISH, CREATION, PER AHLBERG
The Mystery of the Miami Circle 25 January 2001
Builders in Miami, Florida unearth a ring of holes. The State then pays $27million to preserve either a Native American village or remnants of a 1950s sewerage system.
Keywords ARCHAEOLOGY, STONE AGE, TEQUESTA INDIANS, SETTLED NOMADS
Mars: two part special
1. Life On Mars 11 January 2001
Horizon explores how the search for Martians is hotting up.
Keywords SPACE, EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, PERMAFROST, BACTERIA, SIBERIA, TURKEY
2. Destination Mars 18 January 2001
Tantalising new evidence has emerged that life could exist on Mars. But to find out for sure humans will have to journey to this dry, frozen planet.
Keywords SPACE, TRAVEL, ASTRONAUT, MIR, ZERO GRAVITY FARMING, SPACE SURGERY
Atlantis Reborn Again 13 December 2000
Horizon puts Graham Hancock's controversial evidence for a lost civilisation to the test.
Keywords ARCHAEOLOGY, STARS, EGYPT, CAMBODIA, BOLIVIA, SPHINX, PYRAMID, TEMPLE
The Boy who was Turned into a Girl 7 December 2000
The extraordinary story of the Canadian boy who was surgically turned into a girl after birth, offering a fascinating insight into what makes us male and female.
Keywords HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, GENDER, INTERSEX, CASTRATION, BRUCE REIMER
Supermassive Black Holes 30 November 2000
There's growing evidence that the ultimate force of cosmological destruction - a supermassive black hole - may in fact breathe life into every galaxy in the Universe.
Keywords ASTRONOMY, HUBBLE, MILKY WAY, CREATION, DESTRUCTION, ANDREA GHEZ
Extreme Dinosaurs 23 November 2000
Dinosaurs just got bigger. Huge plant- and meat-eaters have been unearthed in Argentina along with evidence that the mega-carnivores hunted together in packs.
Keywords PALAEONTOLOGY, FOSSILS, MEGADINOSAURS, CANADA, PATAGONIA
Valley of Life or Death 16 November 2000
There's a mystery at the heart of the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Controversially, it seems that circumcision makes people four times less likely to contract HIV.
Keywords HEALTH, SURGERY, VIRUS, FORESKIN, KENYA, ZAMBIA, TRIBES
The Secret Treasures of Zeugma 9 November 2000
French archaeologists in Turkey battle to unearth what they can of Zeugma before a dam on the Euphrates covers the great Roman trading city forever.
Keywords ARCHAEOLOGY, RESCUE EXCAVATION, VILLA, MOSAIC
Vanished: The Plane that Disappeared 2 November 2000
In 1947 a passenger plane, the 'Star Dust', disappeared in the Andes without a trace. Horizon follows forensic scientists piecing together what happened.
Keywords HISTORY, AEROPLANE, BRITISH SOUTH AMERICAN AIRWAYS, STENDEC, ARGENTINA
The Lost World of Lake Vostok 26 October 2000
Deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet lies a vast and ancient lake. Scientists believe that its pristine environment could harbour undiscovered life-forms.
Keywords BIOLOGY, MICROBES, CHEMOSYNTHESIS, NASA, RUSSIA, EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Conjoined Twins 19 October 2000
Separating conjoined twins is one of the most challenging operations a surgeon can face. Horizon examines the dilemmas which confront doctors and parents.
Keywords HEALTH, SURGERY, SIAMESE TWINS
Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction 12 October 2000
Horizon investigates an extremely rare and destructive phenomenon that strikes every few thousand years: a mega-tsunami.
Keywords VOLCANO, LANDSLIDE, TIDAL WAVE, LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS, ALASKA
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