Horizon - Season 24 / Year 1987

Horizon - Season 24 / Year 1987

Season 24 / Year 1987

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Episodes23
DatesJan. 5, 1987 - Juni 29, 1987
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Episodes

The Twentyfive Hour Clock
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
The Search for the Disappeared
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
The Blind Watchmaker
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
Riding the Stack
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
Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared for Children
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
Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
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
Energy from Outer Space
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
The Return of the Osprey
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
Can AIDS Be Stopped
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.
März 2, 1987
Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
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.
März 9, 1987
To Engineer is Human
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.
März 16, 1987
The Magma Chamber
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.
März 23, 1987
Broken Images
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.
März 30, 1987
Trial Babies
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
After Chernobyl - Closer to Home
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
Life Story
Year 1987Episode 1660 min

Life Story

Apr. 27, 1987
Making Sex Pay
Year 1987Episode 1760 min

Making Sex Pay

Mai 11, 1987
The Anthropic Principle
Year 1987Episode 1860 min

The Anthropic Principle

Mai 18, 1987
Aircrash: The Burning Issue
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.
Juni 1, 1987
The Riddle of the Joints
Year 1987Episode 2060 min

The Riddle of the Joints

Report on research into rheumatoid arthritis.
Juni 8, 1987
To Catch a Falling Star
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.
Mai 15, 1987
In the Light of New Information
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.
Juni 22, 1987
Janice's Choice
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.
Juni 29, 1987

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