TV Horizon - Season 39 Episode 14 : Freak Wave Horizon - Season 39 Episode 14 : Freak Wave 7.516/10 by 32 users The world's oceans claim on average one ship a week, often in mysterious circumstances. With little evidence to go on, investigators usually point at human error or poor maintenance but an alarming series of disappearances and near-sinkings, including world-class vessels with unblemished track records, has prompted the search for a more sinister cause and renewed belief in a maritime myth: the wall of water. Waves the height of an office block. Waves twice as large as any that ships are designed to ride over. These are not tsunamis or tidal waves, but huge breaking walls of water that come out of the blue. Suspicions these were fact not fiction were roused in 1978, by the cargo ship München. She was a state-of-the-art cargo ship. The December storms predicted when she set out to cross the Atlantic did not concern her German crew. The voyage was perfectly routine until at 3am on 12 December she sent out a garbled mayday message from the mid-Atlantic. Rescue attempts began immediately with over a hundred ships combing the ocean. Details Casts Posters Images Title Horizon - Season 39 Episode 14 : Freak Wave Alternative Titles BBC Horizon First Air Date 1964-02-04 Last Air Date 2024-07-22 Number of Episodes 1169 Number of Seasons 60 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC Two, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Horizon Season 39 :Episode 1 Helike - The Real Atlantis Helike - The Real Atlantis 2002-01-10 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 2 Volcano Hell Volcano Hell 2002-01-17 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 3 Fatbusters Fatbusters 2002-01-24 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 4 The Lost Pyramids of Caral The Lost Pyramids of Caral 2002-01-31 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 5 Death of the Iceman Death of the Iceman 2002-02-07 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 6 Parallel Universes Parallel Universes 2002-02-14 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 7 The Dinosaur that Fooled the World The Dinosaur that Fooled the World 2002-02-21 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 8 The Fall of the World Trade Center The Fall of the World Trade Center 2002-03-07 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 9 Archimedes' Secret Archimedes' Secret 2002-03-14 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 10 The Mystery of the Jurassic The Mystery of the Jurassic 2002-03-28 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 11 Killer Lakes Killer Lakes 2002-04-04 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 12 The A6 Murder The A6 Murder 2002-05-16 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 13 The England Patient The England Patient 2002-05-23 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 14 Freak Wave Freak Wave 2002-11-14 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 15 Stone Age Columbus Stone Age Columbus 2002-11-21 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 16 Homeopathy: The Test Homeopathy: The Test 2002-11-26 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 17 The Day the Earth Nearly Died The Day the Earth Nearly Died 2002-12-05 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 39 :Episode 18 The Secret of El Dorado The Secret of El Dorado 2002-12-19 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.