Horizon · SEASON 45
Allergy Planet
Episode 16 · 2008-12-09
- Documentary
Episode overview
We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. Fifty years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer to one in three. Why this should be is one of modern medicine's greatest puzzles. In search of answers, Horizon travels round the globe, from the remotest inhabited island to the polluted centres of California and the UK. We meet sufferers and the scientists who have dedicated their lives trying to answer the mystery of why we are becoming allergic to our world.
60 minutes
Season 45 episodes
1. How to Kill a Human Being2008-01-15
2. Total Isolation2008-01-22
3. What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?2008-01-29
4. Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?2008-02-05
5. How to Make Better Decisions2008-02-12
6. How to Live to be 1012008-02-19
7. Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets2008-02-26
8. Are we Alone in the Universe?2008-03-04
9. How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?2008-03-18
10. How Does Your Memory Work?2008-03-25
11. The President's Guide to Science2008-09-16
12. How Mad Are You? (1 of 2)2008-11-11
13. How Mad Are You? (2 of 2)2008-11-18
14. Jimmy's GM Food Fight2008-11-25
15. Do You Know What Time It Is?2008-12-02
16. Allergy Planet2008-12-09
17. Where's My Robot?2008-12-16
