Horizon
Season 10 Episode 5 - Crime Lab
A jewel robbery, a hit-and-run, and the Case of the Skeleton in the Sand Dunes illustrate the work of forensic scientists and the police they assist. How do they discover the characteristics of an individual bullet as it enters a body? How are blood stains identified or microscopic flakes of paint? How do voiceprints and lie-detectors work? The crime labs of Britain and America have different priorities and different techniques. Each can learn from the other. They also have different success rates. Britain's is currently better. But how long can we hold out against a rapidly rising tide of drugs and violence? What can we learn from American experience?
Episodes in Season 10
Epidemic
60 min
Worlds in Collision
60 min
The Military Necessity
60 min
The Curtain of Silence
60 min
Crime Lab
60 min
When the Breeding Has to Stop
60 min
Science Is Dead, Long Live Science
60 min
...And Where Will the Children Play?
60 min
Acupuncture: A Chinese Puzzle
60 min
What Time Is Your Body?
60 min
Survival of the Weakest
60 min
Red Sea Coral and the Crown of Thorns
60 min
Lumbered... with Back-Ache!
60 min
Airport
60 min
Do You Remember the Memory Man?
60 min
What a Waste!
60 min
The Laws of the Land
60 min
Do We Really Need the Railways?
60 min
The Telly of Tomorrow?
60 min
How Does It Hurt?
60 min
A Scientist Looks at Religion
60 min
In Search of Konrad Lorenz
60 min
Stretch Up Tall
60 min
Gilding the Lily
60 min
The Black Holes of Gravity
60 min
What's so Big About Us?
60 min
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
60 min
Carry on Smoking
60 min
Air Crash Detective
60 min
An Element of Mystery
60 min
Digging Up the Future
60 min
Kula, a Reason for Giving
60 min
