Episodes
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1. The Twenty-Five Hour Clock
5 Jan 1987 · 60 min
Report on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
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2. The Search for the Disappeared
12 Jan 1987 · 60 min
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.
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3. The Blind Watchmaker
19 Jan 1987 · 60 min
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.
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4. Riding the Stack
26 Jan 1987 · 60 min
Astronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
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5. Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared for Children
2 Feb 1987 · 60 min
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
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6. Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
9 Feb 1987 · 60 min
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
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7. Energy from Outer Space
16 Feb 1987 · 60 min
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.
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8. The Return of the Osprey
23 Feb 1987 · 60 min
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.
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9. Can AIDS Be Stopped?
2 Mar 1987 · 60 min
Report on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
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10. Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
9 Mar 1987 · 60 min
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.
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11. To Engineer Is Human
16 Mar 1987 · 60 min
Engineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
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12. The Magma Chamber
23 Mar 1987 · 60 min
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.
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13. Broken Images
30 Mar 1987 · 60 min
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.
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14. Trial Babies
6 Apr 1987 · 60 min
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.
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15. After Chernobyl - Closer to Home
13 Apr 1987 · 60 min
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.
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16. Making Sex Pay
11 May 1987 · 60 min
James Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, lectures on the mating habits of animals and humans.
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17. The Anthropic Principle
18 May 1987 · 60 min
Discussion of the Anthropic Principle, a scientific theory for man's place in th e Universe.
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19. Aircrash: The Burning Issue
1 Jun 1987 · 60 min
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.
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20. The Riddle of the Joints
8 Jun 1987 · 60 min
Report on research into rheumatoid arthritis.
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21. To Catch a Falling Star
15 May 1987 · 60 min
Report on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific institutions in Great Britain.
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22. In the Light of New Information
22 Jun 1987 · 60 min
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.
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23. Janice's Choice
29 Jun 1987 · 60 min
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.
Horizon 1987: quick answers
How many episodes are in Horizon 1987?
1987 of Horizon has 22 episodes, about 22 hours in total.
When did Horizon 1987 come out?
1987 premiered on 5 Jan 1987.