1986
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S23 1986

Horizon / Season 23

06 Jan, 1986 · 22 episodes

 
Season 22Season 24

S23 1986

Horizon / Season 23

06 Jan, 1986 · 22 episodes

 
Are You a Racist?
S23 | E01

1h

Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.

06/01/1986 | 21:00
Genesis
S23 | E02

1h

This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.

13/01/1986 | 21:00
Bitter Cold
S23 | E03

1h

Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.

20/01/1986 | 21:00
The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
S23 | E04

1h

Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.

27/01/1986 | 21:00
Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
S23 | E05

1h

In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?

03/02/1986 | 21:00
Science...Fiction?
S23 | E06

1h

Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.

17/02/1986 | 21:00
The Children of Eve
S23 | E07

1h

Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.

24/02/1986 | 21:00
The New Face of Leprosy
S23 | E08

1h

This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.

03/03/1986 | 21:00
Hi-Tech à la Française
S23 | E09

1h

Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.

10/03/1986 | 21:00
In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
S23 | E10

1h

Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.

17/03/1986 | 21:00
AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
S23 | E11

1h

Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.

24/03/1986 | 21:00
The Case of the Frozen Addict
S23 | E12

1h

In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.

07/04/1986 | 20:00
Nice Guys Finish First
S23 | E13

1h

In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.

14/04/1986 | 20:00
The Men Who Bottled a Cow
S23 | E14

1h

This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.

21/04/1986 | 20:00
Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
S23 | E15

1h

Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.

28/04/1986 | 20:00
What Makes an Animal Smart?
S23 | E16

1h

This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.

12/05/1986 | 20:00
A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt
S23 | E17

1h

Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.

19/05/1986 | 20:00
Uranus Encounter
S23 | E18

1h

In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.

26/05/1986 | 20:00
Who Built Stonehenge?
S23 | E19

1h

Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.

09/06/1986 | 20:00
Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
S23 | E21

1h

This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.

16/06/1986 | 20:00
Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain
S23 | E22

1h

This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.

23/06/1986 | 20:00
Doctors to Be
S23 | E23
SEASON FINALE

1h

In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.

30/06/1986 | 20:00
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