Horizon Season 1978

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1978x01 Living Machines aired Jan 06, 1978

Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.

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1978x02 A Land for All Reasons aired Jan 20, 1978

In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.

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1978x03 I Don't Want to Be a Burden aired Jan 27, 1978

Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.

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1978x04 Zero G aired Feb 03, 1978

Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.

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1978x05 The Message In The Rocks aired Feb 17, 1978

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... read more

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1978x06 The Eddystone Lights aired Feb 24, 1978

Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.

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1978x07 Light of the 21st Century aired Mar 10, 1978

Horizon 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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1978x08 The New Breadline aired Mar 24, 1978

Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.

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1978x09 Now the Chips Are Down aired Mar 31, 1978

About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.

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1978x10 Explosions in the Mind aired Jul 14, 1978

In 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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1978x11 One Small Step aired Jul 21, 1978

Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.

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1978x12 The Tsetse Trap aired Jul 28, 1978

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 dang... read more

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1978x13 A Whisper From Space aired Aug 04, 1978

Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.

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1978x14 Prisoners of Hope aired Aug 11, 1978

In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.

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1978x15 On a Different Track aired Aug 18, 1978

Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.

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1978x16 Careering into Science aired Aug 25, 1978

This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.

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1978x17 Cashing in on the Ocean aired Sep 01, 1978

Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.

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1978x18 Bags of Life aired Sep 08, 1978

Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.

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1978x19 Innocent Slaughter aired Sep 15, 1978

In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.

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1978x20 The Beersheva Experiment aired Nov 03, 1978

Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.

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1978x21 Divers Do It Deeper aired Nov 10, 1978

Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.

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1978x22 The Big Sleep aired Nov 17, 1978

In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.

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1978x23 The Vital Spark aired Nov 24, 1978

In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.

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1978x24 The Red Deer of Rhum aired Dec 29, 1978

Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.

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