Horizon
1985
198516 episodes
Episode 1
Colourful Notions
Jan 7, 19851h
Documentary about colour perception based on the theories of Dr. Edwin Land, which oppose the long-held three-receptor theory of colour vision
Episode 2
A World of Their Own
Jan 14, 19851h
Horizon takes a look at consultant psychiatrists.
Episode 3
Decoding Danebury
Jan 21, 19851h
Horizon looks at the way modern archaeologists extract information from a site dig.
Episode 4
A Mission to Heal
Jan 28, 19851h
This Horizon episode is about a hospital in the African country of Kenya where the medical staff tells of a new approach to health care among the Pokot tribe.
Episode 5
Mystery of the Left Hand
Feb 4, 19851h
In this episode, Horizon explores the characteristics of left-handed people.
Episode 6
The Theatre of War
Feb 11, 19851h
Horizon examines new military technology which will come to dominate the battlefields of the future.
Episode 7
The Careful Predator
Feb 25, 19851h
This episode of Horizon is about the controversial policy in African nation of Zimbabwe of encouraging villagers to allow wild animals back onto their land.
Episode 8
What Einstein Never Knew
Mar 4, 19851h
This documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.
Episode 9
Eurekaaargh!
Mar 11, 19851h
Horizon brings you a report by Robert Symes who offers ten golden guidelines on how to be a successful inventor.
Episode 10
Careering On
Mar 18, 19851h
This is a Horizon follow-up report on the careers of seven British teenagers studying Science 'O' levels back in 1978.
Episode 11
How to Film the Impossible
Mar 25, 19851h
This episode of Horizon looks at how the world's best special effects technicians create some of Hollywood's most spectacular film scenes.
Episode 12
The Food Allergy War
Apr 1, 19851h
Horizon investigates how food allergy has developed from the 1950's to the present.
Episode 13
The Goddess of the Earth
Apr 15, 19851h
Horizon examines a hypothesis that life itself manipulates the planet to enhance it's own survival.
Episode 14
IRAS - The Supercooled Eye
Apr 22, 19851h
This Horizon documentary examines the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) which has detected evidence of planetary systems around distant stars.
Episode 15
A Prize Discovery
Apr 29, 19851h
Horizon reports on the current medical treatment of Malaria and Leukemia.
Episode 16
The Wrong Stuff
May 13, 19851h
Eighty per cent of all crashes are caused by 'human error'. Finding out what that means in terms of human behaviour has been called the last great frontier in aviation safety.