Horizon - Season 15 / Year 1978

Horizon - Season 15 / Year 1978

Season 15 / Year 1978

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Episodes24
DatesJan. 6, 1978 - Dez. 29, 1978
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Episodes

Living Machines
Year 1978Episode 160 min

Living Machines

Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.
Jan. 6, 1978
A Land for All Reasons
Year 1978Episode 260 min

A Land for All Reasons

In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.
Jan. 20, 1978
I Don't Want to Be a Burden
Year 1978Episode 360 min

I Don't Want to Be a Burden

Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.
Jan. 27, 1978
Zero G
Year 1978Episode 460 min

Zero G

Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.
Feb. 3, 1978
The Message in the Rocks
Year 1978Episode 560 min

The Message in the Rocks

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.
Feb. 17, 1978
The Eddystone Lights
Year 1978Episode 660 min

The Eddystone Lights

Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.
Feb. 24, 1978
Light of the 21st Century
Year 1978Episode 760 min

Light of the 21st Century

Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.
März 10, 1978
The New Breadline
Year 1978Episode 860 min

The New Breadline

Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.
März 24, 1978
Now the Chips Are Down
Year 1978Episode 960 min

Now the Chips Are Down

About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.
März 31, 1978
Explosions in the Mind
Year 1978Episode 1060 min

Explosions in the Mind

In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.
Juli 14, 1978
One Small Step
Year 1978Episode 1160 min

One Small Step

Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.
Juli 21, 1978
The Tsetse Trap
Year 1978Episode 1260 min

The Tsetse Trap

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.
Juli 28, 1978
A Whisper from Space
Year 1978Episode 1360 min

A Whisper from Space

Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.
Aug. 4, 1978
Prisoners of Hope
Year 1978Episode 1460 min

Prisoners of Hope

In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.
Aug. 11, 1978
On a Different Track
Year 1978Episode 1560 min

On a Different Track

Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.
Aug. 18, 1978
Careering Into Science
Year 1978Episode 1660 min

Careering Into Science

This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.
Aug. 25, 1978
Cashing In on the Ocean
Year 1978Episode 1760 min

Cashing In on the Ocean

Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.
Sept. 1, 1978
Bags of Life
Year 1978Episode 1860 min

Bags of Life

Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.
Sept. 8, 1978
Innocent Slaughter
Year 1978Episode 1960 min

Innocent Slaughter

In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.
Sept. 15, 1978
The Beersheva Experiment
Year 1978Episode 2060 min

The Beersheva Experiment

Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.
Nov. 3, 1978
Divers Do It Deeper
Year 1978Episode 2160 min

Divers Do It Deeper

Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.
Nov. 10, 1978
The Big Sleep
Year 1978Episode 2260 min

The Big Sleep

In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.
Nov. 17, 1978
The Vital Spark
Year 1978Episode 2360 min

The Vital Spark

In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.
Nov. 24, 1978
The Red Deer of Rhum
Year 1978Episode 2460 min

The Red Deer of Rhum

Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.
Dez. 29, 1978

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