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Horizon: Season 20

1983 1983
TV-PG

  • 1983-01-10T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 1d (24 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

24 episodes

Season Premiere

1983-01-10T21:00:00Z

20x01 Sizewell Under Pressure

Season Premiere

20x01 Sizewell Under Pressure

  • 1983-01-10T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon investigates if Britain should build a United States designed nuclear power station that uses a pressurized water reactor at its core.

Horizon presents a report by Dr. Alison Jolly who discusses the country of Madagascar, just off of the west coast of Africa. Madagascar's ecology and conservation programs are in conflict with most third world economies.

1983-01-24T21:00:00Z

20x03 The Geneva Event

20x03 The Geneva Event

  • 1983-01-24T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon brings you a report about the discovery of two new, and unimaginably short-lived, subatomic particles called "W" and "Z".

1983-02-07T21:00:00Z

20x04 How Much Can You Drink?

20x04 How Much Can You Drink?

  • 1983-02-07T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon examines some of the effects that moderate amounts of alcohol can have on the body.

1983-02-14T21:00:00Z

20x05 Talking Turtle

20x05 Talking Turtle

  • 1983-02-14T21:00:00Z1h

In the Horizon documentary, we look new ways of using computers in classroom and to what effect computers in our schools will have in future.

Horizon investigates the way girls and boys were taught science and related subjects at schools.

Horizon reports on the state of scientific research in Britain and the past blunders of the National Research Development Council.

In this Horizon documentary, we look back at the event surrounding the near extermination of the North American bison (buffalo) in the 1880's.

1983-03-14T21:00:00Z

20x09 Hard Rock

20x09 Hard Rock

  • 1983-03-14T21:00:00Z1h

The Horizon episode is about the Carsington Aqueduct Scheme in Derbyshire, England, and the massive excavation problems encountered during construction.

1983-03-21T21:00:00Z

20x10 Better Mind the Computer

Horizon presents a look at the current research into artificial computer intelligence.

1983-04-11T20:00:00Z

20x11 Madness on Trial

20x11 Madness on Trial

  • 1983-04-11T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon looks at the mental problem of schizophrenia and how madness is medically diagnosed.

In this episode, Horizon investigates the nuclear accident which took place in the United States at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant during March 1979.

1983-04-25T20:00:00Z

20x13 Killer in the Village

20x13 Killer in the Village

  • 1983-04-25T20:00:00Z1h

In this report, Horizon looks at the spread of the AIDS virus in the United States and their search for the cause and cure of the deadly disease.

1983-09-26T20:00:00Z

20x14 The Case of ESP

20x14 The Case of ESP

  • 1983-09-26T20:00:00Z1h

n this documentary, Horizon investigates the power of the mind for psychic phenomena; telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis.

1983-10-03T20:00:00Z

20x15 The Artificial Heart

20x15 The Artificial Heart

  • 1983-10-03T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon investigates the current research into development and use of an artificial heart.

This report by Horizon examines the experiments of Joseph Priestly on blood and oxygen in photosynthesis.

This episode of Horizon features Prof. Stephen Hawking and how he copes with his severe disability, his scientific career, and his relationship with his students.

1983-10-24T21:00:00Z

20x18 The Cruel Choice

20x18 The Cruel Choice

  • 1983-10-24T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon presents a discussion on the use of animals for experiments.

Looks at different ways of teaching a foreign language and contrasts them with the way babies and young children pick up their native language, without formal teaching.

1983-11-07T21:00:00Z

20x20 China's Child

20x20 China's Child

  • 1983-11-07T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon examines how the government of China presents the "one child per family" population policy to the people.

Horizon investigates today's research into earthquakes and the usefulness of the findings.

1983-11-28T21:00:00Z

20x22 Prisoner or Patient?

20x22 Prisoner or Patient?

  • 1983-11-28T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon presents this documentary on how Britain deals with its mentally ill criminal offenders.

In this report, Horizon outlines the latest research into cancer with specific reference to oncogenes.

Season Finale

1983-12-12T21:00:00Z

20x24 The Academy

Season Finale

20x24 The Academy

  • 1983-12-12T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon follows group of men and women going through basic training in Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) methods at the Academy in the United States.

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