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Horizon

1997-1998

Mind over Body

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Can the mind heal the body? Mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system. Doctors are beginning to change the way they treat, for example, cancer patients.

Horizon

1997-1998

The Curse of Vesuvius

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Knowledge

Geologists have reassessed the gruesome evidence from Pompeii and predicted the consequences for Naples today when the next eruption of Mount Vesuvius comes. Show more

Horizon

1997-1998

Crater of Death

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Horizon investigates the theory that a massive comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of dinosaurs, and other flora and fauna, 65 million years ago. Show more

Horizon

1997-1998

Antarctica: the Ice Forms

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

The mystery of what formed Antarctica has obsessed explorers. Piecing together evidence from rock exposed above the ice, geologists have come up with a theory that could predict how it will change. Show more

Horizon

1997-1998

Mir Mortals

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Yorkshire

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First transmitted in 1998, this is the story of four men who orbited Earth on board the ill-fated Mir space station. Show more

Horizon

1997-1998

Dawn Of The Clone Age

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Yorkshire

First transmitted in 1997, this is the story of how and why Dolly the sheep, the first cloned copy of an adult mammal, came to be created. Show more