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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 35

Every episode of Horizon Season 35 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 35!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Horizon Season 35 Episode 1 - Saddam's Secrets
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    #1 - Saddam's Secrets

    S35:E1

    After the 1991 Gulf War, a UN Special Commission was set up to go into war-torn Iraq, seek out Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and destroy or disable them. This remarkable Horizon follows the tension of the inspectors' every move as they track down secret military bases, Scud missile launchers, the infamous super-gun barrels, decaying chemical weapons dumps, and the remains of the nuclear research establishment, cunningly hidden amongst debris and the innocent-looking rubble of post-war reconstruction. At each stage in the cat-and-mouse game with the Iraqi security forces, the UN team had to draw on cunning and courage to force their way into secret locations. Day by day, they recorded their progress on video, and charted the tensions of diplomatic stand-offs as the world was twice drawn close to another violent confrontation in the Gulf. The courage of the UN team, drawn from scientists from all over the world, is graphically revealed as they attempt to gauge the lethal nature of rusting canisters of poison gas, at Saddam's decaying chemical weapons store. After the immediate rush of successes, the inspectors' work became a steady process of attrition - grinding on against the stonewalling of their hosts. "The weapons programme is like layers of an onion. Every now and then, Saddam would allow us to peel one back, but there is always more underneath." But five years on, the inspectors had still not tracked down proof of the darkest of Saddam's secrets: his biological weapons programme. However, painstaking detective work revealed that huge quantities of the media needed for growing biological organisms had been imported, and Iraq finally admitted to having substantial biological weapons, which are cheaper and more simple to produce than nuclear and chemical weapons, yet have the same destructive power. Gradually the inspectors got close to the labs and animal testing stations where the lethal toxins had been produced. In addition to the most common biological warfare organisms, anthrax and botulinus, Iraq developed and tested strains of viruses never before adopted for weapons purposes. This was part of an ongoing international biological arms race to design novel weapons using gene-splicing or fibroviruses such as Ebola, Hanta fever and others.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Horizon Season 35 Episode 2 - Dr Miller and the Islanders
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    #2 - Dr Miller and the Islanders

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    Horizon presents a documentary with Jonathan Miller who sets out for the Torres Strait, near Australia, to retrace the footsteps of the first British anthropological expedition 100 years ago. The expedition laid the foundations of modern anthropology's aims, ethos, and rules.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Horizon Season 35 Episode 3 - The Rainmaker
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    #3 - The Rainmaker

    S35:E3

    Horizon presents the scientist, Graeme Mather, whose claims to be able to cause rainfall, are tested in Mexico with his reputation at stake.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Horizon Season 35 Episode 4 - Hopeful Monsters
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    #4 - Hopeful Monsters

    S35:E4

    In this documentary, Horizon reports on the genetic research of biologist Mike Levine, whose discovery of a mutant fruit fly led to cures for illnesses as diverse as Parkinson's disease and skin cancer.

    Director:Bryn Higgins
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Horizon Season 35 Episode 5 - The Limits to Birth
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    #5 - The Limits to Birth

    S35:E5

    Horizon examines how much further we can and should go in our treatment of those born too soon in Britain.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Horizon Season 35 Episode 6 - Overkill
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    #6 - Overkill

    S35:E6

    Horizon presents the story from Celtic ritual and forensic science with startling conclusions that emerge about the subject and the nature of the evidence itself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Horizon Season 35 Episode 7 - The Curse of Vesuvius
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    #7 - The Curse of Vesuvius

    S35:E7

    In this story, Horizon looks at the communities that live directly below the shadow of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Horizon Season 35 Episode 8 - Mir Mortals
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    #8 - Mir Mortals

    S35:E8

    This documentary by Horizon presents the story of the four Russian men who orbited earth last year on board the ill-fated Mir space station.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Horizon Season 35 Episode 9 - The Computer that Ate Hollywood
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    #9 - The Computer that Ate Hollywood

    S35:E9

    Horizon presents this documentary on how special effects have evolved during the last century of films.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Horizon Season 35 Episode 10 - Magic Bullet
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    #10 - Magic Bullet

    S35:E10

    Horizon brings the story of a 40 year struggle to bring 'Antisense' into being and it's current trials with incurable cancer patients.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Horizon Season 35 Episode 11 - The Gulf War Jigsaw
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    #11 - The Gulf War Jigsaw

    S35:E11

    Horizon examines claims that measures to protect American and NATO troops against chemical and biological weapons may have backfired.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Horizon Season 35 Episode 12 - Sexual Chemistry
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    #12 - Sexual Chemistry

    S35:E12

    Horizon series on the emergence of the new sex drug Viagra for men.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Horizon Season 35 Episode 13 - Chimps on Death Row
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    #13 - Chimps on Death Row

    S35:E13

    Horizon explores the history of experimentation with chimpanzees, our closest living relatives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Horizon Season 35 Episode 14 - Dinosaurs in Your Garden
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    #14 - Dinosaurs in Your Garden

    S35:E14

    Horizon tells the story of maverick scientist John Ostrom and his theory that birds are really just dinosaurs with feathers. Thirty years later, a revolution in palaeontology has proven him correct. Horizon looks at the compelling and recent evidence that shows how modern birds fine-tuned their unique design for flight. It also confirms that Velociraptor dinosaur is more closely related to the sparrow than it is to the crocodile.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Horizon Season 35 Episode 15 - Mosquito!
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    #15 - Mosquito!

    S35:E15

    Horizon investigates how science is fighting against the mosquito-spread disease Malaria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Horizon Season 35 Episode 16 - The Life and Times of Life and Time
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    #16 - The Life and Times of Life and Time

    S35:E16

    Horizon follows the work of various scientists attempting to turn back the biological clock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Horizon Season 35 Episode 17 - Thalidomide: A Necessary Evil
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    #17 - Thalidomide: A Necessary Evil

    S35:E17

    Horizon presents an investigation into how Thalidomide is being used to treat leprosy, AIDS, and cancer with encouraging results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Horizon Season 35 Episode 18 - Beyond a Joke
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    #18 - Beyond a Joke

    S35:E18

    In this program, Horizon reveals how laughter and play are crucial to the development of the brain, and how some scientists are recommending play as an alternative to drugs in helping to treat hyperactive youngsters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 35 Ratings Summary

"Saddam's Secrets" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 35. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/19/1998. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Dr Miller and the Islanders".