Horizon: 1980

Episode 1: The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz 1980-01-14 | 60 min Documentary examination of the causes and conditions of the sinking of the Amoco Cadiz oil-tanker, in 1978. Episode 2: You Are Old, Father William 1980-01-21 | 60 min Documentary examination on the process of ageing and some things that can be done about the problems of senility in old people. Episode 3: Cleared for Take-Off 1980-02-04 | 60 min Documentary which looks at the danger points in flying an airliner on a routine flight from Gatwick to Los Angeles. Danger points are identified and we see research into airtraffic control, aircraft design, the role of the stewardess, avoiding mid-air collisions, electronic flight desks, whirlwind vortices and a new fuel additive that may virtually eliminate the instant conflagrations. Episode 4: A Sporting Chance 1980-02-11 | 60 min Documentary on the ways in which athletes from different countries prepare for the Olympic Games and the artificial methods of improving performance, drugs and physiological methods Episode 5: The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian 1980-02-18 | 60 min Documentary film on cancer research in the remote Chinese valley of Lin Xian where the population suffers more than 100 times the incidence of oesophagal cancer than normal. Episode 6: The Big If... 1980-02-25 | 60 min About Interferon, a drug made from human blood cells, thought to be capable of controlling viruses and cancer Episode 7: Cash from Trash 1980-03-03 | 60 min Explores the potential in recycling rubbish in terms of energy and other resources Episode 8: Encounter with Jupiter 1980-03-10 | 60 min Documentary on the space voyages of Nasa robot space craft Voyager 1 & 2 and their photographic records of the planet Jupiter. Episode 9: Portrait of a Poison 1980-03-17 | 60 min Documentary report on the mounting evidence of the horrifying effects of the use of dioxin as a defoliant in Vietnam and as a herbicide in domestic use on both humans and all other living beings. Episode 10: Magnet Earth 1980-03-24 | 60 min Looks at what is known about the earth's magnetic field, how it affects the world's organisms and in particular at recent research in this field. Episode 11: Goodbye Gutenberg 1980-09-01 | 60 min Documentary on the "information revolution" the advances made in the methods of electronic storage and display of information, and the effects of these advances on democracy, language, national boundaries, bureaucracy and privacy. Episode 12: Invasion of the Virions 1980-09-08 | 60 min Investigates various virus infections ranging from smallpox and rabies down to influenza and the common cold. The way they function and the reasons the body builds up resistance to some and not to others. Episode 13: Beyond the Milky Way 1980-09-15 | 60 min Astronomers are seen at work in the UK, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Australia, describing their discoveries about the galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Episode 14: Little Boxes 1980-09-22 | 60 min Documentary about industrial design and the effect it has on the look of everyday life. Dieter Rams, Tom Woolfe, Etore Sottsass and Raymond Loewy are among the designers talking about their work . Episode 15: The Other Kenya 1980-09-29 | 60 min Looks at the contrasts in Kenya between the tourist image and the hardship caused by development. In particular, considers the lives of three family groups native to the country and the poverty they are forced to live in by the Kenyan economy geared to the West. Episode 16: Moving Still 1980-10-06 | 60 min The new perspectives which can be gained on the natural world through time-lapse and high-speed photography. Includes footage of droplets of water merging in mid-air, a bullet spiralling up its barrel toward you, a wet dog shaking its fur, flowers bursting open, starfish scurrying on the sea floor, and spark plugs spreading their fire. Episode 17: The Way Out 1980-10-13 | 60 min Documentary about London Transport and the decline in its services over the year s. It receives less subsidy than an comparable transport system in the world, but would more GLC aid improve the service? Episode 18: The Dead Sea Lives 1980-10-20 | 60 min Explains, within a historical context, how Israel and Jordan are trying to make use of the Dead Sea. Its mineral-rich waters are being harnessed by scientists and engineers to produce such diverse products as protein, potash and cheap energy . Episode 19: Once in a Million Years 1980-10-27 | 60 min Documentary on nuclear energy and the efforts of scientists to contain and control the high risk factors involved with plutonium and uranium. Episode 20: Smoker's Luck 1980-11-03 | 60 min Documentary about smoking and about the secondary effects of it. Britain leads the world in smoking deaths at 200 per day. The film looks at prognosis of deat h and at the chances of those who give up smoking of dying of the effects. Episode 21: Behind the Horoscope 1980-11-10 | 60 min Documentary looking at the scientific facts about the growing cult of Astrology. In this report, Horizon looks at the way astrology has evolved and examines statistical evidence to evaluate its credibility. Episode 22: The Mondragon Experiment 1980-11-17 | 60 min Documentary on the twenty-five year old experimental industrial set-up in the Spanish city of Mondragon where most of the factories and laboratories are co-operativetively owned and run by a workers committee. Episode 23: The Spike 1980-11-24 | 60 min Documentary about epilepsy, showing epileptic fits as they occur and explaining what the onlooker should and should not do. Sufferers describe their experiences of the disease and consultant neurologist and psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Fenwick, offers a scientific interpretation. Episode 24: The Slatemakers 1980-12-01 | 60 min Documentary on the slatemaking industry of North Wales, now a dying craft, and the people involved with it. Episode 25: Anatomy of a Volcano 1980-12-15 | 60 min Chronicles the efforts of geologists throughout the summer of 1980 to study the recently erupted volcano Mt. Saint Helens in Washington State, USA.