Horizon · SEASON 18
Science for the People
Episode 21 · 1981-11-02
- Documentary
Episode overview
Horizon 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 processing plant from the UK and computers from the USA when they have a quarter of the world's scientists and still give science and research the highest priority.
60 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Spend and Prosper1981-01-05
2. A Whole New Medicine1981-01-12
3. The Qualyub Project1981-01-19
4. No One Will Take Me Seriously1981-01-26
5. Living with Dying1981-02-02
6. A Is for Atom, B Is for Bomb1981-02-09
7. Who Will Deliver Your Baby?1981-02-16
8. West of Bangalore1981-03-02
9. Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts1981-03-09
10. Hello Universe!1981-03-16
11. Voices from Silent Hands1981-03-23
12. Did Darwin Get It Wrong?1981-03-30
13. East of Bombay1981-04-06
14. Resolution on Saturn - The Rings1981-04-11
15. Resolution on Saturn - The Moons1981-04-13
16. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose1981-09-28
17. The Hunt for the Legion Killer1981-10-05
18. Breaking in Children1981-10-12
19. The Grid1981-10-19
20. Butterflies or Barley?1981-10-26
21. Science for the People1981-11-02
22. The Race to Ruin1981-11-09
23. Death of the Dinosaurs1981-11-16
24. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out1981-11-23
25. The Cornucopia1981-11-30
26. A Race Against Time1981-12-07
27. Painting by Numbers1981-12-21
