Horizon

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

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1978
1978x1
Living Machines
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Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.
1978x2
A Land for All Reasons
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In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.
1978x3
I Don't Want to Be a Burden
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Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.
1978x4
Zero G
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Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.
1978x5
The Message In The Rocks
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Develops the theory that four and a half thousand million years ago the earth was formed thanks to the explosion of a huge star which provided the rocks, the minerals and the .. show full overview
1978x6
The Eddystone Lights
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Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.
1978x7
Light of the 21st Century
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Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.
1978x8
The New Breadline
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Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.
1978x9
Now the Chips Are Down
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About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.
1978x10
Explosions in the Mind
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In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.
1978x11
One Small Step
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Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.
1978x12
The Tsetse Trap
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This episode of Horizon is about the tsetse fly which rules most of Africa and why much of the fertile land can't in Africa can't be used because of the dangerous insect.
1978x13
A Whisper From Space
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Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.
1978x14
Prisoners of Hope
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In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.
1978x15
On a Different Track
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Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.
1978x16
Careering into Science
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This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.
1978x17
Cashing in on the Ocean
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Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.
1978x18
Bags of Life
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Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.
1978x19
Innocent Slaughter
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In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.
1978x20
The Beersheva Experiment
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Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.
1978x21
Divers Do It Deeper
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Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.
1978x22
The Big Sleep
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In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.
1978x23
The Vital Spark
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In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.
1978x24
The Red Deer of Rhum
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Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.

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