Horizon: 1982
Season 19 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Horizon Season 18.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 19 Progress Shield
The Secret of the Snake
Jan 11, 1982 · 60 min
Profile of the snake, which presents a close-up look at how it kills and digests it's prey. Also shows how snake venom could be used in the treatment of many human ailments.
Finding a Voice
Jan 18, 1982 · 60 min
An examination of computer-based communication aids for the severely speech impaired. Follows the trip to America of Dick Boydell, a cerebral palsy sufferer without the power of sp
The Sea Beyond the Dunes
Jan 25, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which looks at the wildlife of Pleasant Bay in New England marshland s of the Eastern USA, and their habitat.
Whatever Happened to the Energy Crisis?
Feb 1, 1982 · 60 min
Horizon explores what might happen when fossil fuel sources are depleted.
Notes of a Biology Watcher
Feb 8, 1982 · 60 min
Horizon documents how every one of us is owned and operated by other individuals; by hordes of hidden organisms.
The Cline Affair
Feb 15, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary on the first recorded instance of genetic engineering being carried out on a human, when in 1980, Dr. Martin Cline from Los Angeles operated on a 21 year old Israeli gi
The Million Murdering Death
Feb 22, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which looks at the way in which disease in the world fights back against modern scientific methods of controlling it, looking at the example of the eradication of Malar
Shots in the Dark
Mar 1, 1982 · 60 min
An examination of the use of Depo-Provera in the Third World. The contraceptive is injected and prevents pregnancy for three months, but it is banned in the U.S. because of the ris
The Victims
Mar 8, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which looks at the psychological effects of kidnapping and imprisonment on the victims,based on the psychological characteristics shown by former concentration camp vic
The Future - Made in Japan?
Mar 15, 1982 · 60 min
Examines the prospects for Japanese economic supremacy in the 1990s and asks whether Japan will be able to compete in the development of new technologies or whether it will continu
The Private Face of Medicine
Mar 22, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which looks at the boom in private medicine in GB and at the effects of this on the National Health Service in the country.
The Fatal Bargain
Apr 5, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which looks at the outbreak of a new disease in Spain in 1981 which has affected 17,000 people, killing 300, and the confusion which remains as to its causes. Although
The Miracle of Life
Oct 11, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which shows the human reproductive cycle from conception to birth, through the use of microscopic cameras within the human body.
The Case of the UFOs
Oct 18, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which looks at the phenomenon of the Unidentified Flying Object and the possible explanations behind their sighting and observation by mankind.
A Killing Rain
Oct 25, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary about acid rain. The effects of various forms of pollution caused by processes of everyday life, including the contamination of rain by the burning of coal and oil. Wri
Intimate Relations
Nov 1, 1982 · 60 min
A look at current research into the causes and effects of divorce in the Western world.
The Scientist and the Baby
Nov 8, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary which looks at the great advances in the performance of ante-natal operations on the human foetus and the implications of these technical facilities for patient and hea
Brave New Babies?
Nov 15, 1982 · 60 min
Oxford moral philosopher Jonathan Glover introduces some of the new developments in genetic engineering, looks at the future possibilities of human genetic engineering and outlines
The Professor of Surgery
Nov 29, 1982 · 60 min
An informal portrait of Prof. Ian McColl at work in Guy's Hospital, London, and in Kent. He discusses what makes a good surgeon; how he teaches his students to talk to their future
The Chopper
Dec 6, 1982 · 60 min
Traces the evolution of the helicopter, using rare archive footage of early pioneering flights. Also examines the latest research within the industry, and, with the aid of graphics
The State of the Planet
Dec 13, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary on the discussions at the second UN Environment Conference,in London in 1982,illustrating the points made in the debates on the possible future of the planet.
The Mysterious Mr. Tesla
Dec 20, 1982 · 60 min
Documentary about the little known Yugoslav-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose experiments with electricity and wireless foreshadowed the discoveries of Edison and Marconi. Som