Horizon - Season 18 / Year 1981

Horizon - Season 18 / Year 1981

Season 18 / Year 1981

Network
Episodes27
DatesJan 5, 1981 - Dec 21, 1981
Previous SeasonNext Season

Episodes

Spend and Prosper
Year 1981Episode 160 min

Spend and Prosper

Horizon presents a portrait of the renowned economist John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge Don, and Bloomsbury intellectual.
Jan 5, 1981
A Whole New Medicine
Year 1981Episode 260 min

A Whole New Medicine

This episode of Horizon is about holistic medicine, health for the whole person, which uses unorthodox therapies.
Jan 12, 1981
The Qualyub Project
Year 1981Episode 360 min

The Qualyub Project

Horizon explores the research of Egyptian doctors in trying to control bilharzia, a disease caused by parasitic worms.
Jan 19, 1981
No-One Will Take Me Seriously
Year 1981Episode 460 min

No-One Will Take Me Seriously

Horizon investigates the reports about a number of scientists who do not conform to contemporary scientific theories.
Jan 26, 1981
Living with Dying
Year 1981Episode 560 min

Living with Dying

Horizon investigates the care given to the terminally ill by hospices.
Feb 2, 1981
A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
Year 1981Episode 660 min

A is for Atom, B is for Bomb

In this episode, Horizon presents a portrait of Dr. Edward Teller, whose opinions about nuclear war are highly controversial.
Feb 9, 1981
Who Will Deliver Your Baby?
Year 1981Episode 760 min

Who Will Deliver Your Baby?

Horizon reports on the changing role of the community midwife in Britain as more births take place in hospital.
Feb 16, 1981
West of Bangalore
Year 1981Episode 860 min

West of Bangalore

A group of scientists are trying to solve public utility problems in Mysore, India.
Mar 2, 1981
Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts
Year 1981Episode 960 min

Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts

Horizon examines the design of Formula One racing cars with a particular reference to the aerodynamic 'skirt'.
Mar 9, 1981
Hello Universe!
Year 1981Episode 1060 min

Hello Universe!

Horizon explores probabilities of whether we have any intelligent neighbors in space.
Mar 16, 1981
Voices from Silent Hands
Year 1981Episode 1160 min

Voices from Silent Hands

Horizon presents a documentary on deaf children and their struggle to learn the sign language.
Mar 23, 1981
Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
Year 1981Episode 1260 min

Did Darwin Get It Wrong?

In this episode, Horizon explores the new evolutionary theory that there are sudden, vs. gradual, evolutionary changes from one species to another.
Mar 30, 1981
East of Bombay
Year 1981Episode 1360 min

East of Bombay

This show is a Horizon documentary about the training by two doctors from India, Rajnikant and Mabelle Arole, who are trying to combat the curable diseases. These diseases are common killers in Indian communities. Also, a report on Salubai, one of these native health workers and her work at Kamkhed in Western India.
Apr 6, 1981
Resolution on Saturn - The Rings
Year 1981Episode 1460 min

Resolution on Saturn - The Rings

Horizon presents a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
Apr 11, 1981
Resolution on Saturn - The Moons
Year 1981Episode 1560 min

Resolution on Saturn - The Moons

Horizon presents the second episode of a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
Apr 13, 1981
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Year 1981Episode 1660 min

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

In this documentary on nuclear energy, Horizon looks at three experts with regard to the prospect of a nuclear power station sited for construction near where they live.
Sep 28, 1981
The Hunt for the Legion Killer
Year 1981Episode 1760 min

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

Horizon investigates Legionnaires disease and the research being carried out in the USA to try find a cause and cure.
Oct 5, 1981
Breaking in Children
Year 1981Episode 1860 min

Breaking in Children

In this story, Horizon follows the efforts of two mothers who attempt gain control over their very disobedient children.
Oct 12, 1981
The Grid
Year 1981Episode 1960 min

The Grid

Horizon presents a followup episode of Gentlemen, Lift Up Your Skirts, covering the Formula One racing season while investigating the way the William's racing team fought the fierce competition of the French and Italian racings teams by finding ways around new rulings to make their cars first on the grid.
Oct 19, 1981
Butterflies or Barley?
Year 1981Episode 2060 min

Butterflies or Barley?

Horizon reports on the conflict between the farmers and the conservationists over the English countryside.
Oct 26, 1981
Science for the People
Year 1981Episode 2160 min

Science for the People

Horizon presents a two part documentary looking at the science and technology inside the Soviet Union. In this episode, we look at why the Russians might need to import a chemical processing plant from the UK and computers from the USA when they have a quarter of the world's scientists and still give science and research the highest priority.
Nov 2, 1981
The Race to Ruin
Year 1981Episode 2260 min

The Race to Ruin

This is the second part of the Horizon documentary on the Soviet Union. In this report, we examine the basis for the space arms race between USA and USSR. Are the US efforts for the extensive space defense system to match the Russians based on a misconception of the USSR war effort from space?
Nov 9, 1981
Death of the Dinosaurs
Year 1981Episode 2360 min

Death of the Dinosaurs

Horizon investigates theories about the mystery of why the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.
Nov 16, 1981
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Year 1981Episode 2460 min

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard Feymann was one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers or the 20th century. He rebuilt the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and it was for this work that he won the Nobel Prize in 1965. In this documentary he talks about his motivations to be a scientist and a teacher of science.
Nov 23, 1981
The Cornucopia
Year 1981Episode 2560 min

The Cornucopia

Horizon explores the Common Agricultural Policy of the EEC that produces mountains of food. We look at the position which many European farmers occupy in western European economies which leads to the creation of overproduction of agricultural products. Do they need to reform the policy?
Nov 30, 1981
The Race Against Time
Year 1981Episode 2660 min

The Race Against Time

Horizon reports on the efforts of the British Advanced Passenger Train (APT) engineering team trying to prepare the new APT for its first run.
Dec 7, 1981
Painting by Numbers
Year 1981Episode 2760 min

Painting by Numbers

Horizon presents a documentary on the advances of computer graphics and its multiple uses in simulating reality in industry and science. It looks at the manipulation of 3-D images to paint, animate, design, and test scientific hypothesis.
Dec 21, 1981

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
America's Got Talent
Running

America's Got Talent

With the talent search open to acts of all ages, America's Got Talent has brought the variety format back to the forefront of American culture by showcasing performers from across the country. The series is a true celebration of the American spirit, featuring a colorful array of singers, dancers, comedians, contortionists, impressionists, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists and hopeful stars, all vying for their chance to win America's hearts and the $1 million prize.

GenreMusic
The Pitt
Running

The Pitt

The Pitt is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today's America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each episode follows an hour of Dr. Robby's 15-hour shift as the chief attendant in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital's emergency room.

And Just Like That...
Running

And Just Like That...

Picking up the story of Sex and the City, And Just Like That… follows Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbes as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.

Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches
Running

Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches

Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches centers on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.

The Ark
Running

The Ark

The Ark takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive.