Horizon · SEASON 50
Defeating the Superbugs
Episode 6 · 2012-09-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
Across the world we are seeing the emergence of bacteria that have gone rogue. These are the superbugs, dangerous bacteria that are becoming resistant to our only defense; antibiotics. Horizon meets the scientists who are tracking the spread of these potential killers around the globe, and discovers the new techniques researchers are developing to help defeat these superbugs.
60 minutes
Season 50 episodes
1. The Truth About Looking Young2012-07-23
2. Mission to Mars2012-07-30
3. Eat, Fast and Live Longer2012-08-06
4. How Big Is the Universe?2012-08-27
5. How Small Is the Universe?2012-09-03
6. Defeating the Superbugs2012-09-10
7. The Creative Brain: How Insight Works2013-03-14
8. How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery2013-03-21
9. The Truth about Taste2013-03-28
10. The Age of Big Data2013-04-04
11. The Secret Life of the Cat2013-06-13
12. Little Cat Diaries2013-06-14
13. Fracking: The New Energy Rush2013-06-19
14. Swallowed by a Black Hole2013-06-26
15. What Makes us Human?2013-07-03
16. The Truth About Personality2013-07-10
