1983: The Brink of Apocalypse

Today on Far Future Horizons we look at a crucial date in recent history when we came very close to an all out full scale Nuclear War during a NATO exercise known as Able Archer.

End Day

Today on Far Future Horizons we present End Day.


How will our world end and just which existential threats facing humanity are the most plausible? End Day is an exciting docu-drama produced by the BBC that depicts various doomsday scenarios and will hold you on the edge of your seat throughout its entire fifty-five minutes of suspense.

The documentary follows the fictional scientist Dr. Howell, played by Glenn Conroy, as he travels from his London hotel room to his laboratory in New York City, and shows how each scenario affects his journey as well as those around him, with various experts providing commentary on that specific disaster as it unfolds.

Super Comet: After the Impact

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the two hour docudrama ‘Super Comet: After the Impact’.

This documentary essentially transfers the events of the Cretaceous Extinction Level Event (E.L.E), that occurred sixty-five million years ago and lead to the demise of the dinosaurs, to the twenty first century.

'Super Comet' recreates the fatal disaster that wiped the dinosaurs off the face off the Earth, only it's not the dinosaurs that are living on planet Earth - it's us.

The End of the World?

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” 
~ Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Today on Far Future Horizons we join host Dallas Campbell as he delves into the Horizon archive sto find out how scientists have tried to predict the end of the world, from natural disasters to killer diseases and asteroid impact. 

Modern Marvels - Doomsday Tech

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the technologies that can either ensure the long term survival of the human species or lead to its ultimate extinction.

Does the human species have the technology to prevent its own extinction from an asteroid? Can we wipe out our own species by a super engineered disease? Cyber terrorism, genetic engineering are just some scenarios for a twenty-first century doomsday.