Talk:Horizon (British TV series)

message: Isn't the theme tune to Horizon "Another Green World" by Brian Eno?
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::No. You're thinking of Arena. --Bonalaw 14:48, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: (Music comment)

message: Anyone think that the following parts in bold (my emphasis) have the faint but definite air of trying to make a case for the programme's recent direction?
The down-side to Horizon's focus on Pure Science, Sheer Drama and the occasionally forced narrative this engenders has led to occasional accusations of dumbing down, with one former editor writing a newspaper article about how the programme concentrates too much on human stories, and not enough on the science. Whether or not such accusations are justified must inevitably remain a matter of opinion but perhaps a factor weighing in the series' favour is the challenge that presenting often highly abstract, technically complex issues and ideas to the public creates for any documentary maker tackling science. 
Fourohfour 16:15, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It could also be seen as a plea for help, given the not unreasonable over-riding requirement for NPOV. Davy p 06:38, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Note; someone else has now removed these comments. On reflection, I'm not sure why I didn't do it myself sooner. Fourohfour 11:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Please see WP:TALK. TalkIslander 20:06, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably the programme's audience before the 'dumbing down' had no such problems. I started watching Horizon (along with other fascinating programmes such as The World About Us, Chronicle, Connections) back in the late 1970s when I was a schoolboy, and don't remember having any trouble understanding it. I suspect the problem nowadays is that no-one at the BBC has any scientific knowledge whatsoever. So anything with a technical bias frightens them. Too difficult for the Hello brigade, which seems to be today's BBC and ITV target audience, to comprehend. In this assumption they are probably correct, but those sort of people have plenty of their own programmes to watch, such as Emmerdale, Eastenders, etc. Why the more 'difficult' programmes like the original Horizon had to be ruined just to get people who aren't interested in the subjects anyway, watching, is beyond me. Luckily it no longer bothers me as I don't have a TV set, so they can put out as much wall-to-wall shite as they like. For all I know, perhaps they do. But I know I'm not missing much.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.68.219 (talk) 21:09, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Pro-"New Horizon" language?

message: I think it'd be nice to have a complete list of Horizon Editors (Exec. Producers, to disambiguate them). The IMDB credit list is totally misleading. I could do the ancient ones but even then would be uncertain of actual dates. It would take someone with access to BBC archives, I think. El Ingles 21:39, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Editor list

message: Today I have found the following BBC Horizon archive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/archives.shtml
It only goes back to 1996 and several episodes are missing, but it is far better than nothing. Also, some dimwit at the BBC has decided to sort them in autum-spring season when the rest of the world, that is the P2P community :), has long settled for cronological orders. Atleast is more than Discovery offers though it seems that the best work is done by people who dont get paid. Actually that could do for another Murphy's law :) i.e. if you want information come to Wikipedia :)Cgonzalezdelhoyo 01:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Check out - http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/series/HORIZON Jooler 11:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, chronological is best where the information in available. We need our own list though. I'll start it in the main article for now, perhaps we can move it later as it becomes more substantial.Phillipbeynon (talk) 01:54, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  The bbc catalogue is no longer in beta and they've removed the interface unfortunately. Luckily I saved the whole Horizon list: http://memeplex.org/medialib/horizon_bbc.htm - it's up to date up to 2006, see other pages for the recent years. The BBC Catalogue came with a warning that not everything was perfect, so the same applies to this list. this is the original atom/xml file: http://memeplex.org/medialib/HORIZON.htm if somebody wants to play with it.  ACookr (talk) 00:20, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Programs list

message: Here is a press release link to the 2008 schedule:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/08/horizon.shtml  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.55.225.64 (talk) 14:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008 Schedule 

message: I am sad to read that the BBC strongly implies that Horizon has been canceled.  In large letters at the top of the Horzion webpage, its website states:  "Just to let you know, we're no longer updating this page"  When you click "More Information here" you get this info:
:We aim to make sure that all of the pages we publish on bbc.co.uk are as accurate, reliable and as useful as possible. Where a particular radio, tv series or other BBC event has ended we generally leave the related web page online, just in case visitors may find it helpful or interesting in future. However, in order to avoid confusion we add a banner notice to the page to make it clear that we're no longer keeping these pages up to date....
On the other hand, their website does provide a link to a list upcoming episodes.  Are these repeats of older shows, or are they the last new Horizon episodes that will be made?
* Upcoming BBC Horizons episodes
* Official BBC Horizons website
Or (hopefully) will the show continue in some sort?  Can anyone sort this out?  Thanks. RK (talk) 17:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless you have information from inside sources at the BBC, Horizon has not been cancelled (although from what I've read there has been quite a lot of dissatisfaction from some viewers in terms of recent programmes 'dumbing down'). I agree that the mothballing banner at the top of the website should be clearer (and it might be a good idea for you to send an email to the BBC saying that) but I'm guessing all that's happened is that they're planning to relaunch the website when the series returns and they've put the banner up too early. Please remember that Horizon is the BBC's flagship science strand and they would not announce that they are cancelling it simply by putting a banner on the website. -Paul1337 (talk) 19:44, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually they're just not updating all their old program pages, instead adding new episodes to their new organization around iplayer/programmes - bbc.co.uk/horizon/ ACookr (talk) 19:40, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A new episode of Horizon aired last week and there are more to follow.  See here.--Peeky44 What's on your mind? 14:31, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC strongly implies that Horizon has been canceled 

message: I think the page should be updated to reflect the change from a science/documentary program to an entertainment program.
The program's tag-line is "Pure science, sheer drama" which I think sums up the new format pretty well. The science is really just a backdrop to the drama. The show is primarily entertainment, focusing on "human interest" stories and plot twists, combined with some flashy camera work (usually in the form of poor lighting, extreme close-ups and drunken-camera-man syndrome) and CGI to marvel at. Mojo-chan (talk) 21:46, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horizon is a poor entertainment programme 

message: Today I corrected an inaccurate paragraph about early Horizons. I'd love to be able to add a note about the moment when colour first arrived. Anybody know which was the first colour Horizon? El Ingles (talk) 00:56, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, got it. December 1967. El Ingles (talk) 01:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advent of colour 

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