Episode

Horizon: Voices from Silent Hands

Name: Horizon: Voices from Silent Hands
Released: 1981-03-23
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Michael Mosley, Paul Vaughan, Alice Roberts, Hannah Fry, Richard Feynman

Horizon19811981-03-23

Overview

Horizon presents a documentary on deaf children and their struggle to learn the sign language.

Details

Series: Horizon
Season: Season 18
Episode: Episode 11
Air date: 1981-03-23
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

Voices from Silent Hands is Episode 11 in 1981 of Horizon. It aired on 1981-03-23. The runtime is 60 min.

Previous / Next

Episode 10: Hello Universe! 1981-03-16 | 60 min Horizon explores probabilities of whether we have any intelligent neighbors in space.

Episode 12: Did Darwin Get It Wrong? 1981-03-30 | 60 min In this episode, Horizon explores the new evolutionary theory that there are sudden, vs. gradual, evolutionary changes from one species to another.

More episodes from this season

Episode 9: Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts 1981-03-09 | 60 min Horizon examines the design of Formula One racing cars with a particular reference to the aerodynamic 'skirt'.

Episode 13: East of Bombay 1981-04-06 | 60 min This show is a Horizon documentary about the training by two doctors from India, Rajnikant and Mabelle Arole, who are trying to combat the curable diseases. These diseases are common killers in Indian communities. Also, a report on Salubai, one of these native health workers and her work at Kamkhed in Western India.

Episode 8: West of Bangalore 1981-03-02 | 60 min A group of scientists are trying to solve public utility problems in Mysore, India.

Episode 14: Resolution on Saturn - The Rings 1981-04-11 | 60 min Horizon presents a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

Episode 7: Who Will Deliver Your Baby? 1981-02-16 | 60 min Horizon reports on the changing role of the community midwife in Britain as more births take place in hospital.

Episode 15: Resolution on Saturn - The Moons 1981-04-13 | 60 min Horizon presents the second episode of a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

Episode 6: A Is for Atom, B Is for Bomb 1981-02-09 | 60 min In this episode, Horizon presents a portrait of Dr. Edward Teller, whose opinions about nuclear war are highly controversial.

Episode 16: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 1981-09-28 | 60 min In this documentary on nuclear energy, Horizon looks at three experts with regard to the prospect of a nuclear power station sited for construction near where they live.

Episode 5: Living with Dying 1981-02-02 | 60 min Horizon investigates the care given to the terminally ill by hospices.

Episode 17: The Hunt for the Legion Killer 1981-10-05 | 60 min Horizon investigates Legionnaires disease and the research being carried out in the USA to try find a cause and cure.