Horizon · SEASON 19
The Cline Affair
Episode 6 · 1982-02-15
- Documentary
Episode overview
Documentary on the first recorded instance of genetic engineering being carried out on a human, when in 1980, Dr. Martin Cline from Los Angeles operated on a 21 year old Israeli girl in Jerusalem to renew her defective blood system by implanting human genes. The programme examines the difficult ethical and moral questions surrounding the field of genetic manipulation and looks at the future of gene therapy.
60 minutes
Season 19 episodes
1. The Secret of the Snake1982-01-11
2. Finding a Voice1982-01-18
3. The Sea Beyond the Dunes1982-01-25
4. Whatever Happened to the Energy Crisis?1982-02-01
5. Notes of a Biology Watcher1982-02-08
6. The Cline Affair1982-02-15
7. The Million Murdering Death1982-02-22
8. Shots in the Dark1982-03-01
9. The Victims1982-03-08
10. The Future - Made in Japan?1982-03-15
11. The Private Face of Medicine1982-03-22
12. The Fatal Bargain1982-04-05
13. The Miracle of Life1982-10-11
14. The Case of the UFOs1982-10-18
15. A Killing Rain1982-10-25
16. Intimate Relations1982-11-01
17. The Scientist and the Baby1982-11-08
18. Brave New Babies?1982-11-15
19. The Professor of Surgery1982-11-29
20. The Chopper1982-12-06
21. The State of the Planet1982-12-13
22. The Mysterious Mr. Tesla1982-12-20
