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Season 1988
1988x1
The Transplanted Brain
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Jan 04, 1988
This episode of Horizon looks at a new approach that holds hope for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease.
1988x2
Death of a Star
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Jan 11, 1988
Horizon documents the first sighting of a star in supernova at its initial stages. The study of the spacial event provides fascinating insight into the life of our own universe.
1988x3
Playing With Madness
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Jan 18, 1988
In the report by Horizon, they looks at manic depression and how is now known that it has a strong genetic component.
1988x4
The Canal in the Jungle
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Jan 25, 1988
This episode of the Horizon explores the Panama Canal, now a billion dollar commercial sea crossroad between continents. The future of the canal is in danger because of damage to rain forests.
1988x5
Death of the Working Classes
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Feb 01, 1988
Horizon investigates how those who are born into a working class family are at greater risk of dying early than if born a child of the professional classes.
1988x6
The Greenhouse Effect
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Feb 08, 1988
This documentary report by Horizon examines the devastating effects of the Greenhouse Effect (earth's temperature rising) and how man is causing it.
1988x7
Struggling for Control
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Feb 15, 1988
This is a Horizon report on Britain's air traffic control capabilities and the use of outdated and unreliable equipment.
1988x8
Thinking
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Feb 22, 1988
Explores the limits of digital computers and artificial intelligence. Includes the views of John Searle, a philosopher at the University of California who refutes the claims for 'thinking' machines.
1988x9
Patients on Trial
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Feb 29, 1988
Horizon looks at the experimental treatment of four cancer patients in the USA who have volunteered to try the LAK/Interleuken 2 treatment.
1988x10
Purple Warrior - Rules of Engagement
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Mar 07, 1988
This is part one of a two-part series by Horizon reporting on a military exercise code named Purple Warrior which is designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands war.
1988x11
Purple Warrior - Limited War
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Mar 14, 1988
This is part two of a two-part series by Horizon reporting on a military exercise code named Purple Warrior which is designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands war.
1988x12
The Heart of Another
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Mar 28, 1988
Horizon looks at the progress of two heart disease patients at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital in Britain.
1988x13
Easter Island - The Secrets
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Apr 11, 1988
This is part one of a two-part Horizon series about the mystery of Easter Island, the stone statues, and the civilization that erected them.
1988x14
Easter Island - The Story
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Apr 18, 1988
This is part two of a two-part Horizon series about the mystery of Easter Island, the stone statues, and the civilization that erected them.
1988x15
Doctors to Be - Trial by Interview
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Apr 23, 1988
Horizon presents part one of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, we look at the ordeal of an interview faced by two potential students applying to St. Mary's Medical School.
1988x16
Doctors to Be - The Knowledge
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Apr 24, 1988
Horizon presents part two of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, we examine the first two years of education at St. Mary's Medical School and at the exams that have to be passed.
1988x17
Doctors to Be - Welcome to the Real World
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Apr 25, 1988
Horizon presents part three of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, a group of medical students are followed from the beginning of their third .. show full overview
1988x18
Cancer at Bay
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May 02, 1988
Horizon investigates if changes in lifestyle could reduce the risks of cancer.
1988x19
Traces of Murder
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May 09, 1988
In this documentary, Horizon explores how to solve murder cases with the help of new technology.
1988x20
The Hope of Progress
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May 16, 1988
Horizon interviews the scientist and Nobel prize winner, Peter Medawar.
1988x21
A Newsday Revolution
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May 23, 1988
This report by Horizon covers how the electronic revolution in television news affects the way it is gathered, edited, and presented.
1988x22
A Good Test?
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Jun 06, 1988
Horizon investigates the use of psychological techniques in job recruitment and career development.
1988x23
Superconductor - The Race for the Prize
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Jun 13, 1988
This Horizon episode presents the breakthroughs in superconductivity research in several countries.
1988x24
Believe Me
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Jun 27, 1988
Horizon brings you a report on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis which is a neurological disease that has been puzzling doctors for more than 30 years.
1988x25 Season finale
The Quest for Tannu Tuva
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Jul 04, 1988
Richard Feynman was not only an iconoclastic and influential theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate but also an explorer at heart. Feynman through video recordings and comments from .. show full overview

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