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Horizon tells amazing science stories and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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Horizon: 2012-2013

John Fothergill

James Van Der Pool

Aidan Laverty

Nicola Cook

Horizon: 2012-2013: Episode 11: The Age of Big Data

The Age of Big Data

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Episode 11: The Age of Big Data

2012-2013

BBC Two - Horizon, 2012-2013, The Age of Big Data

Revealing the remarkable experiments taking place at the heart of the data revolution.

Horizon tests the limits of the data revolution, crime prediction in LA, financial formulas in the city of London and a South African attempt to catalogue the entire cosmos.

In Los Angeles, a remarkable experiment is underway; the police are trying to predict crime, before it even happens. 

At the heart of the city of London, one trader believes that he has found the secret of making billions with maths. In South Africa, astronomers are attempting to catalogue the entire cosmos. These very different worlds are united by one thing - an extraordinary explosion in data. 

Horizon meets the people at the forefront of the data revolution and reveals the possibilities and the promise of the age of big data.

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