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Horizon : Season 1983
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Air date: 10 Jan '83 - 24 episodesHorizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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List of Episodes (24)
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1. Sizewell Under Pressure
10 Jan '83Horizon investigates if Britain should build a United States designed nuclear power station that uses a pressurized water reactor at its core.
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2. The Tropical Time Machine
17 Jan '83Horizon 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.
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3. The Geneva Event
24 Jan '83Horizon brings you a report about the discovery of two new, and unimaginably short-lived, subatomic particles called "W" and "Z".
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4. How Much Can You Drink?
07 Feb '83Horizon examines some of the effects that moderate amounts of alcohol can have on the body.
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5. Talking Turtle
14 Feb '83In the Horizon documentary, we look new ways of using computers in classroom and to what effect computers in our schools will have in future.
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6. What Little Girls are Made of
21 Feb '83Horizon investigates the way girls and boys were taught science and related subjects at schools.
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7. British Science - On the Wrong Track?
28 Feb '83Horizon reports on the state of scientific research in Britain and the past blunders of the National Research Development Council.
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8. The Great Plains Massacre
07 Mar '83In this Horizon documentary, we look back at the event surrounding the near extermination of the North American bison (buffalo) in the 1880's.
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9. Hard Rock
14 Mar '83The Horizon episode is about the Carsington Aqueduct Scheme in Derbyshire, England, and the massive excavation problems encountered during construction.
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10. Better Mind the Computer
21 Mar '83Horizon presents a look at the current research into artificial computer intelligence.
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11. Madness on Trial
11 Apr '83Horizon looks at the mental problem of schizophrenia and how madness is medically diagnosed.
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12. Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
18 Apr '83In 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.
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13. Killer in the Village
25 Apr '83In 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.
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14. The Case of ESP
26 Sep '83n this documentary, Horizon investigates the power of the mind for psychic phenomena; telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis.
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15. The Artificial Heart
03 Oct '83Horizon investigates the current research into development and use of an artificial heart.
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16. Dr. Priestley and the Breath of Life
10 Oct '83This report by Horizon examines the experiments of Joseph Priestly on blood and oxygen in photosynthesis.
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17. Professor Hawking's Universe
17 Oct '83This episode of Horizon features Prof. Stephen Hawking and how he copes with his severe disability, his scientific career, and his relationship with his students.
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18. The Cruel Choice
24 Oct '83Horizon presents a discussion on the use of animals for experiments.
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19. A Child's Guide To Languages
31 Oct '83Looks 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.
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20. China's Child
07 Nov '83Horizon examines how the government of China presents the "one child per family" population policy to the people.
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21. The Earthquake Connection
14 Nov '83Horizon investigates today's research into earthquakes and the usefulness of the findings.
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22. Prisoner or Patient?
28 Nov '83Horizon presents this documentary on how Britain deals with its mentally ill criminal offenders.
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23. Cancer - The Pattern in the Genes
05 Dec '83In this report, Horizon outlines the latest research into cancer with specific reference to oncogenes.
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24. The Academy
12 Dec '83Horizon follows group of men and women going through basic training in Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) methods at the Academy in the United States.
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