1985
Episodes • 1985

1. Colourful Notions
60 minDocumentary about colour perception based on the theories of Dr. Edwin Land, which oppose the long-held three-receptor theory of colour vision
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3. Decoding Danebury
60 minHorizon looks at the way modern archaeologists extract information from a site dig.
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4. A Mission to Heal
60 minThis Horizon episode is about a hospital in the African country of Kenya where the medical staff tells of a new approach to health care among the Pokot tribe.
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5. Mystery of the Left Hand
60 minIn this episode, Horizon explores the characteristics of left-handed people.
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6. The Theatre of War
60 minHorizon examines new military technology which will come to dominate the battlefields of the future.
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7. The Careful Predator
60 minThis episode of Horizon is about the controversial policy in African nation of Zimbabwe of encouraging villagers to allow wild animals back onto their land.
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8. What Einstein Never Knew
60 minThis documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.
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9. Eurekaaargh!
60 minHorizon brings you a report by Robert Symes who offers ten golden guidelines on how to be a successful inventor.
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10. Careering On
60 minThis is a Horizon follow-up report on the careers of seven British teenagers studying Science 'O' levels back in 1978.
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11. How to Film the Impossible
60 minThis episode of Horizon looks at how the world's best special effects technicians create some of Hollywood's most spectacular film scenes.
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12. The Food Allergy War
60 minHorizon investigates how food allergy has developed from the 1950's to the present.
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13. The Goddess of the Earth
60 minHorizon examines a hypothesis that life itself manipulates the planet to enhance it's own survival.
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14. IRAS - The Supercooled Eye
60 minThis Horizon documentary examines the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) which has detected evidence of planetary systems around distant stars.
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15. A Prize Discovery
60 minHorizon reports on the current medical treatment of Malaria and Leukemia.
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16. The Wrong Stuff
60 minEighty per cent of all crashes are caused by 'human error'. Finding out what that means in terms of human behaviour has been called the last great frontier in aviation safety.
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