Documentary about the little known Yugoslav-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose experiments with electricity and wireless foreshadowed the discoveries of Edison and Marconi. Some of his most spectacular experiments are recreated by the programme's presenter Robert Syme.
Aired: Jan 11, 1982Profile of the snake, which presents a close-up look at how it kills and dige...
Aired: Jan 18, 1982Documentary looking at examples of curious aerial and visual phenomena which ...
Aired: Jan 25, 1982Documentary which looks at the wildlife of Pleasant Bay in New England marshl...
Aired: Feb 1, 1982Horizon explores what might happen when fossil fuel sources are depleted.
Aired: Feb 8, 1982Horizon documents how every one of us is owned and operated by other individu...
Aired: Feb 15, 1982Documentary on the first recorded instance of genetic engineering being carri...
Aired: Feb 22, 1982A portrait of Professor Ian McColl, surgeon at Guys Hospital, London.
Aired: Mar 1, 1982An examination of the use of Depo-Provera in the Third World. The contracepti...
Aired: Mar 8, 1982Documentary which looks at the psychological effects of kidnapping and impris...
Aired: Mar 15, 1982Examines the prospects for Japanese economic supremacy in the 1990s and asks ...
Aired: Mar 22, 1982Documentary which looks at the boom in private medicine in GB and at the effe...
Aired: Apr 5, 1982Documentary which looks at the outbreak of a new disease in Spain in 1981 whi...
Aired: Oct 11, 1982Documentary which shows the human reproductive cycle from conception to birth...
Aired: Oct 18, 1982Documentary which looks at the phenomenon of the Unidentified Flying Object a...
Aired: Oct 25, 1982Documentary about acid rain. The effects of various forms of pollution caused...
16. What Little Girls Are Made Of
Aired: Nov 1, 1982A look at current research into the causes and effects of divorce in the West...
17. British Science - On the Wrong Track?
Aired: Nov 8, 1982Documentary which looks at the great advances in the performance of ante-nata...
Aired: Nov 15, 1982Oxford moral philosopher Jonathan Glover introduces some of the new developme...
Aired: Nov 29, 1982An informal portrait of Prof. Ian McColl at work in Guy's Hospital, London, a...
Aired: Dec 6, 1982Traces the evolution of the helicopter, using rare archive footage of early p...
Aired: Dec 13, 1982Documentary on the discussions at the second UN Environment Conference,in Lon...
Aired: Dec 20, 1982Documentary about the little known Yugoslav-American scientist Nikola Tesla, ...
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: BBC Two
Production Country: United Kingdom
Genres:Documentary
