Horizon (1964)

1985

January 7, 1985 16 Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

Colourful Notions

Jan 7, 1985

60 minutes

Documentary about colour perception based on the theories of Dr. Edwin Land, which oppose the long-held three-receptor theory of colour vision

Episode 2

A World of Their Own

Jan 14, 1985

60 minutes

Horizon takes a look at consultant psychiatrists.

Episode 3

Decoding Danebury

Jan 21, 1985

60 minutes

Horizon looks at the way modern archaeologists extract information from a site dig.

Episode 4

A Mission to Heal

Jan 28, 1985

60 minutes

This Horizon episode is about a hospital in the African country of Kenya where the medical staff tells of a new approach to health care among the Pokot tribe.

Episode 5

Mystery of the Left Hand

Feb 4, 1985

60 minutes

In this episode, Horizon explores the characteristics of left-handed people.

Episode 6

The Theatre of War

Feb 11, 1985

60 minutes

Horizon examines new military technology which will come to dominate the battlefields of the future.

Episode 7

The Careful Predator

Feb 25, 1985

60 minutes

This episode of Horizon is about the controversial policy in African nation of Zimbabwe of encouraging villagers to allow wild animals back onto their land.

Episode 8

What Einstein Never Knew

Mar 4, 1985

60 minutes

This documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.

Episode 9

Eurekaaargh!

Mar 11, 1985

60 minutes

Horizon brings you a report by Robert Symes who offers ten golden guidelines on how to be a successful inventor.

Episode 10

Careering On

Mar 18, 1985

60 minutes

This is a Horizon follow-up report on the careers of seven British teenagers studying Science 'O' levels back in 1978.

Episode 11

How to Film the Impossible

Mar 25, 1985

60 minutes

This episode of Horizon looks at how the world's best special effects technicians create some of Hollywood's most spectacular film scenes.

Episode 12

The Food Allergy War

Apr 1, 1985

60 minutes

Horizon investigates how food allergy has developed from the 1950's to the present.

Episode 13

The Goddess of the Earth

Apr 15, 1985

60 minutes

Horizon examines a hypothesis that life itself manipulates the planet to enhance it's own survival.

Episode 14

IRAS - The Supercooled Eye

Apr 22, 1985

60 minutes

This Horizon documentary examines the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) which has detected evidence of planetary systems around distant stars.

Episode 15

A Prize Discovery

Apr 29, 1985

60 minutes

Horizon reports on the current medical treatment of Malaria and Leukemia.

Episode 16

The Wrong Stuff

May 13, 1985

60 minutes

Eighty per cent of all crashes are caused by 'human error'. Finding out what that means in terms of human behaviour has been called the last great frontier in aviation safety.