Horizon (1964)

1978

January 6, 1978 24 Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

Living Machines

Jan 6, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.

Episode 2

A Land for All Reasons

Jan 20, 1978

60 minutes

In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.

Episode 3

I Don't Want to Be a Burden

Jan 27, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.

Episode 4

Zero G

Feb 3, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.

Episode 5

The Message in the Rocks

Feb 17, 1978

60 minutes

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.

Episode 6

The Eddystone Lights

Feb 24, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.

Episode 7

Light of the 21st Century

Mar 10, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.

Episode 8

The New Breadline

Mar 24, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.

Episode 9

Now the Chips Are Down

Mar 31, 1978

60 minutes

About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.

Episode 10

Explosions in the Mind

Jul 14, 1978

60 minutes

In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.

Episode 11

One Small Step

Jul 21, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.

Episode 12

The Tsetse Trap

Jul 28, 1978

60 minutes

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.

Episode 13

A Whisper From Space

Aug 4, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.

Episode 14

Prisoners of Hope

Aug 11, 1978

60 minutes

In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.

Episode 15

On a Different Track

Aug 18, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.

Episode 16

Careering into Science

Aug 25, 1978

60 minutes

This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.

Episode 17

Cashing in on the Ocean

Sep 1, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.

Episode 18

Bags of Life

Sep 8, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.

Episode 19

Innocent Slaughter?

Sep 15, 1978

60 minutes

In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.

Episode 20

The Beersheva Experiment

Nov 3, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.

Episode 21

Divers Do It Deeper

Nov 10, 1978

60 minutes

Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.

Episode 22

The Big Sleep

Nov 17, 1978

60 minutes

In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.

Episode 23

The Vital Spark

Nov 24, 1978

60 minutes

In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.

Episode 24

The Red Deer of Rhum

Dec 29, 1978

60 minutes

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