Horizon Season 1982

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1982x01 The Secret of the Snake aired Jan 11, 1982

Profile of the snake, which presents a close-up look at how it kills and digests it's prey. Also shows how snake venom could be used in the treatment of many... read more

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1982x02 Finding A Voice aired Jan 18, 1982

An examination of computer-based communication aids for the severely speech impaired. Follows the trip to America of Dick Boydell, a cerebral palsy sufferer ... read more

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1982x03 The Sea Beyond the Dunes aired Jan 25, 1982

Documentary which looks at the wildlife of Pleasant Bay in New England marshland s of the Eastern USA, and their habitat.

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1982x04 Whatever Happened to the Energy Crisis? aired Feb 01, 1982

Horizon explores what might happen when fossil fuel sources are depleted.

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1982x05 Notes of a Biology Watcher aired Feb 08, 1982

Horizon documents how every one of us is owned and operated by other individuals; by hordes of hidden organisms.

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1982x06 The Cline Affair aired Feb 15, 1982

Documentary on the first recorded instance of genetic engineering being carried out on a human, when in 1980, Dr. Martin Cline from Los Angeles operated on a... read more

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1982x07 The Million Murdering Death aired Feb 22, 1982

Documentary which looks at the way in which disease in the world fights back against modern scientific methods of controlling it, looking at the example of t... read more

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1982x08 Shots in the Dark aired Mar 01, 1982

An examination of the use of Depo-Provera in the Third World. The contraceptive is injected and prevents pregnancy for three months, but it is banned in the ... read more

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1982x09 The Victims aired Mar 08, 1982

Documentary which looks at the psychological effects of kidnapping and imprisonment on the victims,based on the psychological characteristics shown by former... read more

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1982x10 The Future - Made in Japan? aired Mar 15, 1982

Examines the prospects for Japanese economic supremacy in the 1990s and asks whether Japan will be able to compete in the development of new technologies or ... read more

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1982x11 The Private Face of Medicine aired Mar 22, 1982

Documentary which looks at the boom in private medicine in GB and at the effects of this on the National Health Service in the country.

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1982x12 The Fatal Bargain aired Apr 05, 1982

Documentary which looks at the outbreak of a new disease in Spain in 1981 which has affected 17,000 people, killing 300, and the confusion which remains as t... read more

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1982x13 The Miracle of Life aired Oct 11, 1982

Documentary which shows the human reproductive cycle from conception to birth, through the use of microscopic cameras within the human body.

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1982x14 The Case of the UFOs aired Oct 18, 1982

Documentary which looks at the phenomenon of the Unidentified Flying Object and the possible explanations behind their sighting and observation by mankind.

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1982x15 A Killing Rain aired Oct 25, 1982

Documentary about acid rain. The effects of various forms of pollution caused by processes of everyday life, including the contamination of rain by the burni... read more

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1982x16 Intimate Relations aired Nov 01, 1982

A look at current research into the causes and effects of divorce in the Western world.

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1982x17 The Scientist and the Baby aired Nov 08, 1982

Documentary which looks at the great advances in the performance of ante-natal operations on the human foetus and the implications of these technical facilit... read more

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1982x18 Brave New Babies? aired Nov 15, 1982

Oxford moral philosopher Jonathan Glover introduces some of the new developments in genetic engineering, looks at the future possibilities of human genetic e... read more

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1982x19 The Professor of Surgery aired Nov 29, 1982

An informal portrait of Prof. Ian McColl at work in Guy's Hospital, London, and in Kent. He discusses what makes a good surgeon; how he teaches his students ... read more

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1982x20 The Chopper aired Dec 06, 1982

Traces the evolution of the helicopter, using rare archive footage of early pioneering flights. Also examines the latest research within the industry, and, w... read more

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1982x21 The State of the Planet aired Dec 13, 1982

Documentary on the discussions at the second UN Environment Conference,in London in 1982,illustrating the points made in the debates on the possible future o... read more

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1982x22 The Mysterious Mr. Tesla aired Dec 20, 1982

Documentary about the little known Yugoslav-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose experiments with electricity and wireless foreshadowed the discoveries of ... read more

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