• in première gegaan: Feb 1964
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Seizoen 1980
1980x1
The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz
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Jan 14, 1980
Documentary examination of the causes and conditions of the sinking of the Amoco Cadiz oil-tanker, in 1978.
1980x2
You Are Old, Father William
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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.
1980x3
Cleared For Takeoff
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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 research into airtraffic .. show full overview
1980x4
A Sporting Chance
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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 and physiological methods
1980x5
Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
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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 cancer than normal.
1980x6
The Big If...
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Feb 25, 1980
About Interferon, a drug made from human blood cells, thought to be capable of controlling viruses and cancer
1980x7
Cash From Trash
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Mrt 03, 1980
Explores the potential in recycling rubbish in terms of energy and other resources
1980x8
Encounter With Jupiter
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Mrt 10, 1980
Documentary on the space voyages of Nasa robot space craft Voyager 1 & 2 and their photographic records of the planet Jupiter.
1980x9
Portrait of a Poison
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Mrt 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 both humans and all other living beings.
1980x10
Magnet Earth
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Mrt 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.
1980x11
Goodbye Gutenberg
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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 advances on democracy, language, national boundaries, bureaucracy and privacy.
1980x12
Invasion of the Virions
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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 builds up resistance to some and not to others.
1980x13
Beyond the Milky Way
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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.
1980x14
Little Boxes
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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 the designers talking about their work .
1980x15
The Other Kenya
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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 native to the country and the .. show full overview
1980x16
Moving Still
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Okt 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 mid-air, a bullet spiralling .. show full overview
1980x17
The Way Out
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Okt 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, but would more GLC aid improve the service?
1980x18
The Dead Sea Lives
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Okt 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 scientists and engineers to produce such diverse products as protein, potash and cheap energy .
1980x19
Once In a Million Years
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Okt 27, 1980
Documentary on nuclear energy and the efforts of scientists to contain and control the high risk factors involved with plutonium and uranium.
1980x20
Smoker's Luck
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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 deat h and at the chances of those who give up smoking of dying of the effects.
1980x21
Behind the Horoscope
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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 statistical evidence to evaluate its credibility.
1980x22
The Mondragon Experiment
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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-operativetively owned and run by a workers committee.
1980x23
The Spike
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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 experiences of the disease and .. show full overview
1980x24
The Slatemakers
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Dec 01, 1980
Documentary on the slatemaking industry of North Wales, now a dying craft, and the people involved with it.
1980x25 Seizoensfinale
Anatomy of a Volcano
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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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