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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 17

Every episode of Horizon Season 17 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 17!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Horizon Season 17 Episode 1 - The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz
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    #1 - The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz

    S17:E1

    Documentary examination of the causes and conditions of the sinking of the Amoco Cadiz oil-tanker, in 1978.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Horizon Season 17 Episode 2 - You Are Old, Father William
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    #2 - You Are Old, Father William

    S17:E2

    Documentary examination on the process of ageing and some things that can be done about the problems of senility in old people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Horizon Season 17 Episode 3 - Cleared for Take-Off
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    #3 - Cleared for Take-Off

    S17:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Horizon Season 17 Episode 4 - A Sporting Chance
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    #4 - A Sporting Chance

    S17:E4

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Horizon Season 17 Episode 5 - The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
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    #5 - The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian

    S17:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Horizon Season 17 Episode 6 - The Big If...
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    #6 - The Big If...

    S17:E6

    About Interferon, a drug made from human blood cells, thought to be capable of controlling viruses and cancer

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Horizon Season 17 Episode 7 - Cash from Trash
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    #7 - Cash from Trash

    S17:E7

    Explores the potential in recycling rubbish in terms of energy and other resources

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Horizon Season 17 Episode 8 - Encounter with Jupiter
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    #8 - Encounter with Jupiter

    S17:E8

    Documentary on the space voyages of Nasa robot space craft Voyager 1 & 2 and their photographic records of the planet Jupiter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Horizon Season 17 Episode 9 - Portrait of a Poison
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    #9 - Portrait of a Poison

    S17:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Horizon Season 17 Episode 10 - Magnet Earth
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    #10 - Magnet Earth

    S17:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Horizon Season 17 Episode 11 - Goodbye Gutenberg
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    #11 - Goodbye Gutenberg

    S17:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Horizon Season 17 Episode 12 - Invasion of the Virions
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    #12 - Invasion of the Virions

    S17:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Horizon Season 17 Episode 13 - Beyond the Milky Way
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    #13 - Beyond the Milky Way

    S17:E13

    Astronomers are seen at work in the UK, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Australia, describing their discoveries about the galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Horizon Season 17 Episode 14 - Little Boxes
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    #14 - Little Boxes

    S17:E14

    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 .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Horizon Season 17 Episode 15 - The Other Kenya
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    #15 - The Other Kenya

    S17:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Horizon Season 17 Episode 16 - Moving Still
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    #16 - Moving Still

    S17:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Horizon Season 17 Episode 17 - The Way Out
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    #17 - The Way Out

    S17:E17

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Horizon Season 17 Episode 18 - The Dead Sea Lives
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    #18 - The Dead Sea Lives

    S17:E18

    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 .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Horizon Season 17 Episode 19 - Once in a Million Years
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    #19 - Once in a Million Years

    S17:E19

    Documentary on nuclear energy and the efforts of scientists to contain and control the high risk factors involved with plutonium and uranium.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Horizon Season 17 Episode 20 - Smoker's Luck
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    #20 - Smoker's Luck

    S17:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Horizon Season 17 Episode 21 - Behind the Horoscope
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    #21 - Behind the Horoscope

    S17:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Horizon Season 17 Episode 22 - The Mondragon Experiment
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    #22 - The Mondragon Experiment

    S17:E22

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Horizon Season 17 Episode 23 - The Spike
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    #23 - The Spike

    S17:E23

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Horizon Season 17 Episode 24 - The Slatemakers
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #24 - The Slatemakers

    S17:E24

    Documentary on the slatemaking industry of North Wales, now a dying craft, and the people involved with it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Horizon Season 17 Episode 25 - Anatomy of a Volcano
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    #25 - Anatomy of a Volcano

    S17:E25

    Chronicles the efforts of geologists throughout the summer of 1980 to study the recently erupted volcano Mt. Saint Helens in Washington State, USA.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 17 Ratings Summary

"The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 17. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/14/1980. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "You Are Old, Father William".