Which Universe Are We In?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting installment from the acclaimed BBC series Horizon. In this episode we explore the question ~ Which Universe Are We In? Imagine a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth. A world where the Germans won World War II and you are president of the United States. Imagine a world … Read more

The Next Ice Age

Today on Far Future Horizons we present two documentary features that explore the possibility that global warming, as paradoxical as it may sound, may be rushing our planet into the next ice-age. Naked Science – Big FreezeThe Big Freeze could come with no warning, resulting in a massive extinction of species and changing life on … Read more

James Burke on the Moon

Today on Far Future Horizons we continue to commemorate the forty-sixth anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing with two retrospective documentaries presented by BBC veteran science journalist and science historian James Burke ten years after the event. James Burke, one of the main presenters of the BBC’s coverage of the Apollo 11 mission, reviews its … Read more

Chemistry: A Volatile History Episode 2 – The Order of the Elements

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second instalment of a three part BBC documentary series titled “Chemistry: A Volatile History” hosted by Professor Jim Al-Khalili. In the second episode of this exciting series Professor Al-Khalili looks at the 19th century chemists who struggled to impose an order on the apparently random world of … Read more

The Blue Planet – Episode 01: The Blue Planet

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of the acclaimed documentary series The Blue Planet narrated by David Attenborough. The first instalment of The Blue Planet looks at how ocean life is regulated around the globe by currents and the varying position of the sun.  Near a Pacific seamount, there is a … Read more

In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great ~ Son of God

In 335 BC Alexander of Macedonia set off on an expedition to conqueror the world. The voyage of Alexander the Great covered more than 22,000 miles in ten years, from Greece to India and back, through some of the most difficult and unforgiving terrain.   Join us today more than two thousand year later, as … Read more

Human Planet – Deserts: Life in the Furnace

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of a breathtaking documentary series titled the Human Planet that explores how humans have learned to adapt to life in desert environments. Human Planet is an eight part British television documentary series produced by the BBC with co-production from Discovery and BBC Worldwide. We can … Read more

Space Race: Race For Satellites

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the second episode of the acclaimed BBC docudrama “Space Race”  the “Race For Satellites”. This series chronicles the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the moon. It focuses on Sergei Korolev, the Soviet … Read more

Space Race : The Race for Rockets

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the first episode of the acclaimed BBC docudrama “Space Race – Race for Rockets”. Wernher von Braun This series chronicles the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the moon. It focuses on Sergei … Read more

Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

Today on Far Future Horizons we take an in-depth look at the Nazi’s Atomic Bomb program.   In 1939, as Europe prepared for war, the Nazis led the world in the race for the atomic bomb. Yet six years later it was the Americans who dropped the first nuclear bomb on the Japanese cities of … Read more