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Season 20

Horizon Season 20

January. 10,1983
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8.6
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TV-PG
| Documentary

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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Horizon Season 20 Full Episode Guide

Episode 24 - The Academy
First Aired: December. 12,1983

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.

Episode 23 - Cancer: The Pattern in the Genes
First Aired: December. 05,1983

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

Episode 22 - Prisoner or Patient?
First Aired: November. 28,1983

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

Episode 21 - The Earthquake Connection
First Aired: November. 14,1983

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

Episode 20 - China's Child
First Aired: November. 07,1983

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

Episode 19 - A Child's Guide to Languages
First Aired: October. 31,1983

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.

Episode 18 - The Cruel Choice
First Aired: October. 24,1983

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

Episode 17 - Professor Hawking's Universe
First Aired: October. 17,1983

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.

Episode 16 - Dr. Priestley and the Breath of Life
First Aired: October. 10,1983

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

Episode 15 - The Artificial Heart
First Aired: October. 03,1983

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

Episode 14 - The Case of ESP
First Aired: September. 26,1983

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

Episode 13 - Killer in the Village
First Aired: April. 25,1983

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.

Episode 12 - Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
First Aired: April. 18,1983

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.

Episode 11 - Madness on Trial
First Aired: April. 11,1983

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

Episode 10 - Better Mind the Computer
First Aired: March. 21,1983

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

Episode 9 - Hard Rock
First Aired: March. 14,1983

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

Episode 8 - The Great Plains Massacre
First Aired: March. 07,1983

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

Episode 7 - British Science - On the Wrong Track?
First Aired: February. 28,1983

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

Episode 6 - What Little Girls are Made of
First Aired: February. 21,1983

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

Episode 5 - Talking Turtle
First Aired: February. 14,1983

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.

Episode 4 - How Much Can You Drink?
First Aired: February. 07,1983

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

Episode 3 - The Geneva Event
First Aired: January. 24,1983

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

Episode 2 - The Tropical Time Machine
First Aired: January. 17,1983

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.

Episode 1 - Sizewell Under Pressure
First Aired: January. 10,1983

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

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