Horizon
1978
197824 episodes
Episode 1
Living Machines
Jan 6, 19781h
Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.
Episode 2
A Land for All Reasons
Jan 20, 19781h
In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.
Episode 3
I Don't Want to Be a Burden
Jan 27, 19781h
Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.
Episode 4
Zero G
Feb 3, 19781h
Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.
Episode 5
The Message in the Rocks
Feb 17, 19781h
Develops 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.
Episode 6
The Eddystone Lights
Feb 24, 19781h
Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.
Episode 7
Light of the 21st Century
Mar 10, 19781h
Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.
Episode 8
The New Breadline
Mar 24, 19781h
Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.
Episode 9
Now the Chips Are Down
Mar 31, 19781h
About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.
Episode 10
Explosions in the Mind
Jul 14, 19781h
In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.
Episode 11
One Small Step
Jul 21, 19781h
Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.
Episode 12
The Tsetse Trap
Jul 28, 19781h
This 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.
Episode 13
A Whisper From Space
Aug 4, 19781h
Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.
Episode 14
Prisoners of Hope
Aug 11, 19781h
In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.
Episode 15
On a Different Track
Aug 18, 19781h
Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.
Episode 16
Careering into Science
Aug 25, 19781h
This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.
Episode 17
Cashing in on the Ocean
Sep 1, 19781h
Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.
Episode 18
Bags of Life
Sep 8, 19781h
Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.
Episode 19
Innocent Slaughter?
Sep 15, 19781h
In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.
Episode 20
The Beersheva Experiment
Nov 3, 19781h
Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.
Episode 21
Divers Do It Deeper
Nov 10, 19781h
Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.
Episode 22
The Big Sleep
Nov 17, 19781h
In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.
Episode 23
The Vital Spark
Nov 24, 19781h
In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.
Episode 24
The Red Deer of Rhum
Dec 29, 19781h
Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.