Pandemic
Original title: Pandemic
Duration: 89’
Producer: Peter Leonard
Director: Peter Leonard / Emma Sutton
Participant: Peter Leonard / Emma Sutton
Company: BBC
Scientific field: History / Medicine / Health
Year: 2006
Country: UK
Horizon tells the true story of the next pandemic. It charts the progress of a mutated form of
the H5N1 bird flu virus which, once humanised, rampages through the world’s human
population - claiming lives, devastating infrastructure and ruining the global economy. Using
real and constructed footage in a seamless mix of actuality, interviews and drama, ‘Horizon’
tells the true story of the world’s fight to save its people form the biggest threat to life in a
generation. The science and the impact of the virus are brought to life - as seen through the
eyes of the scientists, government planners, the media and the victims themselves. This is
the tale of what will happen when the killer virus arrives...
Pandemic 
