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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 8

Every episode of Horizon Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 8!

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Wildlife - The Last Great Battle" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 8. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/4/1971. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Great Ormond Street".

  • Wildlife - The Last Great Battle
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    #1 - Wildlife - The Last Great Battle

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1971

    In this episode, Horizon looks a the efforts of zoos to save animal species from extinction by breeding enough to ensure their survival in captivity

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  • Great Ormond Street
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    #2 - Great Ormond Street

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/1971

    In this episode, Horizon looks at the renowned British hospital for children, Great Ormond Street, and the Institute of Child Health.

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  • A Bulldozer Through Heaven
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    #3 - A Bulldozer Through Heaven

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/1971

    Horizon explores the island of New Guinea and its cultural changes going on there.

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  • Rumors of War
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    #4 - Rumors of War

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1971

    This episode of Horizon looks at the growing arsenal of nuclear weapons over the last 25 years and the effects it has on the arms race.

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  • I'm Dependent - You're Addicted (I)
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    #5 - I'm Dependent - You're Addicted (I)

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/15/1971

    The first of a two-programme investigation in which Horizon and Man Alive have combined forces. This episode investigates the facts about drug abuse and experimental work undertaken in this area.

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  • Kuru - To Tremble with Fear
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    #6 - Kuru - To Tremble with Fear

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 2/22/1971

    Kuru is a unique disease of the people of New Guinea. Horizon goes with Prof. E. J. Field to find out why.

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  • Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled
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    #7 - Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/1971

    Horizon interviews ecologists that claim that man is irrevocably destroying its habitat.

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  • What Kind of Doctor?
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    #8 - What Kind of Doctor?

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/1971

    Horizon investigates medical student training at the St. Thomas hospital in London, England.

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  • A Nice Sort of Accident to Have
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    #9 - A Nice Sort of Accident to Have

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 3/22/1971

    Horizon explores the causes, and looks for way to prevent car accidents

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  • The Wood
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    #10 - The Wood

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/1971

    This report by Horizon looks at the long term ecological study of the forest at Wytham Wood, Oxon, in England.

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  • The Measure of Man
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    #11 - The Measure of Man

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/1971

    In 1971, Horizon reviews the life and work of Prof. Hans Eysnck, the most controversial psychologists of the time.

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  • Three Score Years and Then?
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    #12 - Three Score Years and Then?

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 4/26/1971

    This report by Horizon explores care for the aged, for both medical and welfare services in Britain.

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  • Darwin's Bulldog
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    #13 - Darwin's Bulldog

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 5/3/1971

    Horizon reports on the famous protagonist of "The Origin of Species," Thomas Henry Huxley.

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  • The Secret
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    #14 - The Secret

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 5/10/1971

    This episode of Horizon examines how cells organize to become complex organs, and bodies.

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  • What Every Girl Should Know
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    #15 - What Every Girl Should Know

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 5/17/1971

    At the moment, legal abortions in the UK are being performed at the rate of over 90,000 a year and it is considered that the number is likely to rise. But why are so many people not prepared to use contraceptives? Are the contraceptives themselves at fault or is it part of a deep-rooted attitude to sex? A drug is now being tested which makes it possible for a woman to procure her own abortion in the first few weeks of pregnancy.

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  • Tastes of Foods to Come
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    #16 - Tastes of Foods to Come

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 5/24/1971

    Horizon reports on food technology now experimenting with meat substitutes.

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  • Looking for a Happy Landing
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    #17 - Looking for a Happy Landing

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 5/31/1971

    Within 20 years vertical take-off airliners could be hovering over Hampstead and Dulwich before landing, one a minute, day and night, at a Thames-side V-port. Horizon looks at what could be one of the great environmental debates of the century to have, or not to have, aircraft flying in and out of city centres.

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  • A Case of Depression
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    #18 - A Case of Depression

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 6/7/1971

    Horizon investigates how to treat depressive illneses.

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  • The Total War Machine
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    #19 - The Total War Machine

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 6/14/1971

    This episode of Horizon reports on the development of the aircraft bomber throughout periods of war.

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  • The Dinosaur Hunters
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    #20 - The Dinosaur Hunters

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 6/21/1971

    Horizon explores the field of palaeontology, the study of dinosaurs.

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  • Your Country Needs You?
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    #21 - Your Country Needs You?

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/1971

    This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's civil defense program, and to see if it is adequate in the event of a nuclear war.

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  • Rheumatism
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    #22 - Rheumatism

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 10/4/1971

    Horizon investigates rheumatism, and looks at why this disease is under-researched.

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  • If at First You Don't Succeed... You Don't Succeed
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    #23 - If at First You Don't Succeed... You Don't Succeed

    Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 10/11/1971

    Can new born babies solve complex problems? Horizon works with psychologists to see how they measure this capacity.

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  • One Liverpool or Two?
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    #24 - One Liverpool or Two?

    Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 10/18/1971

    Do city planners in Liverpool have unrealistic expectations? Horizon looks into the development and planning process of Liverpool, England.

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  • Rutherford / The Cavendish Today
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    #25 - Rutherford / The Cavendish Today

    Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 10/25/1971

    This is a two part episode of Horizon. First, Horizon looks at the life of centenary Ernest Rutherford, followed by a report of the Cavendish Labratory in Cambridge, England.

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