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Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Episode 20 : Time of Darkness
June. 26,1989
In this Horizon episode, we look at the effects on the climate from volcanic eruptions.
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Episode 19 : Newpin: A Lifetime
June. 19,1989
In this story, Horizon explores how the destructive patterns of child abuse and depression can be broken by concentrating on the mothers of young children.
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Episode 18 : Clive Sinclair: The Anatomy of an Inventor
June. 12,1989
Horizon presents a profile of noted inventor Clive Sinclair with his family and colleagues reminiscing and analysing his successes and failures.
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Episode 17 : The New Sixth Sense
May. 22,1989
Horizon follows J. Hooper, a diabetic, as she explores various aspects of biosensor technology.
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Episode 16 : Crash
May. 15,1989
Horizon investigates how many of the tragedies on our roads in Britain could be avoided by the introduction of technical and legislative changes.
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Episode 15 : Jubilee
May. 08,1989
How valid have been Horizon's criticisms of scientific orthodoxy and to what effect have the programs had?
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Episode 14 : Why Buildings Make You Sick
April. 24,1989
This is a Horizon documentary about an investigation into the so-called "sick building syndrome" where occupants contract illnesses because of the environment within the building.
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Episode 13 : A Wonderful Life
April. 17,1989
Horizon presents a biography of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein who lived from 1889 to 1951.
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Episode 12 : Who Will Make Me Better?
April. 03,1989
Horizon explores three types of alternative medicine; homoeopathy, acupuncture, and diagnosing food allergies by testing your toes.
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Episode 11 : Trial in the Jungle
March. 20,1989
This Horizon report covers the Tasaday, a remote Philippine tribe apparently living in the stone age, who are now seen as a hoax. How did they do it?
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Episode 10 : Black Schizophrenia
March. 13,1989
Horizon covers the story of the Nottingham psychiatrists who study the human race to see who is mostly likely to develop schizophrenia.
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Episode 9 : Concerto
March. 06,1989
This documentary by Horizon investigates new technology applied to music.
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Episode 8 : In My Lifetime?
February. 27,1989
In this episode, Horizon presents an investigation into the state of medical research in neurological disorders and the issues with its funding in Britain.
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Episode 7 : Gaze in Wonder
February. 20,1989
Horizon brings you an interview with Prof. Eric Laithwaite who presents an engineer's personal view of nature and how new inventions already exist in nature.
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Episode 6 : In the Last Resort
February. 13,1989
Horizon answers the question: What are the alternatives for the elderly in Britain who can't live at home, or in a rest home or nursing home, or part of a sheltered accommodation?
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Episode 5 : Wasting the Alps
February. 06,1989
Horizon looks at the damaging effects of pollution and tourism on the Swiss Alps in Europe.
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Episode 4 : Smart Weapons
January. 30,1989
This documentary by Horizon demonstrates how smart Weapons use computers to destroy targets, that until now, were only able to be threatened by nuclear weapons.
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Episode 3 : Perils of the Deep
January. 23,1989
In this episode, Horizon presents evidence that even diving in relatively shallow waters can cause serious long term damage to the brain and spinal cord.
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Episode 2 : The Poison that Waits
January. 16,1989
Horizon reports on the abnormally high incidence of and the early onset of diseases such as senile dementia and Parkinson's disease on the island of Guam in the Pacific. Scientists have now linked the diseases to a poison in the native cycad fruit.
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Episode 1 : The Book of Man
January. 09,1989
Horizon looks again at the Human Genome Project which aims to decipher or sequence all genes.
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