Horizon - Season 20 / Year 1983
Season 20 / Year 1983
Network
Episodes24
DatesJan 10, 1983 - Dec 12, 1983
Episodes
Year 1983Episode 160 min
Sizewell Under Pressure
Horizon investigates if Britain should build a United States designed nuclear power station that uses a pressurized water reactor at its core.
Jan 10, 1983
Year 1983Episode 260 min
The Tropical Time Machine
Horizon presents a report by Dr. Alison Jolly who discusses the country of Madagascar, just off of the west coast of Africa. Madagascar's ecology and conservation programs are in conflict with most third world economies.
Jan 17, 1983
Year 1983Episode 360 min
The Geneva Event
Horizon brings you a report about the discovery of two new, and unimaginably short-lived, subatomic particles called "W" and "Z".
Jan 24, 1983
Year 1983Episode 460 min
How Much Can You Drink?
Horizon examines some of the effects that moderate amounts of alcohol can have on the body.
Feb 7, 1983
Year 1983Episode 560 min
Talking Turtle
In the Horizon documentary, we look new ways of using computers in classroom and to what effect computers in our schools will have in future.
Feb 14, 1983
Year 1983Episode 660 min
What Little Girls Are Made of
Horizon investigates the way girls and boys were taught science and related subjects at schools.
Feb 21, 1983
Year 1983Episode 760 min
British Science - On the Wrong Track?
Horizon reports on the state of scientific research in Britain and the past blunders of the National Research Development Council.
Feb 28, 1983
Year 1983Episode 860 min
The Great Plains Massacre
In this Horizon documentary, we look back at the event surrounding the near extermination of the North American bison (buffalo) in the 1880's.
Mar 7, 1983
Year 1983Episode 960 min
Hard Rock
The Horizon episode is about the Carsington Aqueduct Scheme in Derbyshire, England, and the massive excavation problems encountered during construction.
Mar 14, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1060 min
Better Mind the Computer
Horizon presents a look at the current research into artificial computer intelligence.
Mar 21, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1160 min
Madness on Trial
Horizon looks at the mental problem of schizophrenia and how madness is medically diagnosed.
Apr 11, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1260 min
Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
In this episode, Horizon investigates the nuclear accident which took place in the United States at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant during March 1979.
Apr 18, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1360 min
Killer in the Village
In this report, Horizon looks at the spread of the AIDS virus in the United States and their search for the cause and cure of the deadly disease.
Apr 25, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1460 min
The Case of ESP
n this documentary, Horizon investigates the power of the mind for psychic phenomena; telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis.
Sep 26, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1560 min
The Artificial Heart
Horizon investigates the current research into development and use of an artificial heart.
Oct 3, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1660 min
Dr. Priestley and the Breath of Life
This report by Horizon examines the experiments of Joseph Priestly on blood and oxygen in photosynthesis.
Oct 10, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1760 min
Professor Hawking's Universe
This episode of Horizon features Prof. Stephen Hawking and how he copes with his severe disability, his scientific career, and his relationship with his students.
Oct 17, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1860 min
The Cruel Choice
Horizon presents a discussion on the use of animals for experiments.
Oct 24, 1983
Year 1983Episode 1960 min
A Child's Guide to Languages
Looks at different ways of teaching a foreign language and contrasts them with the way babies and young children pick up their native language, without formal teaching.
Oct 31, 1983
Year 1983Episode 2060 min
China's Child
Horizon examines how the government of China presents the "one child per family" population policy to the people.
Nov 7, 1983
Year 1983Episode 2160 min
The Earthquake Connection
Horizon investigates today's research into earthquakes and the usefulness of the findings.
Nov 14, 1983
Year 1983Episode 2260 min
Prisoner or Patient?
Horizon presents this documentary on how Britain deals with its mentally ill criminal offenders.
Nov 28, 1983
Year 1983Episode 2360 min
Cancer - The Pattern in the Genes
In this report, Horizon outlines the latest research into cancer with specific reference to oncogenes.
Dec 5, 1983
Year 1983Episode 2460 min
The Academy
Horizon follows group of men and women going through basic training in Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) methods at the Academy in the United States.
Dec 12, 1983
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