Episode guide
Horizon: 1988
25 episodes · premiered Jan 4, 1988
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- Episode 1: The Transpanted Brain Jan 4, 1988 · 1h This episode of Horizon looks at a new approach that holds hope for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease.
- Episode 2: Death of a Star Jan 11, 1988 · 1h 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.
- Episode 3: Playing With Madness Jan 18, 1988 · 1h In the report by Horizon, they looks at manic depression and how is now known that it has a strong genetic component.
- Episode 4: The Canal in the Jungle Jan 25, 1988 · 1h 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…
- Episode 5: Death of the Working Classes Feb 1, 1988 · 1h 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.
- Episode 6: The Greenhouse Effect Feb 8, 1988 · 1h This documentary report by Horizon examines the devastating effects of the Greenhouse Effect (earth's temperature rising) and how man is causing it.
- Episode 7: Struggling for Control Feb 15, 1988 · 1h This is a Horizon report on Britain's air traffic control capabilities and the use of outdated and unreliable equipment.
- Episode 8: Thinking Feb 22, 1988 · 1h 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'…
- Episode 9: Patients on Trial Feb 29, 1988 · 1h Horizon looks at the experimental treatment of four cancer patients in the USA who have volunteered to try the LAK/Interleuken 2 treatment.
- Episode 10: Purple Warrior - Rules of Engagement Mar 7, 1988 · 1h 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.
- Episode 11: Purple Warrior - Limited War Mar 14, 1988 · 1h 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.
- Episode 12: The Heart of Another Mar 28, 1988 · 1h Horizon looks at the progress of two heart disease patients at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital in Britain.
- Episode 13: Easter Islands - The Secret Apr 11, 1988 · 1h 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.
- Episode 14: Easter Islands - The Story Apr 18, 1988 · 1h 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.
- Episode 15: Doctors to Be - Trial by Interview Apr 23, 1988 · 1h 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…
- Episode 16: Doctors to Be - The Knowledge Apr 24, 1988 · 1h 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…
- Episode 17: Doctors to Be - Welcome to the Real World Apr 25, 1988 · 1h 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…
- Episode 18: Cancer at Bay May 2, 1988 · 1h Horizon investigates if changes in lifestyle could reduce the risks of cancer.
- Episode 19: Traces of Murder May 9, 1988 · 1h In this documentary, Horizon explores how to solve murder cases with the help of new technology.
- Episode 20: The Hope of Progress May 16, 1988 · 1h Horizon interviews the scientist and Nobel prize winner, Peter Medawar.
- Episode 21: A Newsday Revolution May 23, 1988 · 1h This report by Horizon covers how the electronic revolution in television news affects the way it is gathered, edited, and presented.
- Episode 22: A Good Test? Jun 6, 1988 · 1h Horizon investigates the use of psychological techniques in job recruitment and career development.
- Episode 23: Superconductor - The Race for the Prize Jun 13, 1988 · 1h This Horizon episode presents the breakthroughs in superconductivity research in several countries.
- Episode 24: Believe Me Jun 27, 1988 · 1h Horizon brings you a report on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis which is a neurological disease that has been puzzling doctors for more than 30 years.
- Episode 25: The Quest for Tannu Tuva Jul 4, 1988 · 1h 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…