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Horizon
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC Two
Episode guide
Seasons
1986
Episodes
Episode 1
Are You a Racist?
1986-01-06 · 60mHorizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.
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Genesis
1986-01-13 · 60mThis Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
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Bitter Cold
1986-01-20 · 60mHorizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
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The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
1986-01-27 · 60mHorizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
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Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
1986-02-03 · 60mIn this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?
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Science...Fiction?
1986-02-17 · 60mHorizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
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The Children of Eve
1986-02-24 · 60mHorizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
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The New Face of Leprosy
1986-03-03 · 60mThis episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
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Hi-Tech à la Française
1986-03-10 · 60mHorizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
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In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
1986-03-17 · 60mWill the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.
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AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
1986-03-24 · 60mHorizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.
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The Case of the Frozen Addict
1986-04-07 · 60mIn this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
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Nice Guys Finish First
1986-04-14 · 60mIn the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.
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The Men Who Bottled a Cow
1986-04-21 · 60mThis is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.
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Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
1986-04-28 · 60mHorizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
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What Makes an Animal Smart?
1986-05-12 · 60mThis report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.
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A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt
1986-05-19 · 60mHorizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
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Uranus Encounter
1986-05-26 · 60mIn this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
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Who Built Stonehenge?
1986-06-09 · 60mHorizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
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Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
1986-06-16 · 60mThis is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
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Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain
1986-06-23 · 60mThis is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
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Doctors to Be
1986-06-30 · 60mIn a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.
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