1987x01 The Twentyfive Hour Clock
January 5, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
1987x02 The Search for the Disappeared
January 12, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on how forensic scientists ae identifying individual victims amongst the people murdered by Argentina's military juntas, by examination and genetic testing of their remains.
1987x03 The Blind Watchmaker
January 19, 1987 9:00 pm
In this interview by Horizon, zoologist Richard Dawkins investigates an attack on evolution by scientific creationists, based on the book of the same name by the famous zoologist.
1987x04 Riding The Stack
January 26, 1987 9:00 pm
Astronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
1987x05 Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared For Children
February 2, 1987 9:00 pm
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
1987x06 Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
February 9, 1987 9:00 pm
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
1987x07 Energy From Outer Space
February 16, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on exploration into releasing energy sources which came from outer space during the formation of the earth, 4,500 million years ago, and have lain dormant under the earth's crust. In Sweden a five mile deep drill hole was made to unleash this energy.
1987x08 The Return of the Osprey
February 23, 1987 9:00 pm
Documentary on the Osprey in north east America, where its natural habitat was being damaged by the use of DDT, but after some conservation work the Osprey is returning to the area.
1987x09 Can AIDS Be Stopped
March 2, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
1987x10 Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
March 9, 1987 9:00 pm
Documentary on the increasing pressure put on the British police resulting in stress and psychological disorders, and also on the work of Dr. Douglas Duckworth, a psychologist at Leeds University who has worked with the police on these problems.
1987x11 To Engineer Is Human
March 16, 1987 9:00 pm
Engineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
1987x12 The Magma Chamber
March 23, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on the research into volcanoes by British scientists Professor Geoff Brow n and Dr. Hazel Rymer, who have developed a technique of exploring the magma chambers of volcanoes and predicting when they will erupt.
1987x13 Broken Images
March 30, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on two sufferers of visual agnosia. The condition affects their ability to impose order on the visual world, even though they are not blind, but it does reveal a great deal about normal perception.
1987x14 Trial Babies
April 6, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on the different tests done on pregnant women to detect abnormalities in the foetus, with investigation of why these tests are not available in all pregnancies.
1987x15 After Chernobyl - Closer To Home
April 13, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on the safety of UK nuclear power stations, following the accident at Chernobyl in the USSR in 1986. The programme focuses on the nuclear installation at Hartlepool on Teeside, which has the smallest evacuation zone in the western world.
1987x16 Life Story
April 27, 1987 9:00 pm
Dramatisation of the race at the University of Cambridge in 1951 for the discovery of DNA.
1987x17 Making Sex Pay
May 11, 1987 9:00 pm
James Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, lectures on the mating habits of animals and humans.
1987x18 The Anthropic Principle
May 18, 1987 9:00 pm
Discussion of the Anthropic Principle, a scientific theory for man's place in th e Universe.
1987x19 Aircrash: The Burning Issue
June 1, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on the need for improved safety features on airplanes in particular the desirability of smoke hoods, plus an interview with a survivor of the 1985 Manchester aircrash.
1987x21 To Catch a Falling Star
May 15, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific institutions in Great Britain.
1987x22 In the Light of New Information
June 22, 1987 9:00 pm
Report on the evolution of laser light technology for communication in the 21st century, with a dramatised account of the effect of the technology on our daily lives.
1987x23 Janice's Choice
June 29, 1987 9:00 pm
Janice Blenkharn's mother died of Huntington's Chorea, which any child of a victim has a 50-50 chance of inheriting. Janice is faced with the choice of having a test, developed after research in South America, to see if she has this incurable genetic disease.
