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1985

Horizon

1985 Episodes

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EP 1
60m

Colourful Notions

1/7/1985

Documentary about colour perception based on the theories of Dr. Edwin Land, which oppose the long-held three-receptor theory of colour vision

EP 2
60m

A World of Their Own

1/14/1985

Horizon takes a look at consultant psychiatrists.

EP 3
60m

Decoding Danebury

1/21/1985

Horizon looks at the way modern archaeologists extract information from a site dig.

EP 4
60m

A Mission to Heal

1/28/1985

This Horizon episode is about a hospital in the African country of Kenya where the medical staff tells of a new approach to health care among the Pokot tribe.

EP 5
60m

Mystery of the Left Hand

2/4/1985

In this episode, Horizon explores the characteristics of left-handed people.

EP 6
60m

The Theatre of War

2/11/1985

Horizon examines new military technology which will come to dominate the battlefields of the future.

EP 7
60m

The Careful Predator

2/25/1985

This episode of Horizon is about the controversial policy in African nation of Zimbabwe of encouraging villagers to allow wild animals back onto their land.

EP 8
60m

What Einstein Never Knew

3/4/1985

This documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.

EP 9
60m

Eurekaaargh!

3/11/1985

Horizon brings you a report by Robert Symes who offers ten golden guidelines on how to be a successful inventor.

EP 10
60m

Careering On

3/18/1985

This is a Horizon follow-up report on the careers of seven British teenagers studying Science 'O' levels back in 1978.

EP 11
60m

How to Film the Impossible

3/25/1985

This episode of Horizon looks at how the world's best special effects technicians create some of Hollywood's most spectacular film scenes.

EP 12
60m

The Food Allergy War

4/1/1985

Horizon investigates how food allergy has developed from the 1950's to the present.

EP 13
60m

The Goddess of the Earth

4/15/1985

Horizon examines a hypothesis that life itself manipulates the planet to enhance it's own survival.

Guest Stars

Paul Vaughan
EP 14
60m

IRAS - The Supercooled Eye

4/22/1985

This Horizon documentary examines the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) which has detected evidence of planetary systems around distant stars.

EP 15
60m

A Prize Discovery

4/29/1985

Horizon reports on the current medical treatment of Malaria and Leukemia.

EP 16
60m

The Wrong Stuff

5/13/1985

Eighty per cent of all crashes are caused by 'human error'. Finding out what that means in terms of human behaviour has been called the last great frontier in aviation safety.