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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 29

Every episode of Horizon Season 29 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 29!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Horizon Season 29 Episode 5 - Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
    8.3/10(34 votes)

    S29:E5

    In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Horizon Season 29 Episode 6 - The Black Sun
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    S29:E6

    Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Horizon Season 29 Episode 13 - The Man Who Moved the Mountains
    6.0/10(8 votes)

    S29:E13

    In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Simon Lamb, David Sington

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  4. Horizon Season 29 Episode 1 - The Shadow of Breast Cancer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E1

    Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Horizon Season 29 Episode 2 - Pest Wars
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E2

    Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Horizon Season 29 Episode 3 - Molecules With Sunglasses
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E3

    About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named Buckminsterfullerene after the architect who invented geodesic domes. The two scientists who discovered the material glimpsed it for brief seconds only in their lasers but neither they nor other scientists subsequently could make the substance last long enough in the laser to prove their theory. Then in 1990, a couple of physicists with an arc-welder in a bell-jar found they could make as much Buckminsterfullerene as they liked, and industrial applications opened up, with talk of new polymers, molecular ball-bearings, lubricants and super- conductors. Meanwhile, the original discoverers were turning back to the fundamental questions surrounding the discovery, such as how and why does it form; does it exist in space or is it the solution to one of the great mysteries of the universe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Horizon Season 29 Episode 4 - In Search of the Noble Savage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E4

    Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Horizon Season 29 Episode 7 - Hitler's Bomb
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E7

    Horizon investigates how in 1939, the Nazis led the race for the atomic bomb. Did scientific errors rob Hitler of a victory over the allies?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Horizon Season 29 Episode 8 - An Expensive Theology
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E8

    This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Horizon Season 29 Episode 9 - The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E9

    Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Horizon Season 29 Episode 10 - Hot Jam in the Doughnut
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E10

    This episode of Horizon is about how nuclear fusion has been heralded as the power of the future with the promise of clean affordable energy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Horizon Season 29 Episode 11 - A Diet for a Lifetime
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E11

    Horizon presents a story about what a women eats before and during pregnancy can determine the diseases her children may suffer from later in their life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Horizon Season 29 Episode 12 - Before Babel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E12

    Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Horizon Season 29 Episode 14 - Iceman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E14

    Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Horizon Season 29 Episode 15 - Taking the Credit
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E15

    Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Horizon Season 29 Episode 16 - Fast Life in the Food Chain
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E16

    In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Horizon Season 29 Episode 17 - Dodging Doomsday
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E17

    Horizon brings you this report to explain when animal communities exceed carrying capacities of their environments, they crash spectacularly. Will this also happen to humans?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Horizon Season 29 Episode 18 - A Question of Sport...
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E18

    Horizon presents the current evidence of a massive sporting fraud in the former Eastern Germany that has now been uncovered. The evidence shows that the East German Olympic success through the 1980's was due in part to the sophisticated use of drugs, a practice which the East German state endorsed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Horizon Season 29 Episode 19 - Genes R Us
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S29:E19

    This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 29 Ratings Summary

"Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 29. It scored 8.3/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/3/1992. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Black Sun".