Horizon

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1987
1987x1
The Twentyfive Hour Clock
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Report on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
1987x2
The Search for the Disappeared
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Report on how forensic scientists ae identifying individual victims amongst the people murdered by Argentina's military juntas, by examination and genetic testing of their remains.
1987x3
The Blind Watchmaker
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In this interview by Horizon, zoologist Richard Dawkins investigates an attack on evolution by scientific creationists, based on the book of the same name by the famous zoologist.
1987x4
Riding The Stack
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Astronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
1987x5
Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared For Children
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Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
1987x6
Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
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1987x7
Energy From Outer Space
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Report on exploration into releasing energy sources which came from outer space during the formation of the earth, 4,500 million years ago, and have lain dormant under the earth's crust. .. show full overview
1987x8
The Return of the Osprey
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Documentary on the Osprey in north east America, where its natural habitat was being damaged by the use of DDT, but after some conservation work the Osprey is returning to the area.
1987x9
Can AIDS Be Stopped
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Report on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
1987x10
Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
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Documentary on the increasing pressure put on the British police resulting in stress and psychological disorders, and also on the work of Dr. Douglas Duckworth, a psychologist at Leeds University who has worked with the police on these problems.
1987x11
To Engineer Is Human
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Engineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
1987x12
The Magma Chamber
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Report on the research into volcanoes by British scientists Professor Geoff Brow n and Dr. Hazel Rymer, who have developed a technique of exploring the magma chambers of volcanoes and predicting when they will erupt.
1987x13
Broken Images
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Report on two sufferers of visual agnosia. The condition affects their ability to impose order on the visual world, even though they are not blind, but it does reveal a great deal about normal perception.
1987x14
Trial Babies
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Report on the different tests done on pregnant women to detect abnormalities in the foetus, with investigation of why these tests are not available in all pregnancies.
1987x15
After Chernobyl - Closer To Home
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Report on the safety of UK nuclear power stations, following the accident at Chernobyl in the USSR in 1986. The programme focuses on the nuclear installation at Hartlepool on Teeside, which has the smallest evacuation zone in the western world.
1987x16
Life Story
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Dramatisation of the race at the University of Cambridge in 1951 for the discovery of DNA.
1987x23
Life Story: A Horizon Special
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Film telling the story of the race to discover the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick have the bright ideas and the will to win. But there's one little problem: Rosalind Franklin has the crucial data.
1987x16
Making Sex Pay
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James Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, lectures on the mating habits of animals and humans.
1987x20
To Catch a Falling Star
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Report on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific institutions in Great Britain.
1987x17
The Anthropic Principle
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Discussion of the Anthropic Principle, a scientific theory for man's place in th e Universe.
1987x18
Aircrash: The Burning Issue
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Report on the need for improved safety features on airplanes in particular the desirability of smoke hoods, plus an interview with a survivor of the 1985 Manchester aircrash.
1987x19
The Riddle of the Joints
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Report on research into rheumatoid arthritis.
1987x21
In the Light of New Information
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Report on the evolution of laser light technology for communication in the 21st century, with a dramatised account of the effect of the technology on our daily lives.
1987x22
Janice's Choice
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Janice Blenkharn's mother died of Huntington's Chorea, which any child of a victim has a 50-50 chance of inheriting. Janice is faced with the choice of having a test, developed after .. show full overview

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