Horizon: 1992
Season 29 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Horizon Season 28.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 29 Progress Shield
The Shadow of Breast Cancer
Jan 6, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.
Pest Wars
Jan 13, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.
Molecules With Sunglasses
Jan 20, 1992 · 60 min
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
In Search of the Noble Savage
Jan 27, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.
Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
Feb 3, 1992 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.
The Black Sun
Feb 17, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.
Hitler's Bomb
Feb 24, 1992 · 60 min
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?
An Expensive Theology
Mar 2, 1992 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.
The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
Mar 9, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.
Hot Jam in the Doughnut
Mar 16, 1992 · 60 min
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.
A Diet for a Lifetime
Mar 30, 1992 · 60 min
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.
Before Babel
Apr 6, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.
The Man Who Moved the Mountains
Apr 13, 1992 · 60 min
In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.
Iceman
Apr 27, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.
Taking the Credit
May 11, 1992 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.
Fast Life in the Food Chain
May 18, 1992 · 60 min
In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.
Dodging Doomsday
Jun 1, 1992 · 60 min
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?
A Question of Sport...
Jun 8, 1992 · 60 min
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
Genes R Us
Jun 15, 1992 · 60 min
This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.