> BBC2's "Horizon" (BBC's flagship popular science program, for
> our overseas visitors).
It used to be a good science program but recently it seems to be more like a bad disaster movie. These days the art director seems to have the upper hand. It seems to consist of 90%, moody, atmospheric, shock-horror, human interest shots and about 10% science. Remember how the Airport series of films always began? First you spend a lot of time introducing the cast, explain how they all come to be on the plane etc, then just as you get to the end of the show you pull off a dramatic rescue. I suspect we already know how it will end.