Horizon S18E19 · The Grid

Overview

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.

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1. 1 1. Spend and Prosper1981-01-05 · 1h 0mHorizon presents a portrait of the renowned economist John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge Don, and Bloomsbury intellectual.
2. 2 2. A Whole New Medicine1981-01-12 · 1h 0mThis episode of Horizon is about holistic medicine, health for the whole person, which uses unorthodox therapies.
3. 3 3. The Qualyub Project1981-01-19 · 1h 0mHorizon explores the research of Egyptian doctors in trying to control bilharzia, a disease caused by parasitic worms.
4. 4 4. No One Will Take Me Seriously1981-01-26 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates the reports about a number of scientists who do not conform to contemporary scientific theories.
5. 5 5. Living with Dying1981-02-02 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates the care given to the terminally ill by hospices.
6. 6 6. A Is for Atom, B Is for Bomb1981-02-09 · 1h 0mIn this episode, Horizon presents a portrait of Dr. Edward Teller, whose opinions about nuclear war are highly controversial.
7. 7 7. Who Will Deliver Your Baby?1981-02-16 · 1h 0mHorizon reports on the changing role of the community midwife in Britain as more births take place in hospital.
8. 8 8. West of Bangalore1981-03-02 · 1h 0mA group of scientists are trying to solve public utility problems in Mysore, India.
9. 9 9. Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts1981-03-09 · 1h 0mHorizon examines the design of Formula One racing cars with a particular reference to the aerodynamic 'skirt'.
10. 10 10. Hello Universe!1981-03-16 · 1h 0mHorizon explores probabilities of whether we have any intelligent neighbors in space.
11. 11 11. Voices from Silent Hands1981-03-23 · 1h 0mHorizon presents a documentary on deaf children and their struggle to learn the sign language.
12. 12 12. Did Darwin Get It Wrong?1981-03-30 · 1h 0mIn this episode, Horizon explores the new evolutionary theory that there are sudden, vs. gradual, evolutionary changes from one species to another.
13. 13 13. East of Bombay1981-04-06 · 1h 0mThis 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 comm
14. 14 14. Resolution on Saturn - The Rings1981-04-11 · 1h 0mHorizon 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.
15. 15 15. Resolution on Saturn - The Moons1981-04-13 · 1h 0mHorizon 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.
16. 16 16. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose1981-09-28 · 1h 0mIn 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.
17. 17 17. The Hunt for the Legion Killer1981-10-05 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates Legionnaires disease and the research being carried out in the USA to try find a cause and cure.
18. 18 18. Breaking in Children1981-10-12 · 1h 0mIn this story, Horizon follows the efforts of two mothers who attempt gain control over their very disobedient children.
19. 19 19. The Grid1981-10-19 · 1h 0mHorizon 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 fierc
20. 20 20. Butterflies or Barley?1981-10-26 · 1h 0mHorizon reports on the conflict between the farmers and the conservationists over the English countryside.
21. 21 21. Science for the People1981-11-02 · 1h 0mHorizon 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
22. 22 22. The Race to Ruin1981-11-09 · 1h 0mThis 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 th
23. 23 23. Death of the Dinosaurs1981-11-16 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates theories about the mystery of why the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.
24. 24 24. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out1981-11-23 · 1h 0mRichard 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 thi
25. 25 25. The Cornucopia1981-11-30 · 1h 0mHorizon 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
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