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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 30

Every episode of Horizon Season 30 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 30!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Horizon Season 30 Episode 14 - Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    S30:E14

    Follows a team of archaeologists led by Michael Novacek as they try to retrace the steps of an expedition launched by the American Museum of Natural History in the 1920's. The original expedition sought the origins of humanity but instead came across a virtual graveyard of the dinosaurs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Horizon Season 30 Episode 1 - Awakening the Frozen Addicts
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E1

    Horizons presents a report on a daring Swedish operation that transplants foetal tissue into the brains of Parkinson's disease sufferers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Horizon Season 30 Episode 2 - Cheating Time
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E2

    Horizon investigates the current benefits and disadvantages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Horizon Season 30 Episode 3 - TB - The Forgotten Plague
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E3

    This Horizon episode is about the new and terrible threat from tuberculosis which kills more people than any other infection.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Horizon Season 30 Episode 4 - No Ordinary Genius (1)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E4

    This is the first part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.

    Director:Christopher Sykes
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Horizon Season 30 Episode 5 - No Ordinary Genius (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E5

    This is the second part of a two-part Horizon series presenting a portrait of Richard Feynman, the American Nobel Prize winning physicist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Horizon Season 30 Episode 6 - Mars Alive
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E6

    This Horizon episode attempts to answer the question if it will be possible to 'terraform' Mars by creating a new atmosphere, and then adding water and plants to make the planet habitable.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Horizon Season 30 Episode 7 - Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E7

    Horizon investigates how market research, opinion polls, TV ratings, and consumer surveys have got it disastrously wrong. Commercial decisions depend increasingly on this information, but just how good is that information?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Horizon Season 30 Episode 8 - The Pyramid Builders
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E8

    This Horizon documentary looks at how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without the use of the wheel, ramps, or levers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Horizon Season 30 Episode 9 - Here Be Monsters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E9

    This documentary by Horizon looks at how the Hubble space telescope is uncovering evidence of black holes in our distant galaxies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Horizon Season 30 Episode 10 - Iceman (Update)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E10

    This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Horizon Season 30 Episode 11 - Whatever Happened to Star Wars
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E11

    Horizon shows how American scientists struggled to fulfil the dreams which challenged fundamental scientific laws.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Horizon Season 30 Episode 12 - Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E12

    In this episode, Horizon examines the latest scientific evidence about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Horizon Season 30 Episode 13 - Dante Goes to Hell
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E13

    Horizon presents the story of a robot named Dante, who goes into an active volcano in Antarctica to find out if volcanoes contribute to the ozone hole in our atmosphere.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Horizon Season 30 Episode 15 - The New Alchemists
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E15

    Horizon reports on scientists who are planning smart aircraft wings and smart buildings that can sense earthquakes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Horizon Season 30 Episode 16 - Allergic to the 20th Century
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E16

    In this episode, Horizon examines Asthma, the illness that is the most common condition of the developed world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Horizon Season 30 Episode 17 - Wot U Looking At?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E17

    Horizon looks at causes of violence and asks psychologists to interview men and boys with a record of violence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Horizon Season 30 Episode 18 - The Electronic Frontier
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E18

    In this story, Horizon explores the endless stream of digital information available on demand to the public, but do we need, or even want it?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Horizon Season 30 Episode 19 - A Vital Poison
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E19

    Horizon describes how researchers discovered that a lethal gas, called nitric oxide, was behind some of the most basic functions of our bodies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Horizon Season 30 Episode 20 - Chimp Talk
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E20

    This documentary by Horizon looks back into the 1980's where the work of pioneer researchers trying to determine if chimpanzees could understand language was attacked as charlatanism. Now the public opinion has moved back in favour of the idea that apes can indeed talk to us. The program looks at the latest developments in the chimpanzee language laboratories in America.

    Directors:Genya Niio, Jenny Jones
    Writer:Jenny Jones

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  21. Horizon Season 30 Episode 21 - Life is Impossible
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S30:E21

    Horizon investigates how life began on Earth. Did it evolve on land surfaces on Earth, in the sea, or in space?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 30 Ratings Summary

"Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 30. It scored 7.5/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/1993. This episode is rated 7.5 points higher than the second-best, "Awakening the Frozen Addicts".