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Episode list

Horizon
We Love Cigarettes
Wed, Jun 28, 2006
  • S43.E11
  • We Love Cigarettes
A day in the life of the cigarette. A love of nicotine unites all peoples across the globe, regardless of colour, wealth or creed. Where religion and politics have failed, tobacco has succeeded, but at what cost? For over 50 years people have been knowingly paying for the pleasure of tobacco with their lives, making man's fatal tryst with the cigarette one of the weirdest love affairs ever.
8.4 /10
Most of Our Universe Is Missing
Wed, Feb 08, 2006
  • S43.E6
  • Most of Our Universe Is Missing
8.1 /10
A War on Science
Wed, Jan 25, 2006
  • S43.E4
  • A War on Science
8 /10
The Life and Times of El Niño

S43.E1 ∙ The Life and Times of El Niño

Mon, Jan 02, 2006
The massive fluctuations that El Nino causes in the world's weather systems have changed the course of history. Would these events have happened without the impact of El Nino?
0 /10
The Genius Sperm Bank

S43.E9 ∙ The Genius Sperm Bank

Wed, Jun 14, 2006
Millionaire optometrist Robert Graham believed that many intellectuals were dying childless, yet less-intelligent people were constantly reproducing. He wanted to bring thousands of geniuses into the world to ensure the future of the human race. In the early 1980s, he established a Repository for Germinal Choice - a sperm bank stocked full of 'donations' solicited from some of the world's most brilliant men; and he began with Nobel Laureates. This is the story of an endeavor that many agree laid the foundations for modern sperm banks.
0 /10
We Love Cigarettes

S43.E11 ∙ We Love Cigarettes

Wed, Jun 28, 2006
A day in the life of the cigarette. A love of nicotine unites all peoples across the globe, regardless of colour, wealth or creed. Where religion and politics have failed, tobacco has succeeded, but at what cost? For over 50 years people have been knowingly paying for the pleasure of tobacco with their lives, making man's fatal tryst with the cigarette one of the weirdest love affairs ever.
8.4 /10
Tutankhamun's Fireball

S43.E13 ∙ Tutankhamun's Fireball

Wed, Jul 19, 2006
The extraordinary story of how a mysterious gem in one of Tutankhamun's necklaces led to the discovery of a dramatic new cosmic threat.
6.9 /10
Pandemic

S43.E19 ∙ Pandemic

Mon, Nov 06, 2006
H5N1 Bird Flu jumps the species barrier and becomes a global pandemic. This drama documentary based in Cambodia, USA and the UK explores what is known so far about avian flu and looks at what might happen if a human pandemic occurs.
6 /10
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The Great Hack

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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.

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