Horizon - Season 25 / Year 1988

Horizon - Season 25 / Year 1988

Season 25 / Year 1988

Network
Episodes25
DatesJan. 4, 1988 - Juli 4, 1988
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Episodes

The Transplanted Brain
Year 1988Episode 160 min

The Transplanted Brain

This episode of Horizon looks at a new approach that holds hope for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease.
Jan. 4, 1988
Death of a Star
Year 1988Episode 260 min

Death of a Star

Horizon documents the first sighting of a star in supernova at its initial stages. The study of the spacial event provides fascinating insight into the life of our own universe.
Jan. 11, 1988
Playing with Madness
Year 1988Episode 360 min

Playing with Madness

In the report by Horizon, they looks at manic depression and how is now known that it has a strong genetic component.
Jan. 18, 1988
The Canal in the Jungle
Year 1988Episode 460 min

The Canal in the Jungle

This episode of the Horizon explores the Panama Canal, now a billion dollar commercial sea crossroad between continents. The future of the canal is in danger because of damage to rain forests.
Jan. 25, 1988
Death of the Working Classes
Year 1988Episode 560 min

Death of the Working Classes

Horizon investigates how those who are born into a working class family are at greater risk of dying early than if born a child of the professional classes.
Feb. 1, 1988
The Greenhouse Effect
Year 1988Episode 660 min

The Greenhouse Effect

This documentary report by Horizon examines the devastating effects of the Greenhouse Effect (earth's temperature rising) and how man is causing it.
Feb. 8, 1988
Struggling for Control
Year 1988Episode 760 min

Struggling for Control

This is a Horizon report on Britain's air traffic control capabilities and the use of outdated and unreliable equipment.
Feb. 15, 1988
Thinking
Year 1988Episode 860 min

Thinking

Explores the limits of digital computers and artificial intelligence. Includes the views of John Searle, a philosopher at the University of California who refutes the claims for 'thinking' machines.
Feb. 22, 1988
Patients on Trial
Year 1988Episode 960 min

Patients on Trial

Horizon looks at the experimental treatment of four cancer patients in the USA who have volunteered to try the LAK/Interleuken 2 treatment.
Feb. 29, 1988
Purple Warrior - Rules of Engagement
Year 1988Episode 1060 min

Purple Warrior - Rules of Engagement

This is part one of a two-part series by Horizon reporting on a military exercise code named Purple Warrior which is designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands war.
März 7, 1988
Purple Warrior - Limited War
Year 1988Episode 1160 min

Purple Warrior - Limited War

This is part two of a two-part series by Horizon reporting on a military exercise code named Purple Warrior which is designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands war.
März 14, 1988
The Heart of Another
Year 1988Episode 1260 min

The Heart of Another

Horizon looks at the progress of two heart disease patients at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital in Britain.
März 28, 1988
Easter Island - The Secrets
Year 1988Episode 1360 min

Easter Island - The Secrets

This is part one of a two-part Horizon series about the mystery of Easter Island, the stone statues, and the civilization that erected them.
Apr. 11, 1988
Easter Island - The Story
Year 1988Episode 1460 min

Easter Island - The Story

This is part two of a two-part Horizon series about the mystery of Easter Island, the stone statues, and the civilization that erected them.
Apr. 18, 1988
Doctors to Be - Trial by Interview
Year 1988Episode 1560 min

Doctors to Be - Trial by Interview

Horizon presents part one of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, we look at the ordeal of an interview faced by two potential students applying to St. Mary's Medical School.
Apr. 23, 1988
Doctors to Be - The Knowledge
Year 1988Episode 1660 min

Doctors to Be - The Knowledge

Horizon presents part two of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, we examine the first two years of education at St. Mary's Medical School and at the exams that have to be passed.
Apr. 24, 1988
Doctors to Be - Welcome to the Real World
Year 1988Episode 1760 min

Doctors to Be - Welcome to the Real World

Horizon presents part three of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, a group of medical students are followed from the beginning of their third year of medical education up to the point where they meet patients for the first time.
Apr. 25, 1988
Cancer at Bay
Year 1988Episode 1860 min

Cancer at Bay

Horizon investigates if changes in lifestyle could reduce the risks of cancer.
Mai 2, 1988
Traces of Murder
Year 1988Episode 1960 min

Traces of Murder

In this documentary, Horizon explores how to solve murder cases with the help of new technology.
Mai 9, 1988
The Hope of Progress
Year 1988Episode 2060 min

The Hope of Progress

Horizon interviews the scientist and Nobel prize winner, Peter Medawar.
Mai 16, 1988
A Newsday Revolution
Year 1988Episode 2160 min

A Newsday Revolution

This report by Horizon covers how the electronic revolution in television news affects the way it is gathered, edited, and presented.
Mai 23, 1988
A Good Test?
Year 1988Episode 2260 min

A Good Test?

Horizon investigates the use of psychological techniques in job recruitment and career development.
Juni 6, 1988
Superconductor - The Race for the Prize
Year 1988Episode 2360 min

Superconductor - The Race for the Prize

This Horizon episode presents the breakthroughs in superconductivity research in several countries.
Juni 13, 1988
Believe Me
Year 1988Episode 2460 min

Believe Me

Horizon brings you a report on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis which is a neurological disease that has been puzzling doctors for more than 30 years.
Juni 27, 1988
The Quest for Tannu Tuva
Year 1988Episode 2560 min

The Quest for Tannu Tuva

Richard Feynman was not only an iconoclastic and influential theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate but also an explorer at heart. Feynman through video recordings and comments from his friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton tell the extraordinary story of their enchantment with Tuva, a strange and distant land in the centre of Asia. While few Westerners knew about Tuva, Feynman discovered its existence from the unique postage stamps issued there in the early 20th century. He was intrigued by the unusual name of its capital, Kyzyl, and resolved to travel to the remote, mountainous land. However, the Soviets, who controlled access, were mistrustful, unconvinced that he was interested only in the scenery. They obstructed his plans throughout 13 years. The majority of the scenes are extended narratives by Feynman. There is included a delightful extended discussion and demonstration of Feyman's bongo playing. Feynman explains how he used a phrase book of the Tuva language to write and express an interest in visiting there. The proposed trip took years to arrange. The programme never does get to show Feyman in Tuva; he died of abdominal cancer a few days after the recorded interview, at age 69 in February 1988. The story is interspersed with earlier recorded conversations by Feynman that add his perspectives on the nature of physics. So, this is not a travel documentary at all; rather it is another fascinating insight into the exciting personality of Richard Feynman. "You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish." - Richard Feynman (1918-1988).
Juli 4, 1988

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