Horizon
Season 47 Episode 10 - Don't Grow Old
For centuries scientists have been attempting to come up with an elixir of youth. Now remarkable discoveries are suggesting that ageing is something flexible that can ultimately be manipulated. Horizon meets the scientists who are attempting to piece together why we age and more vitally for all of us, what we can do to prevent it. But which theory will prevail? Does the 95-year-old woman who smokes two packets of cigarettes a day hold the clue? Do blueberries really delay signs of ageing or is it more a question of attitude? Does the real key to controlling how we age lie with a five-year-old boy with an extraordinary ageing disease or with a self-experimenting Harvard professor? Could one of these breakthroughs really see our lives extend past 120 years?
Episodes in Season 47
Do I Drink Too Much?
60 min
The Secret You
60 min
Fix Me
60 min
Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole?
60 min
Why Do We Talk?
60 min
How Long is a Piece of String?
60 min
The Secret Life of the Dog
60 min
Why Do Viruses Kill?
60 min
Pill Poppers
60 min
Don't Grow Old
60 min
To Infinity and Beyond
60 min
What Makes a Genius?
60 min
Did Cooking Make Us Human?
60 min
Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong?
60 min
