Horizon - 1983
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1983
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
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Sizewell Under Pressure
Season 20 - Episode 1
Horizon investigates if Britain should build a United States designed nuclear power station that uses a pressurized water reactor at its cor...
The Tropical Time Machine
Season 20 - Episode 2
Horizon presents a report by Dr. Alison Jolly who discusses the country of Madagascar, just off of the west coast of Africa. Madagascar's ec...
The Geneva Event
Season 20 - Episode 3
Horizon brings you a report about the discovery of two new, and unimaginably short-lived, subatomic particles called "W" and "Z".
How Much Can You Drink?
Season 20 - Episode 4
Horizon examines some of the effects that moderate amounts of alcohol can have on the body.
Talking Turtle
Season 20 - Episode 5
In the Horizon documentary, we look new ways of using computers in classroom and to what effect computers in our schools will have in future...
What Little Girls are Made of
Season 20 - Episode 6
Horizon investigates the way girls and boys were taught science and related subjects at schools.
British Science - On the Wrong Track?
Season 20 - Episode 7
Horizon reports on the state of scientific research in Britain and the past blunders of the National Research Development Council.
The Great Plains Massacre
Season 20 - Episode 8
In this Horizon documentary, we look back at the event surrounding the near extermination of the North American bison (buffalo) in the 1880'...
Hard Rock
Season 20 - Episode 9
The Horizon episode is about the Carsington Aqueduct Scheme in Derbyshire, England, and the massive excavation problems encountered during c...
Better Mind the Computer
Season 20 - Episode 10
Horizon presents a look at the current research into artificial computer intelligence.
Madness on Trial
Season 20 - Episode 11
Horizon looks at the mental problem of schizophrenia and how madness is medically diagnosed.
Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
Season 20 - Episode 12
In this episode, Horizon investigates the nuclear accident which took place in the United States at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plan...
Killer in the Village
Season 20 - Episode 13
In this report, Horizon looks at the spread of the AIDS virus in the United States and their search for the cause and cure of the deadly dis...
The Case of ESP
Season 20 - Episode 14
n this documentary, Horizon investigates the power of the mind for psychic phenomena; telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokines...
The Artificial Heart
Season 20 - Episode 15
Horizon investigates the current research into development and use of an artificial heart.
Dr. Priestley and the Breath of Life
Season 20 - Episode 16
This report by Horizon examines the experiments of Joseph Priestly on blood and oxygen in photosynthesis.
Professor Hawking's Universe
Season 20 - Episode 17
This episode of Horizon features Prof. Stephen Hawking and how he copes with his severe disability, his scientific career, and his relations...
The Cruel Choice
Season 20 - Episode 18
Horizon presents a discussion on the use of animals for experiments.
A Child's Guide to Languages
Season 20 - Episode 19
Looks at different ways of teaching a foreign language and contrasts them with the way babies and young children pick up their native langua...
China's Child
Season 20 - Episode 20
Horizon examines how the government of China presents the "one child per family" population policy to the people.
The Earthquake Connection
Season 20 - Episode 21
Horizon investigates today's research into earthquakes and the usefulness of the findings.
Prisoner or Patient?
Season 20 - Episode 22
Horizon presents this documentary on how Britain deals with its mentally ill criminal offenders.
Cancer: The Pattern in the Genes
Season 20 - Episode 23
In this report, Horizon outlines the latest research into cancer with specific reference to oncogenes.
The Academy
Season 20 - Episode 24
Horizon follows group of men and women going through basic training in Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) methods at the Academy in the U...