David Stewart
Director
Horizon (1964)
1987
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Released Feb. 4, 1964
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.spatial-awareness, imdb.science, imdb.reenactment, imdb.technology, imdb.nature, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.deep-dive, imdb.one-word-title
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S24E1 - The Twenty-Five Hour Clock
Report on research into biological body clocks, which can effect emotional and physical health and well-being.
Jan. 5, 1987, midnight
S24E2 - The Search for the Disappeared
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.
Jan. 12, 1987, midnight
S24E3 - The Blind Watchmaker
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.
Jan. 19, 1987, midnight
S24E4 - Riding the Stack
Astronauts and space shuttle designers talk about the risks of space flight, in the light of the space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
Jan. 26, 1987, midnight
S24E5 - Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared for Children
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Feb. 2, 1987, midnight
S24E6 - Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
Two part documentary on psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and his work with emotionally disturbed children.
Feb. 9, 1987, midnight
S24E7 - Energy from Outer Space
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.
Feb. 16, 1987, midnight
S24E8 - The Return of the Osprey
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.
Feb. 23, 1987, midnight
S24E9 - Can AIDS Be Stopped?
Report on the development of the AIDS virus, and current research into vaccines to combat the disease.
March 2, 1987, midnight
S24E10 - Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
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.
March 9, 1987, midnight
S24E11 - To Engineer Is Human
Engineer Henry Petroski explains why engineering can never be an exact science and looks at examples of engineering failures.
March 16, 1987, midnight
S24E12 - The Magma Chamber
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.
March 23, 1987, midnight
S24E13 - Broken Images
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.
March 30, 1987, midnight
S24E14 - Trial Babies
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.
April 6, 1987, midnight
S24E15 - After Chernobyl - Closer to Home
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.
April 13, 1987, midnight
S24E16 - Making Sex Pay
James Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, lectures on the mating habits of animals and humans.
May 11, 1987, midnight
S24E17 - The Anthropic Principle
Discussion of the Anthropic Principle, a scientific theory for man's place in th e Universe.
May 18, 1987, midnight
S24E19 - Aircrash: The Burning Issue
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.
June 1, 1987, midnight
S24E20 - The Riddle of the Joints
Report on research into rheumatoid arthritis.
June 8, 1987, midnight
S24E21 - To Catch a Falling Star
Report on the future and commercial benefit of research into astronomy conducted by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and other scientific institutions in Great Britain.
May 15, 1987, midnight
S24E22 - In the Light of New Information
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.
June 22, 1987, midnight
S24E23 - Janice's Choice
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.
June 29, 1987, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 77006 min.
Released: Feb. 4, 1964
Last Air Date: Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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