Horizon (BBC TV series)
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Horizon title card
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| Genre | Science, technology |
| Starring | Various |
| Narrated by | Paul Vaughan (1968–1995), Veronika Hyks, Phillip Tibenham, Martin Jarvis, Ian Holm, Sean Barrett, Richard Baker, Ray Brooks, Ronald Pickup, Peter France, (1983-1986), Peter Wilson, (c. 1980 – late 1990s), William Woollard, Dilly Barlow (2001) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 52 |
| No. of episodes | 1,200 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) |
Liz Tucker Andrew Thompson Jacqui Smith Andrew Cohen Malcolm Clark Matthew Barrett Edward Briffa Grenville Williams |
| Running time | 59 min |
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| Original network | BBC2 |
| Picture format | PAL |
| Original release | 2 May 1964 – present |
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Horizon is an ongoing and long-running British documentary television series on BBC that covers science and philosophy.
The programme was first broadcast on 2 May 1964 with The World of Buckminster Fuller which explored the theories and structures of inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller and included the Horizon mission statement, The aim of Horizon is to provide a platform from which some of the world's greatest scientists and philosophers can communicate their curiosity, observations and reflections, and infuse into our common knowledge their changing views of the universe.Horizon continues to be broadcast on BBC Two, and in 2009 added a series of films based on the rich Horizon archive called Horizon Guides on BBC Four.
In December 2016, it was announced that Horizon will no longer be made exclusively by the BBC's in-house production division, BBC Studios, and the BBC invited independent production companies to pitch to make episodes of the strand. The future role of the BBC Horizon Editor is unclear.
There have been 52 series and 1,200 episodes produced.
Horizon has investigated an eclectic mix of subjects and controversial topics such as 'Does the MMR jab cause autism?'; it opened the awareness of consumers to the use of whale meat in pet food in 1972; and produced award-winning documentary-dramas such as Life Story in 1987 which dramatised the discovery of the structure of DNA. A 1978 programme about the silicon chip predicted the decline of the Swiss watch industry. In 1993, an Emmy winning episode about decreasing male fertility (Assault on the Male) was given a special screening at the White House.
The format of the series has varied over the years.
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