Horizon
Season 54 Episode 12 - What Makes a Psychopath?
Psychopaths have long captured the public imagination. Painted as charismatic, violent predators lacking in all empathy, they provide intrigue and horror in equal measure. But what precisely is a psychopath? What is it that drives them to cause harm, even kill? And can they ever be cured? Presented by psychologist Professor Uta Frith, this is an in-depth exploration of the psychopathic mind including one of the most notorious of all, Moors murderer Ian Brady. Through an ongoing correspondence between the Horizon team and Brady, the film features some of the very last letters he wrote. The film also features a series of candid interviews with prison inmates who not only describe their crimes but why they think they committed them. Horizon explores not only how each individual's crimes were shaped by their own life experiences, but also gives an insight in to how these people think and behave. Working with the world's experts in the field, the film sheds light on the biological, psychological and environmental influences that shape a psychopath. And it looks to the future, with groundbreaking research that suggests a lifetime of incarceration is not the only option to manage violent and dangerous psychopaths.
Episodes in Season 54
Clean Eating: The Dirty Truth
60 min
Hair Care Secrets
60 min
ADHD and Me with Rory Bremner
60 min
Why Did I Go Mad?
60 min
Strange Signals from Outer Space!
60 min
Space Volcanoes
60 min
Antarctica - Ice Station Rescue
60 min
Cyber Attack - The Day the NHS Stopped
60 min
10 Things You Need to Know About the Future
60 min
Dawn of the Driverless Car
60 min
Dippy and the Whale
60 min
What Makes a Psychopath?
60 min
Mars - A Traveller's Guide
60 min
Goodbye Cassini - Hello Saturn
60 min
Being Transgender
60 min
