Episode
Horizon: The Vaccine
Overview
With unique access to five vaccine teams around the globe, this is the extraordinary inside story of the unprecedented quest to develop and make vaccines to fight Covid-19.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 58
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2021-07-08
- Runtime
- 89 min
Episode context
The Vaccine is Episode 4 in 2021 of Horizon. It aired on 2021-07-08. The runtime is 89 min.
Previous / Next
More episodes from this season
Episode 2: The Secret Science of Sewage
Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin set up base camp at one of the UK's biggest sewage works to investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in human waste. Teaming up with world-class scientists, they search for biological entities in sewage with potentially lifesaving medical properties, find out how pee can generate electricity, how gas from poo can fuel a car and how nutrients in waste can help solve the soil crisis. They follow each stage of the sewage treatment process, revealing what the stuff we flush can tell us about how we live today, and the mindboggling biotechnology being harnessed to clean it, making the wastewater safe enough to return to the environment.
Episode 1: Feast to Save the Planet
Gregg Wallace and mathematician Hannah Fry invite five special guests to a unique dinner party where they are scored on the environmental impact of every dish they choose.