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Season 60 Episode
- Season 45 How to Kill a Human Being
- Season 45 Total Isolation
- Season 45 What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?
- Season 45 Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?
- Season 45 How to Make Better Decisions
- Season 45 How to Live to be 101
- Season 45 Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets
- Season 45 Are we Alone in the Universe?
- Season 45 How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?
- Season 45 How Does Your Memory Work?
- Season 45 The President's Guide to Science
- Season 45 How Mad Are You? (1 of 2)
- Season 45 How Mad Are You? (2 of 2)
- Season 45 Jimmy's GM Food Fight
- Season 45 Do You Know What Time It Is?
- Season 45 Allergy Planet
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Horizon - Season 45 Episode 1 How to Kill a Human Being
7.40 60 minutes Michael Portillo looks at the science behind executions.
Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution.
As the American Supreme Court examines whether the lethal injection is causing prisoners to die in unnecessary pain Michael sets out to find a solution which is fundamentally humane. To do so he examines the key methods of execution available today: he discovers why convicts can catch on fire in the electric chair, learns how easy it is to botch a hanging and inhales a noxious gas to experience first hand the terror of the gas chamber.
Armed with some startling evidence Michael considers a completely new approach. Will it be the answer? There is only one way of finding out - to experience it himself.
