Horizon - Season 24 / Year 1987
Season 24 / Year 1987
Network
Episodes23
DatesJan 5, 1987 - Jun 29, 1987
Episodes
Year 1987Episode 160 min
The Twentyfive Hour Clock
Report on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
Jan 5, 1987
Year 1987Episode 260 min
The Search for the Disappeared
Report on how forensic scientists ae identifying individual victims amongst the people murdered by Argentina's military juntas, by examination and genetic testing of their remains.
Jan 12, 1987
Year 1987Episode 360 min
The Blind Watchmaker
In this interview by Horizon, zoologist Richard Dawkins investigates an attack on evolution by scientific creationists, based on the book of the same name by the famous zoologist.
Jan 19, 1987
Year 1987Episode 460 min
Riding the Stack
Astronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
Jan 26, 1987
Year 1987Episode 560 min
Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared for Children
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Feb 2, 1987
Year 1987Episode 660 min
Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Feb 9, 1987
Year 1987Episode 760 min
Energy from Outer Space
Report on exploration into releasing energy sources which came from outer space during the formation of the earth, 4,500 million years ago, and have lain dormant under the earth's crust. In Sweden a five mile deep drill hole was made to unleash this energy.
Feb 16, 1987
Year 1987Episode 860 min
The Return of the Osprey
Documentary on the Osprey in north east America, where its natural habitat was being damaged by the use of DDT, but after some conservation work the Osprey is returning to the area.
Feb 23, 1987
Year 1987Episode 960 min
Can AIDS Be Stopped
Report on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
Mar 2, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1060 min
Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
Documentary on the increasing pressure put on the British police resulting in stress and psychological disorders, and also on the work of Dr. Douglas Duckworth, a psychologist at Leeds University who has worked with the police on these problems.
Mar 9, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1160 min
To Engineer is Human
Engineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
Mar 16, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1260 min
The Magma Chamber
Report on the research into volcanoes by British scientists Professor Geoff Brow n and Dr. Hazel Rymer, who have developed a technique of exploring the magma chambers of volcanoes and predicting when they will erupt.
Mar 23, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1360 min
Broken Images
Report on two sufferers of visual agnosia. The condition affects their ability to impose order on the visual world, even though they are not blind, but it does reveal a great deal about normal perception.
Mar 30, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1460 min
Trial Babies
Report on the different tests done on pregnant women to detect abnormalities in the foetus, with investigation of why these tests are not available in all pregnancies.
Apr 6, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1560 min
After Chernobyl - Closer to Home
Report on the safety of UK nuclear power stations, following the accident at Chernobyl in the USSR in 1986. The programme focuses on the nuclear installation at Hartlepool on Teeside, which has the smallest evacuation zone in the western world.
Apr 13, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1660 min
Life Story
Apr 27, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1760 min
Making Sex Pay
May 11, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1860 min
The Anthropic Principle
May 18, 1987
Year 1987Episode 1960 min
Aircrash: The Burning Issue
Report on the need for improved safety features on airplanes in particular the desirability of smoke hoods, plus an interview with a survivor of the 1985 Manchester aircrash.
Jun 1, 1987
Year 1987Episode 2060 min
The Riddle of the Joints
Report on research into rheumatoid arthritis.
Jun 8, 1987
Year 1987Episode 2160 min
To Catch a Falling Star
Report on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific institutions in Great Britain.
May 15, 1987
Year 1987Episode 2260 min
In the Light of New Information
Report on the evolution of laser light technology for communication in the 21st century, with a dramatised account of the effect of the technology on our daily lives.
Jun 22, 1987
Year 1987Episode 2360 min
Janice's Choice
Janice Blenkharn's mother died of Huntington's Chorea, which any child of a victim has a 50-50 chance of inheriting. Janice is faced with the choice of having a test, developed after research in South America, to see if she has this incurable genetic disease.
Jun 29, 1987
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