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Horizon

Horizon

1981

January 5, 1981 27 episodes

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Spend and Prosper
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E1. Spend and Prosper

60m Jan 5, 1981

Horizon presents a portrait of the renowned economist John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge Don, and Bloomsbury intellectual.

A Whole New Medicine
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E2. A Whole New Medicine

60m Jan 12, 1981

This episode of Horizon is about holistic medicine, health for the whole person, which uses unorthodox therapies.

The Qualyub Project
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E3. The Qualyub Project

60m Jan 19, 1981

Horizon explores the research of Egyptian doctors in trying to control bilharzia, a disease caused by parasitic worms.

No One Will Take Me Seriously
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E4. No One Will Take Me Seriously

60m Jan 26, 1981

Horizon investigates the reports about a number of scientists who do not conform to contemporary scientific theories.

Living with Dying
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E5. Living with Dying

60m Feb 2, 1981

Horizon investigates the care given to the terminally ill by hospices.

A Is for Atom, B Is for Bomb
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E6. A Is for Atom, B Is for Bomb

60m Feb 9, 1981

In this episode, Horizon presents a portrait of Dr. Edward Teller, whose opinions about nuclear war are highly controversial.

Who Will Deliver Your Baby?
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E7. Who Will Deliver Your Baby?

60m Feb 16, 1981

Horizon reports on the changing role of the community midwife in Britain as more births take place in hospital.

West of Bangalore
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E8. West of Bangalore

60m Mar 2, 1981

A group of scientists are trying to solve public utility problems in Mysore, India.

Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts
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E9. Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts

60m Mar 9, 1981

Horizon examines the design of Formula One racing cars with a particular reference to the aerodynamic 'skirt'.

Hello Universe!
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E10. Hello Universe!

60m Mar 16, 1981

Horizon explores probabilities of whether we have any intelligent neighbors in space.

Voices from Silent Hands
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E11. Voices from Silent Hands

60m Mar 23, 1981

Horizon presents a documentary on deaf children and their struggle to learn the sign language.

Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
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E12. Did Darwin Get It Wrong?

60m Mar 30, 1981

In this episode, Horizon explores the new evolutionary theory that there are sudden, vs. gradual, evolutionary changes from one species to another.

East of Bombay
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E13. East of Bombay

60m Apr 6, 1981

This show is a Horizon documentary about the training by two doctors from India, Rajnikant and Mabelle Arole, who are trying to combat the curable diseases. These diseases are common killers in Indian communities. Also, a report on Salubai, one of these native health workers and her work at Kamkhed in Western India.

Resolution on Saturn - The Rings
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E14. Resolution on Saturn - The Rings

60m Apr 11, 1981

Horizon presents a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

Resolution on Saturn - The Moons
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E15. Resolution on Saturn - The Moons

60m Apr 13, 1981

Horizon presents the second episode of a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
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E16. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

60m Sep 28, 1981

In this documentary on nuclear energy, Horizon looks at three experts with regard to the prospect of a nuclear power station sited for construction near where they live.

The Hunt for the Legion Killer
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E17. The Hunt for the Legion Killer

60m Oct 5, 1981

Horizon investigates Legionnaires disease and the research being carried out in the USA to try find a cause and cure.

Breaking in Children
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E18. Breaking in Children

60m Oct 12, 1981

In this story, Horizon follows the efforts of two mothers who attempt gain control over their very disobedient children.

The Grid
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E19. The Grid

60m Oct 19, 1981

Horizon presents a followup episode of Gentlemen, Lift Up Your Skirts, covering the Formula One racing season while investigating the way the William's racing team fought the fierce competition of the French and Italian racings teams by finding ways around new rulings to make their cars first on the grid.

Butterflies or Barley?
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E20. Butterflies or Barley?

60m Oct 26, 1981

Horizon reports on the conflict between the farmers and the conservationists over the English countryside.

Science for the People
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E21. Science for the People

60m Nov 2, 1981

Horizon presents a two part documentary looking at the science and technology inside the Soviet Union. In this episode, we look at why the Russians might need to import a chemical processing plant from the UK and computers from the USA when they have a quarter of the world's scientists and still give science and research the highest priority.

The Race to Ruin
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E22. The Race to Ruin

60m Nov 9, 1981

This is the second part of the Horizon documentary on the Soviet Union. In this report, we examine the basis for the space arms race between USA and USSR. Are the US efforts for the extensive space defense system to match the Russians based on a misconception of the USSR war effort from space?

Death of the Dinosaurs
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E23. Death of the Dinosaurs

60m Nov 16, 1981

Horizon investigates theories about the mystery of why the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
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E24. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

60m Nov 23, 1981

Richard Feymann was one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers or the 20th century. He rebuilt the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and it was for this work that he won the Nobel Prize in 1965. In this documentary he talks about his motivations to be a scientist and a teacher of science.

The Cornucopia
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E25. The Cornucopia

60m Nov 30, 1981

Horizon explores the Common Agricultural Policy of the EEC that produces mountains of food. We look at the position which many European farmers occupy in western European economies which leads to the creation of overproduction of agricultural products. Do they need to reform the policy?

A Race Against Time
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E26. A Race Against Time

60m Dec 7, 1981

Horizon reports on the efforts of the British Advanced Passenger Train (APT) engineering team trying to prepare the new APT for its first run.

Painting by Numbers
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E27. Painting by Numbers

60m Dec 21, 1981

Horizon presents a documentary on the advances of computer graphics and its multiple uses in simulating reality in industry and science. It looks at the manipulation of 3-D images to paint, animate, design, and test scientific hypothesis.

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