1978

1978

Horizon

1978 Episodes

Episodes

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EP 1
60m

Living Machines

1/6/1978

Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.

EP 2
60m

A Land for All Reasons

1/20/1978

In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.

EP 3
60m

I Don't Want to Be a Burden

1/27/1978

Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.

EP 4
60m

Zero G

2/3/1978

Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.

EP 5
60m

The Message in the Rocks

2/17/1978

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 radioactivity from which life developed. These theories are based partly on analysis of a meteorite which dropped near a village in Mexico at the beginning of the seventies.

EP 6
60m

The Eddystone Lights

2/24/1978

Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.

EP 7
60m

Light of the 21st Century

3/10/1978

Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.

EP 8
60m

The New Breadline

3/24/1978

Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.

EP 9
60m

Now the Chips Are Down

3/31/1978

About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.

EP 10
60m

Explosions in the Mind

7/14/1978

In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.

EP 11
60m

One Small Step

7/21/1978

Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.

EP 12
60m

The Tsetse Trap

7/28/1978

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.

EP 13
60m

A Whisper From Space

8/4/1978

Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.

EP 14
60m

Prisoners of Hope

8/11/1978

In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.

EP 15
60m

On a Different Track

8/18/1978

Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.

EP 16
60m

Careering into Science

8/25/1978

This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.

EP 17
60m

Cashing in on the Ocean

9/1/1978

Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.

EP 18
60m

Bags of Life

9/8/1978

Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.

EP 19
60m

Innocent Slaughter?

9/15/1978

In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.

EP 20
60m

The Beersheva Experiment

11/3/1978

Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.

EP 21
60m

Divers Do It Deeper

11/10/1978

Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.

EP 22
60m

The Big Sleep

11/17/1978

In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.

EP 23
60m

The Vital Spark

11/24/1978

In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.

EP 24
60m

The Red Deer of Rhum

12/29/1978

Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.