Horizon · SEASON 33
Living Death
Episode 14 · 1996-11-25
- Documentary
Episode overview
Looks at new treatments for patients in a persistent vegetative state. Focuses on the case of Geoffrey Wildsmith who was misdiagnosed as being PVS. He had awoken from his coma but was totally paralysed and unable to communicate. After two years he was transferred and it was found he could communicate by using a buzzer connected to a highly sensitive pressure-switch.
60 minutes
Season 33 episodes
1. The Butchers of Boxgrove1996-01-08
2. Fermat's Last Theorem1996-01-15
3. A Miracle for Cancer ?1996-01-22
4. Nature's Numbers1996-01-29
5. The Gene Race1996-02-05
6. Masters of the Ionosphere1996-02-12
7. Assault on the Male (revisited)1996-02-26
8. Death by Design1996-03-04
9. The Planet Hunters1996-03-11
10. Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus (Update)1996-03-25
11. Fallout from Chernobyl1996-04-01
12. TV is Dead, Long Live TV1996-11-04
13. Aliens from Mars1996-11-11
14. Living Death1996-11-25
15. The Time Lords1996-12-02
16. Noah's Flood1996-12-16
