1978
24 episodes · Jan 6, 1978
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- S15E1
Living Machines
Jan 6, 197860mHorizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.
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A Land for All Reasons
Jan 20, 197860mIn this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.
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I Don't Want to Be a Burden
Jan 27, 197860mHorizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.
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Zero G
Feb 3, 197860mHorizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.
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The Message in the Rocks
Feb 17, 197860mDevelops the theory that four and a half thousand million years ago the earth was formed thanks to the explosion of a huge star which provided the rocks, the minerals and the radioactivity from which life developed. These theories are based partly on analysis of a meteorite which dropped near a village in Mexico at the beginning of the seventies.
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The Eddystone Lights
Feb 24, 197860mHorizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.
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Light of the 21st Century
Mar 10, 197860mHorizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.
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The New Breadline
Mar 24, 197860mHorizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.
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Now the Chips Are Down
Mar 31, 197860mAbout the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.
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Explosions in the Mind
Jul 14, 197860mIn this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.
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One Small Step
Jul 21, 197860mHorizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.
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The Tsetse Trap
Jul 28, 197860mThis episode of Horizon is about the tsetse fly which rules most of Africa and why much of the fertile land can't in Africa can't be used because of the dangerous insect.
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A Whisper From Space
Aug 4, 197860mHorizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.
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Prisoners of Hope
Aug 11, 197860mIn this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.
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On a Different Track
Aug 18, 197860mHorizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.
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Careering into Science
Aug 25, 197860mThis documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.
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Cashing in on the Ocean
Sep 1, 197860mHorizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.
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Bags of Life
Sep 8, 197860mHorizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.
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Innocent Slaughter?
Sep 15, 197860mIn this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.
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The Beersheva Experiment
Nov 3, 197860mHorizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.
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Divers Do It Deeper
Nov 10, 197860mHorizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.
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The Big Sleep
Nov 17, 197860mIn this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.
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The Vital Spark
Nov 24, 197860mIn this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.
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The Red Deer of Rhum
Dec 29, 197860mHorizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.