Dr Kevin Fong tackles moral questions surrounding death that face not just the medical profession, but each and every one of us. Throughout the programme, he meets medical professionals who are at the heart of the dilemmas surrounding our attempts to defeat death and live as long as possible, as well as people who are facing up to the question of how to die a better death.
Liz Bonnin presents a controversial and provocative episode of Horizon, investigating how new scientific research is raising hard questions about zoos - the film explores how and why zoos keep animals, and whether they need to change to keep up with modern science or ultimately be consigned to history.
Should zoos cull their animals to manage populations? Liz travels to Copenha...
For centuries we have dreamt of reaching the centre of the Earth. Now scientists are uncovering a bizarre and alien world that lies 4,000 miles beneath our feet, unlike anything we know on the surface. It is a planet buried within the planet we know, where storms rage within a sea of white-hot metal and a giant forest of crystals make up a metal core the size of the Moon.
Horiz...
This documentary film records the start-up stories of three check owners in a cheerful way. It also witnesses the ups-and-downs of the check fun stores alongside the overall economic ups-and-downs. Through the camera, we see how these witty hardworking check fun stores owners and the check leaseholders interacted, trying to pursue opportunities to redirect their lives by the ch...
Psychopaths have long captured the public imagination. Painted as charismatic, violent predators lacking in all empathy, they provide intrigue and horror in equal measure. But what precisely is a psychopath? What is it that drives them to cause harm, even kill? And can they ever be cured?
Presented by psychologist Professor Uta Frith, this is an in-depth exploration of the psyc...
