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Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Episode 24 : The Red Deer of Rhum
December. 29,1978
Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.
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Episode 23 : The Vital Spark
November. 24,1978
In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.
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Episode 22 : The Big Sleep
November. 17,1978
In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.
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Episode 21 : Divers Do It Deeper
November. 10,1978
Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.
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Episode 20 : The Beersheva Experiment
November. 03,1978
Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.
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Episode 19 : Innocent Slaughter?
September. 15,1978
In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.
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Episode 18 : Bags of Life
September. 08,1978
Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.
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Episode 17 : Cashing in on the Ocean
September. 01,1978
Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.
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Episode 16 : Careering into Science
August. 25,1978
This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.
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Episode 15 : On a Different Track
August. 18,1978
Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.
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Episode 14 : Prisoners of Hope
August. 11,1978
In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.
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Episode 13 : A Whisper From Space
August. 04,1978
Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.
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Episode 12 : The Tsetse Trap
July. 28,1978
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.
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Episode 11 : One Small Step
July. 21,1978
Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.
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Episode 10 : Explosions in the Mind
July. 14,1978
In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.
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Episode 9 : Now the Chips Are Down
March. 31,1978
About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.
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Episode 8 : The New Breadline
March. 24,1978
Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.
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Episode 7 : Light of the 21st Century
March. 10,1978
Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.
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Episode 6 : The Eddystone Lights
February. 24,1978
Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.
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Episode 5 : The Message in the Rocks
February. 17,1978
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.
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Episode 4 : Zero G
February. 03,1978
Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.
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Episode 3 : I Don't Want to Be a Burden
January. 27,1978
Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.
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Episode 2 : A Land for All Reasons
January. 20,1978
In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.
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Episode 1 : Living Machines
January. 06,1978
Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.
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