Horizon Season 1980

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1980x01 The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz aired Jan 14, 1980

Documentary examination of the causes and conditions of the sinking of the Amoco Cadiz oil-tanker, in 1978.

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1980x02 You Are Old, Father William aired Jan 21, 1980

Documentary examination on the process of ageing and some things that can be done about the problems of senility in old people.

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1980x03 Cleared For Takeoff aired Feb 04, 1980

Documentary which looks at the danger points in flying an airliner on a routine flight from Gatwick to Los Angeles. Danger points are identified and we see r... read more

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1980x04 A Sporting Chance aired Feb 11, 1980

Documentary on the ways in which athletes from different countries prepare for the Olympic Games and the artificial methods of improving performance, drugs a... read more

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1980x05 Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian aired Feb 18, 1980

Documentary film on cancer research in the remote Chinese valley of Lin Xian where the population suffers more than 100 times the incidence of oesophagal can... read more

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1980x06 The Big If... aired Feb 25, 1980

About Interferon, a drug made from human blood cells, thought to be capable of controlling viruses and cancer

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1980x07 Cash From Trash aired Mar 03, 1980

Explores the potential in recycling rubbish in terms of energy and other resources

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1980x08 Encounter With Jupiter aired Mar 10, 1980

Documentary on the space voyages of Nasa robot space craft Voyager 1 & 2 and their photographic records of the planet Jupiter.

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1980x09 Portrait of a Poison aired Mar 17, 1980

Documentary report on the mounting evidence of the horrifying effects of the use of dioxin as a defoliant in Vietnam and as a herbicide in domestic use on bo... read more

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1980x10 Magnet Earth aired Mar 24, 1980

Looks at what is known about the earth's magnetic field, how it affects the world's organisms and in particular at recent research in this field.

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1980x11 Goodbye Gutenberg aired Sep 01, 1980

Documentary on the "information revolution" the advances made in the methods of electronic storage and display of information, and the effects of these advan... read more

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1980x12 Invasion of the Virions aired Sep 08, 1980

Investigates various virus infections ranging from smallpox and rabies down to influenza and the common cold. The way they function and the reasons the body ... read more

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1980x13 Beyond the Milky Way aired Sep 15, 1980

Astronomers are seen at work in the UK, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Australia, describing their discoveries about the galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

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1980x14 Little Boxes aired Sep 22, 1980

Documentary about industrial design and the effect it has on the look of everyday life. Dieter Rams, Tom Woolfe, Etore Sottsass and Raymond Loewy are among t... read more

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1980x15 The Other Kenya aired Sep 29, 1980

Looks at the contrasts in Kenya between the tourist image and the hardship caused by development. In particular, considers the lives of three family groups n... read more

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1980x16 Moving Still aired Oct 06, 1980

The new perspectives which can be gained on the natural world through time-lapse and high-speed photography. Includes footage of droplets of water merging in... read more

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1980x17 The Way Out aired Oct 13, 1980

Documentary about London Transport and the decline in its services over the year s. It receives less subsidy than an comparable transport system in the world... read more

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1980x18 The Dead Sea Lives aired Oct 20, 1980

Explains, within a historical context, how Israel and Jordan are trying to make use of the Dead Sea. Its mineral-rich waters are being harnessed by scientist... read more

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1980x19 Once In a Million Years aired Oct 27, 1980

Documentary on nuclear energy and the efforts of scientists to contain and control the high risk factors involved with plutonium and uranium.

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1980x20 Smoker's Luck aired Nov 03, 1980

Documentary about smoking and about the secondary effects of it. Britain leads the world in smoking deaths at 200 per day. The film looks at prognosis of dea... read more

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1980x21 Behind the Horoscope aired Nov 10, 1980

Documentary looking at the scientific facts about the growing cult of Astrology. In this report, Horizon looks at the way astrology has evolved and examines ... read more

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1980x22 The Mondragon Experiment aired Nov 17, 1980

Documentary on the twenty-five year old experimental industrial set-up in the Spanish city of Mondragon where most of the factories and laboratories are co-o... read more

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1980x23 The Spike aired Nov 24, 1980

Documentary about epilepsy, showing epileptic fits as they occur and explaining what the onlooker should and should not do. Sufferers describe their experien... read more

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1980x24 The Slatemakers aired Dec 01, 1980

Documentary on the slatemaking industry of North Wales, now a dying craft, and the people involved with it.

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1980x25 Anatomy of a Volcano aired Dec 15, 1980

Chronicles the efforts of geologists throughout the summer of 1980 to study the recently erupted volcano Mt. Saint Helens in Washington State, USA.

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