Horizon: 1988
Season 25 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 24.
- 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 25 Progress Shield
The Transpanted Brain
Jan 4, 1988 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon looks at a new approach that holds hope for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease.
Death of a Star
Jan 11, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon documents the first sighting of a star in supernova at its initial stages. The study of the spacial event provides fascinating insight into the life of our own universe.
Playing With Madness
Jan 18, 1988 · 60 min
In the report by Horizon, they looks at manic depression and how is now known that it has a strong genetic component.
The Canal in the Jungle
Jan 25, 1988 · 60 min
This episode of the Horizon explores the Panama Canal, now a billion dollar commercial sea crossroad between continents. The future of the canal is in danger because of damage to r
Death of the Working Classes
Feb 1, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon investigates how those who are born into a working class family are at greater risk of dying early than if born a child of the professional classes.
The Greenhouse Effect
Feb 8, 1988 · 60 min
This documentary report by Horizon examines the devastating effects of the Greenhouse Effect (earth's temperature rising) and how man is causing it.
Struggling for Control
Feb 15, 1988 · 60 min
This is a Horizon report on Britain's air traffic control capabilities and the use of outdated and unreliable equipment.
Thinking
Feb 22, 1988 · 60 min
Explores the limits of digital computers and artificial intelligence. Includes the views of John Searle, a philosopher at the University of California who refutes the claims for 't
Patients on Trial
Feb 29, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon looks at the experimental treatment of four cancer patients in the USA who have volunteered to try the LAK/Interleuken 2 treatment.
Purple Warrior - Rules of Engagement
Mar 7, 1988 · 60 min
This is part one of a two-part series by Horizon reporting on a military exercise code named Purple Warrior which is designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands war.
Purple Warrior - Limited War
Mar 14, 1988 · 60 min
This is part two of a two-part series by Horizon reporting on a military exercise code named Purple Warrior which is designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands war.
The Heart of Another
Mar 28, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon looks at the progress of two heart disease patients at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital in Britain.
Easter Islands - The Secret
Apr 11, 1988 · 60 min
This is part one of a two-part Horizon series about the mystery of Easter Island, the stone statues, and the civilization that erected them.
Easter Islands - The Story
Apr 18, 1988 · 60 min
This is part two of a two-part Horizon series about the mystery of Easter Island, the stone statues, and the civilization that erected them.
Doctors to Be - Trial by Interview
Apr 23, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon presents part one of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, we look at the ordeal of an interview faced by two potential students appl
Doctors to Be - The Knowledge
Apr 24, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon presents part two of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, we examine the first two years of education at St. Mary's Medical School a
Doctors to Be - Welcome to the Real World
Apr 25, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon presents part three of a three-part series on the education of doctors in Britain. In this episode, a group of medical students are followed from the beginning of their thi
Cancer at Bay
May 2, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon investigates if changes in lifestyle could reduce the risks of cancer.
Traces of Murder
May 9, 1988 · 60 min
In this documentary, Horizon explores how to solve murder cases with the help of new technology.
The Hope of Progress
May 16, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon interviews the scientist and Nobel prize winner, Peter Medawar.
A Newsday Revolution
May 23, 1988 · 60 min
This report by Horizon covers how the electronic revolution in television news affects the way it is gathered, edited, and presented.
A Good Test?
Jun 6, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the use of psychological techniques in job recruitment and career development.
Superconductor - The Race for the Prize
Jun 13, 1988 · 60 min
This Horizon episode presents the breakthroughs in superconductivity research in several countries.
Believe Me
Jun 27, 1988 · 60 min
Horizon brings you a report on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis which is a neurological disease that has been puzzling doctors for more than 30 years.
The Quest for Tannu Tuva
Jul 4, 1988 · 60 min
Richard Feynman was not only an iconoclastic and influential theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate but also an explorer at heart. Feynman through video recordings and comments f