Horizon

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  • : 1964
  • : 1202
  • : 91
  • BBC Two
  • 21
  • Documentary

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1986
1986x1
Are You a Racist?
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06, 1986
Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.
1986x2
Genesis
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13, 1986
This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
1986x3
Bitter Cold
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20, 1986
Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
1986x4
The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
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27, 1986
Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
1986x5
Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
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03, 1986
In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?
1986x6
The Wrong Stuff
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10, 1986
This report by Horizon looks inside the airline cockpit and examines the alarming fact that 4 out of 5 crashes are caused by human error.
1986x7
Science...Fiction?
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17, 1986
Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
1986x8
The Children of Eve
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24, 1986
Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
1986x9
The New Face of Leprosy
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03, 1986
This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
1986x10
Hi-Tech a la Francaise
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10, 1986
Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
1986x11
In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
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17, 1986
Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.
1986x12
AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
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24, 1986
Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.
1986x13
The Case of the Frozen Addicts
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07, 1986
In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
1986x14
Nice Guys Finish First
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14, 1986
In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.
1986x15
The Men Who Bottled a Cow
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21, 1986
This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.
1986x16
Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
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28, 1986
Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
1986x17
What Makes an Animal Smart?
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12, 1986
This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.
1986x18
A Handful of Sugar With a Pinch of Salt
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19, 1986
Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
1986x19
Uranus Encounter
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26, 1986
In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
1986x20
Who Built Stonehenge?
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09, 1986
Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
1986x21
Battered Baby - From Generation to Generation
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16, 1986
This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
1986x22
Battered Baby - Breaking the Chain
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23, 1986
This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
1986x23
Doctors to Be
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30, 1986
In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.

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