Horizon - 1987
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1987
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two22 Episodes
The Twenty-Five Hour Clock
Season 24 - Episode 1
Report on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
The Search for the Disappeared
Season 24 - Episode 2
Report on how forensic scientists ae identifying individual victims amongst the people murdered by Argentina's military juntas, by examinati...
The Blind Watchmaker
Season 24 - Episode 3
In this interview by Horizon, zoologist Richard Dawkins investigates an attack on evolution by scientific creationists, based on the book of...
Riding the Stack
Season 24 - Episode 4
Astronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared for Children
Season 24 - Episode 5
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
Season 24 - Episode 6
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Energy from Outer Space
Season 24 - Episode 7
Report on exploration into releasing energy sources which came from outer space during the formation of the earth, 4,500 million years ago, ...
The Return of the Osprey
Season 24 - Episode 8
Documentary on the Osprey in north east America, where its natural habitat was being damaged by the use of DDT, but after some conservation ...
Can AIDS Be Stopped?
Season 24 - Episode 9
Report on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
Season 24 - Episode 10
Documentary on the increasing pressure put on the British police resulting in stress and psychological disorders, and also on the work of Dr...
To Engineer Is Human
Season 24 - Episode 11
Engineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
The Magma Chamber
Season 24 - Episode 12
Report on the research into volcanoes by British scientists Professor Geoff Brow n and Dr. Hazel Rymer, who have developed a technique of ex...
Broken Images
Season 24 - Episode 13
Report on two sufferers of visual agnosia. The condition affects their ability to impose order on the visual world, even though they are not...
Trial Babies
Season 24 - Episode 14
Report on the different tests done on pregnant women to detect abnormalities in the foetus, with investigation of why these tests are not av...
After Chernobyl - Closer to Home
Season 24 - Episode 15
Report on the safety of UK nuclear power stations, following the accident at Chernobyl in the USSR in 1986. The programme focuses on the nuc...
Making Sex Pay
Season 24 - Episode 16
James Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, lectures on the mating habits of animals and humans.
The Anthropic Principle
Season 24 - Episode 17
Discussion of the Anthropic Principle, a scientific theory for man's place in th e Universe.
Aircrash: The Burning Issue
Season 24 - Episode 19
Report on the need for improved safety features on airplanes in particular the desirability of smoke hoods, plus an interview with a survivo...
The Riddle of the Joints
Season 24 - Episode 20
Report on research into rheumatoid arthritis.
To Catch a Falling Star
Season 24 - Episode 21
Report on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific ins...
In the Light of New Information
Season 24 - Episode 22
Report on the evolution of laser light technology for communication in the 21st century, with a dramatised account of the effect of the tech...
Janice's Choice
Season 24 - Episode 23
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 th...