NaN/100 votes#1 - Sizewell Under Pressure
Season 20 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/1983
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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#2 - The Tropical Time Machine
Season 20 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/1983
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.
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#3 - The Geneva Event
Season 20 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/1983
Horizon brings you a report about the discovery of two new, and unimaginably short-lived, subatomic particles called "W" and "Z".
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#4 - How Much Can You Drink?
Season 20 Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/1983
Horizon examines some of the effects that moderate amounts of alcohol can have on the body.
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#5 - Talking Turtle
Season 20 Episode 5 - Aired 2/14/1983
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.
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#6 - What Little Girls are Made of
Season 20 Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/1983
Horizon investigates the way girls and boys were taught science and related subjects at schools.
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#7 - British Science - On the Wrong Track?
Season 20 Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/1983
Horizon reports on the state of scientific research in Britain and the past blunders of the National Research Development Council.
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#8 - The Great Plains Massacre
Season 20 Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/1983
In this Horizon documentary, we look back at the event surrounding the near extermination of the North American bison (buffalo) in the 1880's.
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#9 - Hard Rock
Season 20 Episode 9 - Aired 3/14/1983
The Horizon episode is about the Carsington Aqueduct Scheme in Derbyshire, England, and the massive excavation problems encountered during construction.
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#10 - Better Mind the Computer
Season 20 Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/1983
Horizon presents a look at the current research into artificial computer intelligence.
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#11 - Madness on Trial
Season 20 Episode 11 - Aired 4/11/1983
Horizon looks at the mental problem of schizophrenia and how madness is medically diagnosed.
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#12 - Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
Season 20 Episode 12 - Aired 4/18/1983
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.
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#13 - Killer in the Village
Season 20 Episode 13 - Aired 4/25/1983
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.
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#14 - The Case of ESP
Season 20 Episode 14 - Aired 9/26/1983
n this documentary, Horizon investigates the power of the mind for psychic phenomena; telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis.
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#15 - The Artificial Heart
Season 20 Episode 15 - Aired 10/3/1983
Horizon investigates the current research into development and use of an artificial heart.
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#16 - Dr. Priestley and the Breath of Life
Season 20 Episode 16 - Aired 10/10/1983
This report by Horizon examines the experiments of Joseph Priestly on blood and oxygen in photosynthesis.
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Professor Hawking's Universe
Season 20 Episode 17 - Aired 10/17/1983
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.
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#18 - The Cruel Choice
Season 20 Episode 18 - Aired 10/24/1983
Horizon presents a discussion on the use of animals for experiments.
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#19 - A Child's Guide to Languages
Season 20 Episode 19 - Aired 10/31/1983
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.
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#20 - China's Child
Season 20 Episode 20 - Aired 11/7/1983
Horizon examines how the government of China presents the "one child per family" population policy to the people.
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- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The Earthquake Connection
Season 20 Episode 21 - Aired 11/14/1983
Horizon investigates today's research into earthquakes and the usefulness of the findings.
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Prisoner or Patient?
Season 20 Episode 22 - Aired 11/28/1983
Horizon presents this documentary on how Britain deals with its mentally ill criminal offenders.
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Cancer: The Pattern in the Genes
Season 20 Episode 23 - Aired 12/5/1983
In this report, Horizon outlines the latest research into cancer with specific reference to oncogenes.
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - The Academy
Season 20 Episode 24 - Aired 12/12/1983
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.
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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 20
Every episode of Horizon Season 20 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 20!
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Season 20 Ratings Summary
"Sizewell Under Pressure" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 20. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/10/1983. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Tropical Time Machine".