The Goddess of the Earth

1Colourful Notions

60 minJan 7, 1985

Documentary about colour perception based on the theories of Dr. Edwin Land, which oppose the long-held three-receptor theory of colour vision

2A World of Their Own

60 minJan 14, 1985

Horizon takes a look at consultant psychiatrists.

3Decoding Danebury

60 minJan 21, 1985

Horizon looks at the way modern archaeologists extract information from a site dig.

4A Mission to Heal

60 minJan 28, 1985

This Horizon episode is about a hospital in the African country of Kenya where the medical staff tells of a new approach to health care among the Pokot tribe.

5Mystery of the Left Hand

60 minFeb 4, 1985

In this episode, Horizon explores the characteristics of left-handed people.

6The Theatre of War

60 minFeb 11, 1985

Horizon examines new military technology which will come to dominate the battlefields of the future.

7The Careful Predator

60 minFeb 25, 1985

This episode of Horizon is about the controversial policy in African nation of Zimbabwe of encouraging villagers to allow wild animals back onto their land.

8What Einstein Never Knew

60 minMar 4, 1985

This documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.

9Eurekaaargh!

60 minMar 11, 1985

Horizon brings you a report by Robert Symes who offers ten golden guidelines on how to be a successful inventor.

10Careering On

60 minMar 18, 1985

This is a Horizon follow-up report on the careers of seven British teenagers studying Science 'O' levels back in 1978.

11How to Film the Impossible

60 minMar 25, 1985

This episode of Horizon looks at how the world's best special effects technicians create some of Hollywood's most spectacular film scenes.

12The Food Allergy War

60 minApr 1, 1985

Horizon investigates how food allergy has developed from the 1950's to the present.

13The Goddess of the Earth

60 minApr 15, 1985Now viewing

Horizon examines a hypothesis that life itself manipulates the planet to enhance it's own survival.

14IRAS - The Supercooled Eye

60 minApr 22, 1985

This Horizon documentary examines the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) which has detected evidence of planetary systems around distant stars.

15A Prize Discovery

60 minApr 29, 1985

Horizon reports on the current medical treatment of Malaria and Leukemia.

16The Wrong Stuff

60 minMay 13, 1985

Eighty per cent of all crashes are caused by 'human error'. Finding out what that means in terms of human behaviour has been called the last great frontier in aviation safety.