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Bettany Hughes draws on her investigative skills and the latest technology to offer a new insight into the lives and deaths of the victims of one of the worst natural disasters in history. As well as travelling to Pompeii and Herculaneum, she sets up her own incident room, complete with DNA tests, to learn more about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 72AD
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Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.
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Horizon interviews some experts and looks at the matters which can change our lives in the future, like: climate change, the future of transport, energy production, gene therapy, artificial intelligence, among other things.
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Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the town of Churchill on the shores of Canada's Hudson Bay, where packs of polar bears gather each Autumn to prepare for their winter hunt.
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The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.