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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 15

Every episode of Horizon Season 15 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 15!

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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  • The Beersheva Experiment
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    #1 - The Beersheva Experiment

    Season 15 Episode 20

    Aired 11/3/1978

    Horizon explores an experimental medical school in Israel where students are trained primarily to care for people.

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  • Living Machines
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    #2 - Living Machines

    Season 15 Episode 1

    Aired 1/6/1978

    Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.

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  • A Land for All Reasons
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    #3 - A Land for All Reasons

    Season 15 Episode 2

    Aired 1/20/1978

    In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.

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  • I Don't Want to Be a Burden
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    #4 - I Don't Want to Be a Burden

    Season 15 Episode 3

    Aired 1/27/1978

    Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.

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  • Zero G
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    #5 - Zero G

    Season 15 Episode 4

    Aired 2/3/1978

    Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.

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  • The Message in the Rocks
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    #6 - The Message in the Rocks

    Season 15 Episode 5

    Aired 2/17/1978

    Develops the theory that four and a half thousand million years ago the earth was formed thanks to the explosion of a huge star which provided the rocks, the minerals and the radioactivity from which life developed. These theories are based partly on analysis of a meteorite which dropped near a village in Mexico at the beginning of the seventies.

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  • The Eddystone Lights
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    #7 - The Eddystone Lights

    Season 15 Episode 6

    Aired 2/24/1978

    Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.

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  • Light of the 21st Century
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    #8 - Light of the 21st Century

    Season 15 Episode 7

    Aired 3/10/1978

    Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.

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  • The New Breadline
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    #9 - The New Breadline

    Season 15 Episode 8

    Aired 3/24/1978

    Horizon investigates the reasons for poverty in Britain today, now with seven million on at the poverty line.

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  • Now the Chips Are Down
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    #10 - Now the Chips Are Down

    Season 15 Episode 9

    Aired 3/31/1978

    About the applications and implications for the future, particularly the effects on the labour market, of microprocessors.

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  • Explosions in the Mind
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    #11 - Explosions in the Mind

    Season 15 Episode 10

    Aired 7/14/1978

    In this episode, Horizon explores the after effects of a stroke when there is a sudden stoppage of blood to the human brain.

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  • One Small Step
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    #12 - One Small Step

    Season 15 Episode 11

    Aired 7/21/1978

    Horizon investigates the race to the moon between the USA and Russia and questions the motives behind the space race.

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  • The Tsetse Trap
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    #13 - The Tsetse Trap

    Season 15 Episode 12

    Aired 7/28/1978

    This episode of Horizon is about the tsetse fly which rules most of Africa and why much of the fertile land can't in Africa can't be used because of the dangerous insect.

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  • A Whisper From Space
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    #14 - A Whisper From Space

    Season 15 Episode 13

    Aired 8/4/1978

    Horizon explores the history of evidence used to support the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.

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  • Prisoners of Hope
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    #15 - Prisoners of Hope

    Season 15 Episode 14

    Aired 8/11/1978

    In this episode, Horizon explains some of the research in multiple sclerosis and how the lives of MS sufferers are affected.

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  • On a Different Track
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    #16 - On a Different Track

    Season 15 Episode 15

    Aired 8/18/1978

    Horizon presents a brief history of the French railways and the policy behind their future direction.

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  • Careering into Science
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    #17 - Careering into Science

    Season 15 Episode 16

    Aired 8/25/1978

    This documentary by Horizon is about six school children taking 'O' levels exams and inter science in Britain.

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  • Cashing in on the Ocean
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    #18 - Cashing in on the Ocean

    Season 15 Episode 17

    Aired 9/1/1978

    Horizon looks at the implications of exploiting Manganese nodules which are scattered over the seabed.

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  • Bags of Life
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    #19 - Bags of Life

    Season 15 Episode 18

    Aired 9/8/1978

    Horizon investigates the composition and structure of the membrane that surround individual cells.

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  • Innocent Slaughter?
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    #20 - Innocent Slaughter?

    Season 15 Episode 19

    Aired 9/15/1978

    In this documentary, Horizon examines all sides of the Canadian Harpseal hunt issue and asks if it is really necessary.

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  • Divers Do It Deeper
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    #21 - Divers Do It Deeper

    Season 15 Episode 21

    Aired 11/10/1978

    Horizon explores the years of research that have enabled divers to go to greater and greater ocean depth.

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  • The Big Sleep
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    #22 - The Big Sleep

    Season 15 Episode 22

    Aired 11/17/1978

    In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.

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  • The Vital Spark
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    #23 - The Vital Spark

    Season 15 Episode 23

    Aired 11/24/1978

    In this episode, Horizon examines the current developments in electrotherapy.

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  • The Red Deer of Rhum
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    #24 - The Red Deer of Rhum

    Season 15 Episode 24

    Aired 12/29/1978

    Horizon takes a look at the changing behaviour of individual animals in a herd of red deer on the Isle of Rhum.

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Season 15 Ratings Summary

"The Beersheva Experiment" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 15. It scored 8.2/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/3/1978. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Living Machines".