1978x01 Living Machines
January 6, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.
1978x02 A Land for All Reasons
January 20, 1978 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.
1978x03 I Don't Want to Be a Burden
January 27, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.
1978x04 Zero G
February 3, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.
1978x05 The Message In The Rocks
February 17, 1978 9:00 pm
Develops the theory that four and a half thousand million years ago the earth was formed thanks to the explosion of a huge star which provided the rocks, the minerals and the radioactivity from which life developed. These theories are based partly on analysis of a meteorite which dropped near a village in Mexico at the beginning of the seventies.
1978x06 The Eddystone Lights
February 24, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.
1978x07 Light of the 21st Century
March 10, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.
1978x08 The New Breadline
March 24, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.
1978x09 Now the Chips Are Down
March 31, 1978 9:00 pm
About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.
1978x10 Explosions in the Mind
July 14, 1978 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.
1978x11 One Small Step
July 21, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.
1978x12 The Tsetse Trap
July 28, 1978 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon is about the tsetse fly which rules most of Africa and why much of the fertile land can't in Africa can't be used because of the dangerous insect.
1978x13 A Whisper From Space
August 4, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.
1978x14 Prisoners of Hope
August 11, 1978 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.
1978x15 On a Different Track
August 18, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.
1978x16 Careering into Science
August 25, 1978 9:00 pm
This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.
1978x17 Cashing in on the Ocean
September 1, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.
1978x18 Bags of Life
September 8, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.
1978x19 Innocent Slaughter
September 15, 1978 9:00 pm
In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.
1978x20 The Beersheva Experiment
November 3, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.
1978x21 Divers Do It Deeper
November 10, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.
1978x22 The Big Sleep
November 17, 1978 9:00 pm
In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.
1978x23 The Vital Spark
November 24, 1978 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.
1978x24 The Red Deer of Rhum
December 29, 1978 9:00 pm
Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.
