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Season 1981
1981x1
Spend and Prosper
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Jan 05, 1981
Horizon presents a portrait of the renowned economist John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge Don, and Bloomsbury intellectual.
1981x2
A Whole New Medicine
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Jan 12, 1981
This episode of Horizon is about holistic medicine, health for the whole person, which uses unorthodox therapies.
1981x3
The Qualyub Project
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Jan 19, 1981
Horizon explores the research of Egyptian doctors in trying to control bilharzia, a disease caused by parasitic worms.
1981x4
No-One Will Take Me Seriously
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Jan 26, 1981
Horizon investigates the reports about a number of scientists who do not conform to contemporary scientific theories.
1981x5
Living With Dying
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Feb 02, 1981
Horizon investigates the care given to the terminally ill by hospices.
1981x6
A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
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Feb 09, 1981
In this episode, Horizon presents a portrait of Dr. Edward Teller, whose opinions about nuclear war are highly controversial.
1981x7
Who Will Deliver Your Baby?
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Feb 16, 1981
Horizon reports on the changing role of the community midwife in Britain as more births take place in hospital.
1981x8
West of Bangalore
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Mar 02, 1981
A group of scientists are trying to solve public utility problems in Mysore, India.
1981x9
Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts
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Air date
Mar 09, 1981
Horizon examines the design of Formula One racing cars with a particular reference to the aerodynamic 'skirt'.
1981x10
Hello Universe!
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Air date
Mar 16, 1981
Horizon explores probabilities of whether we have any intelligent neighbors in space.
1981x11
Voices From Silent Hands
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Mar 23, 1981
Horizon presents a documentary on deaf children and their struggle to learn the sign language.
1981x12
Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
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Mar 30, 1981
In this episode, Horizon explores the new evolutionary theory that there are sudden, vs. gradual, evolutionary changes from one species to another.
1981x13
East of Bombay
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Apr 06, 1981
This show is a Horizon documentary about the training by two doctors from India, Rajnikant and Mabelle Arole, who are trying to combat the curable diseases. These diseases are common .. show full overview
1981x14
Resolution on Saturn - The Rings
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Apr 11, 1981
Horizon presents a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
1981x15
Resolution on Saturn - The Moons
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Apr 13, 1981
Horizon presents the second episode of a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
1981x16
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
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Sep 28, 1981
In this documentary on nuclear energy, Horizon looks at three experts with regard to the prospect of a nuclear power station sited for construction near where they live.
1981x17
The Hunt for the Legion Killer
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Oct 05, 1981
Horizon investigates Legionnaires disease and the research being carried out in the USA to try find a cause and cure.
1981x18
Breaking in Children
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Oct 12, 1981
In this story, Horizon follows the efforts of two mothers who attempt gain control over their very disobedient children.
1981x19
The Grid
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Oct 19, 1981
Horizon presents a followup episode of Gentlemen, Lift Up Your Skirts, covering the Formula One racing season while investigating the way the William's racing team fought the fierce .. show full overview
1981x20
Butterflies or Barley?
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Oct 26, 1981
Horizon reports on the conflict between the farmers and the conservationists over the English countryside.
1981x21
Science for the People
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Nov 02, 1981
Horizon presents a two part documentary looking at the science and technology inside the Soviet Union. In this episode, we look at why the Russians might need to import a chemical .. show full overview
1981x22
The Race to Ruin
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Nov 09, 1981
This is the second part of the Horizon documentary on the Soviet Union. In this report, we examine the basis for the space arms race between USA and USSR. Are the US efforts for the .. show full overview
1981x23
Death of the Dinosaurs
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Nov 16, 1981
Horizon investigates theories about the mystery of why the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.
1981x24
The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out
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Nov 23, 1981
Richard Feymann was one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers or the 20th century. He rebuilt the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and it was for this work .. show full overview
1981x25
The Cornucopia
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Nov 30, 1981
Horizon explores the Common Agricultural Policy of the EEC that produces mountains of food. We look at the position which many European farmers occupy in western European economies which .. show full overview
1981x26
The Race Against Time
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Dec 07, 1981
Horizon reports on the efforts of the British Advanced Passenger Train (APT) engineering team trying to prepare the new APT for its first run.
1981x27 Season finale
Painting by Numbers
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Dec 21, 1981
Horizon presents a documentary on the advances of computer graphics and its multiple uses in simulating reality in industry and science. It looks at the manipulation of 3-D images to paint, animate, design, and test scientific hypothesis.

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