1981

January 19, 1981

Horizon explores the research of Egyptian doctors in trying to control bilharzia, a disease caused by parasitic worms.

January 26, 1981

Horizon investigates the reports about a number of scientists who do not conform to contemporary scientific theories.

February 2, 1981

Horizon investigates the care given to the terminally ill by hospices.

February 9, 1981

In this episode, Horizon presents a portrait of Dr. Edward Teller, whose opinions about nuclear war are highly controversial.

February 16, 1981

Horizon reports on the changing role of the community midwife in Britain as more births take place in hospital.

March 2, 1981

A group of scientists are trying to solve public utility problems in Mysore, India.

March 9, 1981

Horizon examines the design of Formula One racing cars with a particular reference to the aerodynamic 'skirt'.

March 16, 1981

Horizon explores probabilities of whether we have any intelligent neighbors in space.

March 23, 1981

Horizon presents a documentary on deaf children and their struggle to learn the sign language.

March 30, 1981

In this episode, Horizon explores the new evolutionary theory that there are sudden, vs. gradual, evolutionary changes from one species to another.

April 6, 1981

This show is a Horizon documentary about the training by two doctors from India, Rajnikant and Mabelle Arole, who are trying to combat the curable diseases. These diseases are common killers in Indian communities. Also, a report on Salubai, one of these native health workers and her work at Kamkhed in Western India.

April 11, 1981

Horizon presents a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

April 13, 1981

Horizon presents the second episode of a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

September 28, 1981

In this documentary on nuclear energy, Horizon looks at three experts with regard to the prospect of a nuclear power station sited for construction near where they live.

October 5, 1981

Horizon investigates Legionnaires disease and the research being carried out in the USA to try find a cause and cure.

October 12, 1981

In this story, Horizon follows the efforts of two mothers who attempt gain control over their very disobedient children.

October 19, 1981

Horizon presents a followup episode of Gentlemen, Lift Up Your Skirts, covering the Formula One racing season while investigating the way the William's racing team fought the fierce competition of the French and Italian racings teams by finding ways around new rulings to make their cars first on the grid.

October 26, 1981

Horizon reports on the conflict between the farmers and the conservationists over the English countryside.

November 2, 1981

Horizon presents a two part documentary looking at the science and technology inside the Soviet Union. In this episode, we look at why the Russians might need to import a chemical processing plant from the UK and computers from the USA when they have a quarter of the world's scientists and still give science and research the highest priority.

November 9, 1981

This is the second part of the Horizon documentary on the Soviet Union. In this report, we examine the basis for the space arms race between USA and USSR. Are the US efforts for the extensive space defense system to match the Russians based on a misconception of the USSR war effort from space?

November 16, 1981

Horizon investigates theories about the mystery of why the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.

November 23, 1981

Richard Feymann was one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers or the 20th century. He rebuilt the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and it was for this work that he won the Nobel Prize in 1965. In this documentary he talks about his motivations to be a scientist and a teacher of science.

November 30, 1981

Horizon explores the Common Agricultural Policy of the EEC that produces mountains of food. We look at the position which many European farmers occupy in western European economies which leads to the creation of overproduction of agricultural products. Do they need to reform the policy?

December 7, 1981

Horizon reports on the efforts of the British Advanced Passenger Train (APT) engineering team trying to prepare the new APT for its first run.

December 21, 1981

Horizon presents a documentary on the advances of computer graphics and its multiple uses in simulating reality in industry and science. It looks at the manipulation of 3-D images to paint, animate, design, and test scientific hypothesis.