Horizon
1987
198722 episodes
Episode 1
The Twenty-Five Hour Clock
Jan 5, 19871h
Report on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
Episode 2
The Search for the Disappeared
Jan 12, 19871h
Report on how forensic scientists ae identifying individual victims amongst the people murdered by Argentina's military juntas, by examination and genetic testing of their remains.
Episode 3
The Blind Watchmaker
Jan 19, 19871h
In this interview by Horizon, zoologist Richard Dawkins investigates an attack on evolution by scientific creationists, based on the book of the same name by the famous zoologist.
Episode 4
Riding the Stack
Jan 26, 19871h
Astronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
Episode 5
Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared for Children
Feb 2, 19871h
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Episode 6
Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
Feb 9, 19871h
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Episode 7
Energy from Outer Space
Feb 16, 19871h
Report on exploration into releasing energy sources which came from outer space during the formation of the earth, 4,500 million years ago, and have lain dormant under the earth's crust. In Sweden a five mile deep drill hole was made to unleash this energy.
Episode 8
The Return of the Osprey
Feb 23, 19871h
Documentary on the Osprey in north east America, where its natural habitat was being damaged by the use of DDT, but after some conservation work the Osprey is returning to the area.
Episode 9
Can AIDS Be Stopped?
Mar 2, 19871h
Report on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
Episode 10
Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
Mar 9, 19871h
Documentary on the increasing pressure put on the British police resulting in stress and psychological disorders, and also on the work of Dr. Douglas Duckworth, a psychologist at Leeds University who has worked with the police on these problems.
Episode 11
To Engineer Is Human
Mar 16, 19871h
Engineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
Episode 12
The Magma Chamber
Mar 23, 19871h
Report on the research into volcanoes by British scientists Professor Geoff Brow n and Dr. Hazel Rymer, who have developed a technique of exploring the magma chambers of volcanoes and predicting when they will erupt.
Episode 13
Broken Images
Mar 30, 19871h
Report on two sufferers of visual agnosia. The condition affects their ability to impose order on the visual world, even though they are not blind, but it does reveal a great deal about normal perception.
Episode 14
Trial Babies
Apr 6, 19871h
Report on the different tests done on pregnant women to detect abnormalities in the foetus, with investigation of why these tests are not available in all pregnancies.
Episode 15
After Chernobyl - Closer to Home
Apr 13, 19871h
Report on the safety of UK nuclear power stations, following the accident at Chernobyl in the USSR in 1986. The programme focuses on the nuclear installation at Hartlepool on Teeside, which has the smallest evacuation zone in the western world.
Episode 16
Making Sex Pay
May 11, 19871h
James Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, lectures on the mating habits of animals and humans.
Episode 17
The Anthropic Principle
May 18, 19871h
Discussion of the Anthropic Principle, a scientific theory for man's place in th e Universe.
Episode 19
Aircrash: The Burning Issue
Jun 1, 19871h
Report on the need for improved safety features on airplanes in particular the desirability of smoke hoods, plus an interview with a survivor of the 1985 Manchester aircrash.
Episode 20
The Riddle of the Joints
Jun 8, 19871h
Report on research into rheumatoid arthritis.
Episode 21
To Catch a Falling Star
May 15, 19871h
Report on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific institutions in Great Britain.
Episode 22
In the Light of New Information
Jun 22, 19871h
Report on the evolution of laser light technology for communication in the 21st century, with a dramatised account of the effect of the technology on our daily lives.
Episode 23
Janice's Choice
Jun 29, 19871h
Janice Blenkharn's mother died of Huntington's Chorea, which any child of a victim has a 50-50 chance of inheriting. Janice is faced with the choice of having a test, developed after research in South America, to see if she has this incurable genetic disease.