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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!

The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 8

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    #1 - Wildlife - The Last Great Battle

    S8:E1

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Great Ormond Street

    S8:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - A Bulldozer Through Heaven

    S8:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Rumors of War

    S8:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - I'm Dependent - You're Addicted (I)

    S8:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Kuru - To Tremble with Fear

    S8:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled

    S8:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - What Kind of Doctor?

    S8:E8

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - A Nice Sort of Accident to Have

    S8:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - The Wood

    S8:E10

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - The Measure of Man

    S8:E11

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Three Score Years and Then?

    S8:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Darwin's Bulldog

    S8:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - The Secret

    S8:E14

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - What Every Girl Should Know

    S8:E15

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Tastes of Foods to Come

    S8:E16

    Horizon reports on food technology now experimenting with meat substitutes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - Looking for a Happy Landing

    S8:E17

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - A Case of Depression

    S8:E18

    Horizon investigates how to treat depressive illneses.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #19 - The Total War Machine

    S8:E19

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - The Dinosaur Hunters

    S8:E20

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #21 - Your Country Needs You?

    S8:E21

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Rheumatism

    S8:E22

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - If at First You Don't Succeed... You Don't Succeed

    S8:E23

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #24 - One Liverpool or Two?

    S8:E24

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Rutherford / The Cavendish Today

    S8:E25

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Wildlife - The Last Great Battle" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/4/1971. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Great Ormond Street".