Horizon Season 56 Episodes

Episode 1

We Need to Talk About Death

In this film, Dr Kevin Fong makes a personal journey through the moral questions about death that face not just the medical profession, but each and every one of us. The question of how we die is a question that all of us must face, and yet we avoid talking about it. Modern medicine is focused on saving lives. Amazing technical advances have increased doctors' ability to treat a wide range of life-threatening diseases, meaning many more people live longer lives. Life expectancy has surged, and we regard death as something to be battled. It is common for the medical system to throw everything into treating patients right to the very end. But in our attempts to defeat death, the question is this - are we over-medicalising death and the final years of life at the expense of providing better palliative care that would result in a better quality of life? Is it time to reset the system, and learn how to die a better death? Kevin meets medical professionals such as Prof Rob George and Dr Mark Taubert, who are at the heart of these dilemmas, as well as people who are right now facing up to the question of how to die a better death.

Episode 2

Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me

Alastair Campbell discusses his experiences with battling depression and various treatments that are available to stop it.

Episode 3

Britain's Next Air Disaster? Drones

Sun, Sep 1, 2019

In the wake of the Gatwick drone crisis, high-risk specialist Aldo Kane investigates the threat drones pose to UK skies and tests the new technology we can use to keep ourselves safe.

Episode 4

The Honest Supermarket: What's Really in Our Food?

59 mins

We spend 190 billion pounds a year on groceries, but can we trust our supermarkets to tell us the truth about what we're buying? Dr Hannah Fry and Priya Tew investigate the food we eat.

Episode 5

Inside the Social Network: Facebook's Difficult Year

Following the teams inside Facebook, revealing a hidden technological playground. The film tackles difficult questions, like how our data is used, and also shows how Facebook works.

Episode 6

The 250 Million Pound Cancer Cure

Following the NHS as they start to implement proton beam therapy, an advanced but expensive cancer treatment, as well as following as the first children awaiting the lifesaving treatment.

Episode 7

Cannabis: Miracle Medicine or Dangerous Drug?

At a pivotal moment in the history of one of the world's oldest drugs, Dr Javid Abdelmoneim investigates the latest medical and scientific research into the effects of cannabis on the brain and body.