They are the miracle pills that shouldn't really work at all. Placebos come in all shapes and sizes, but they contain no active ingredient. Now they are being shown to help treat pain, depression and even alleviate some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Horizon explores why they work, and how we could all benefit from the hidden power of the placebo.

Confronting half of her mother’s life—her mother who had survived the Jeju April 3 Incident—the director tries to scoop out disappearing memories. A tale of family, which carries on from Dear Pyongyang (YIDFF 2005), carving out the cruelty of history, and questioning the precarious existence of the nation-state.

对于老牌泰米尔超级巨星拉金尼坎斯，铁杆粉丝对他不是简单的个人崇拜，而是一种坚定的宗教信仰。

癌细胞是细胞变异产生的错误结果，一旦无法摧毁，则会分裂扩散，这是人类作为细胞生物所要承受的痛苦之一。目前有效抗癌的手段只有射线疗法，但科学家们一直在此领域上研究，并取得了一定进程。

Horizon explores the secrets of what makes a long, healthy and happy life. It turns out that a time you can't remember - the nine months you spend in the womb - could have more lasting effects on you today than your lifestyle or genes. It is one of the most powerful and provocative new ideas in human science, and it was pioneered by a British scientist, Professor David Barker. ...

一座金字塔中的發現讓考古學家開始尋找有關努比亞王國的線索。這不是普通的考古挖掘作業，因為這座金字塔被水淹沒了。考古學家要首度潛入這座水底金字塔，讓我們更了解古老的努比亞王國。

The 'Mighty Eighth Air Force' tilted the balance for the Allies during World War II. This is the story of how they did it, using rare archival footage and dramatic eye-witness accounts of the airmen and the commanders themselves.

BBC 电子游戏自诞生之日起，媒体与学界对其进行的争论就从未停息。有人说它使人成瘾，有人说它让人变得暴力……然而这些都是真的吗？电子游戏真的有那么坏吗？《地平线》将带你回顾三十年来学界对其进行的各项研究，从科学角度阐释电子游戏对人脑产生的影响，以及它可能为我们带来的益处。

这部细腻的纪录片跟随拍摄摇滚明星阿提瓦拉·孔马莱，讲述了他2017 年在泰国进行的富有历史意义的2215 公里慈善长跑

2013年2月28日，佛罗里达坦帕市东郊住宅区，正在熟睡中的杰夫·布什和他的卧室突然消失得无影无踪。可怕的是，他消失前毫无征兆，杰夫从此杳无音信。他被陷穴吞没了。那么，陷穴是如何形成的？对于陷穴我们能做些什么？在这个不可思议的地理侦探故事片中，伊恩·斯图尔特博士发掘了地球几百万年的历史，以寻找这些问题的答案，并追问是否会有更多陷穴在我们身边出现。

New planets are now being discovered outside our solar system on a regular basis, and these strange new worlds are forcing scientists to rewrite the history of our own solar system. Far from a simple story of stable orbits, the creation of our solar system is a tale of hellfire, chaos and planetary pinball. 　　It's a miracle our Earth is here at all.

本部纪录片是英国BBC地平线系列中的一部。这让我们又爱又恨的神奇液体，就是一种泛滥成灾的成瘾品——酒。戒毒专家约翰·马斯登亲身说法，从专业和个性化的角度探索我们与酒精之间的关系，用科学的观点介绍人们对酒的依赖。 　　酒精是迄今为止最为广泛使用的药物，当然也是最危险的。那么，为什么这样多的人会饮酒过量？为什么酒精会如此强大的控制着我们的神经？酒精跟基因有关么？如果青少年过早饮酒的真正危害又是什么呢……面对如此之多的疑问，约翰试图与药品设计师开发出实验药物，来取代酒精。在不久的将来，这种药物是否会取代酒精呢？

BBC气象员彼得?吉布斯冲动地回到了他曾经生活和工作过的英国南极调查局哈雷研究站。当时，哈雷研究站在臭氧空洞的发现中起到了重要作用，而今天，它仍然在诸多领域作出了许多重要的发现，例如：人类生活如何受到太阳活动的影响、星际旅行研究、以及人类导致的气候变化所产生的威胁等。彼得此行还肩负着救援的使命，由于冰山移动，哈雷研究站可能会随着巨大的冰山飘向远方。

This is the story of how our solar system will be transformed by the aging sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. Astronomers can peer into the far future to predict how it will happen by analysing distant galaxies, stars and even planets in their final moments. 　　In this film, Horizon brings these predictions to life in a peaceful midwestern town th...

A few weeks ago, the National Health Service was hit by a widespread and devastating cyber attack - Horizon tells the inside story of one of the most challenging days in the history of the NHS. 　　On the morning of 12 May the attack started. Appointment systems, pathology labs, x-rays and even CT scanners were infected - putting not just data but patients lives at risk, and on eve...

For decades some have suspected that there might be others out there, intelligent beings capable of communicating with us, even visiting our world. It might sound like science fiction, but today scientists from across the globe are scouring the universe for signals from extraterrestrials. 　　In 2006, husband and wife team Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin discovered an enigmatic...

ADHD指注意缺陷多动障碍，又称多动症。英国著名喜剧演员Rory Bremner受到多动症的困扰，他采访医疗机构，尝试新药，了解ADHD背后的科学

记录了Nekfeu创作第三张专辑Les étoiles vagabondes的过程。经历了一年多的“难产期”，Nekfeu决定离开巴黎，带领长期合作团队行迹三大洲，全心投入创作。从孤独、恐惧、迷茫，理清思绪，产出作品。 　　影片仅在2019年6月6日各院线放映一次，逾10万观众观影。不论是Rap专辑电影的形式，还是记录创作的内容，均获大众和评论届一直好评。

Volcanoes have long helped shape the Earth. But what is less well known is that there are volcanoes on other planets and moons that are even more extraordinary than those on our own home planet. 　　Horizon follows an international team of volcanologists in Iceland as they draw fascinating parallels between the volcanoes on Earth and those elsewhere in the solar system. Through the...

The car has shrunk the world, increased personal freedom and in so many ways expanded our horizons, but there is a flipside. Fumes from car exhausts have helped to destroy our environment, poisoned the air we breathe and killed us in far more straightforward ways. But all that is going to change. 　　This episode enters a world where cars can drive themselves, a world where we are ...

"The Perfect Human Diet" is an unprecedented global exploration to find a solution to our epidemic of overweight obesity and diet-related disease - the #1 killer in America. The film bypasses current dietary group-think by exploring modern dietary science, previous historical findings, ancestral native diets and the emerging field of human dietary evolution; revealing for the f...

本片深入探究了给日本造成重创的地震与海啸背後的科学原理，本期节目将带领观众们随着地理学教授Roger Bilham的旅程，深入到震後仅数天後的日本。