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Horizon, Season 23, Episode 11, To Engineer Is Human
in Horizon, Season 23, Episode 11 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 50 mins
This documentary examines engineering and explains how failures of imagination rather than miscalculations can often lead to disaster and how engineers can often learn more from a single failure than from a thousand successes.
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in Horizon, Season 23, Episode 11 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 50 mins
Description
This documentary examines engineering and explains how failures of imagination rather than miscalculations can often lead to disaster and how engineers can often learn more from a single failure than from a thousand successes.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Henry Petroski
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
Henry Petroski
Topic / Theme
Civil engineering, Engineering, Science
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 BBC Worldwide
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Horizon, Season 23, Episode 18, Aircrash - The Burning Issue
produced by Alec Nisbett, fl. 1980-1989, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 23, Episode 18 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 50 mins
This documentary examines the fire hazards present in commercial airliners, specifically those in British Airtours Flight 28M. With fire (and smoke inhalation) being the single greatest risk during a plane crash, the stakes for understanding fire dynamics have never been higher.
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produced by Alec Nisbett, fl. 1980-1989, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 23, Episode 18 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 50 mins
Description
This documentary examines the fire hazards present in commercial airliners, specifically those in British Airtours Flight 28M. With fire (and smoke inhalation) being the single greatest risk during a plane crash, the stakes for understanding fire dynamics have never been higher.
Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alec Nisbett, fl. 1980-1989, British Broadcasting Corporation, Paul Vaughan, 1925-2014
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
Paul Vaughan, 1925-2014
Topic / Theme
Saudia Flight 163, British Airtours Flight 28M, Aerospace engineering, Engineering, Science
Copyright Message
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Horizon, Season 30, Episode 8, Hubble Vision
produced by Alan Nisbett, in Horizon, Season 30, Episode 8 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1995), 49 mins
This documentary serves as a synopsis for the events leading up the 1993 launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The purpose of this mission was to repair a flawed mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope.
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produced by Alan Nisbett, in Horizon, Season 30, Episode 8 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1995), 49 mins
Description
This documentary serves as a synopsis for the events leading up the 1993 launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The purpose of this mission was to repair a flawed mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alan Nisbett, Andrew Sachs, 1930-2016
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Sachs, 1930-2016
Topic / Theme
Aerospace engineering, Space exploration, Engineering, Science
Copyright Message
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Horizon, Season 48, Episode 7, Playing God
directed by Matthew Dyas, fl. 2005-2017; presented by Adam Rutherford, 1975-; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 48, Episode 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 55 mins
Recent scientific breakthroughs mean that we no longer have to wait 3 billion years for organisms to evolve - we can build them ourselves in the lab. Nature is being dismantled into a series of 'spare parts' that we have the potential to engineer, refine, and rebuild into whatever we see fit. As nature becomes a t...
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directed by Matthew Dyas, fl. 2005-2017; presented by Adam Rutherford, 1975-; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 48, Episode 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 55 mins
Description
Recent scientific breakthroughs mean that we no longer have to wait 3 billion years for organisms to evolve - we can build them ourselves in the lab. Nature is being dismantled into a series of 'spare parts' that we have the potential to engineer, refine, and rebuild into whatever we see fit. As nature becomes a toolkit, our view of the world around us has to change. But can this life-from-the-laboratory provide real benefits for us and our envir...
Recent scientific breakthroughs mean that we no longer have to wait 3 billion years for organisms to evolve - we can build them ourselves in the lab. Nature is being dismantled into a series of 'spare parts' that we have the potential to engineer, refine, and rebuild into whatever we see fit. As nature becomes a toolkit, our view of the world around us has to change. But can this life-from-the-laboratory provide real benefits for us and our environment? Or is it a Frankenstein science with more dangers than benefits? Adam Rutherford is on a mission to find out.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Matthew Dyas, fl. 2005-2017, Adam Rutherford, 1975-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Horizon, Season 48, Horizon Special, Materials: A Horizon Guide
directed by Penny Palmer, fl. 2008; presented by Jem Stansfield, 1975-; produced by Penny Palmer, fl. 2008, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 48, Horizon Special (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour
The modern era has seen an explosion in materials science. Often these new materials are the end product of much larger shifts in industry, science and technology - from air travel to the race for space. This programme reviews the advances that have shaped the modern material age and considers how these materials...
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directed by Penny Palmer, fl. 2008; presented by Jem Stansfield, 1975-; produced by Penny Palmer, fl. 2008, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 48, Horizon Special (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour
Description
The modern era has seen an explosion in materials science. Often these new materials are the end product of much larger shifts in industry, science and technology - from air travel to the race for space. This programme reviews the advances that have shaped the modern material age and considers how these materials have affected our lives.
Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Penny Palmer, fl. 2008, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Penny Palmer, fl. 2008, Jem Stansfield, 1975-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Copyright Message
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Horizon, Season 53, Episode 7, Antarctica: Ice Station Rescue
directed by Natalie Hewit, fl. 2012; produced by Natalie Hewit, fl. 2012, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 53, Episode 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2017), 57 mins
Britain’s state-of-the-art Antarctic research base – the Halley VI – is in trouble. It sits on top of a massive ice shelf. But a huge chasm is opening in the ice. If the base isn’t moved, it could be cast adrift – and ultimately sink to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Horizon follows the team of around...
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directed by Natalie Hewit, fl. 2012; produced by Natalie Hewit, fl. 2012, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 53, Episode 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2017), 57 mins
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Britain’s state-of-the-art Antarctic research base – the Halley VI – is in trouble. It sits on top of a massive ice shelf. But a huge chasm is opening in the ice. If the base isn’t moved, it could be cast adrift – and ultimately sink to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Horizon follows the team of around 100 everyday heroes tasked with the toughest moving job on Earth. The rescue mission has one thing in its favour: Halley was built on...
Britain’s state-of-the-art Antarctic research base – the Halley VI – is in trouble. It sits on top of a massive ice shelf. But a huge chasm is opening in the ice. If the base isn’t moved, it could be cast adrift – and ultimately sink to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Horizon follows the team of around 100 everyday heroes tasked with the toughest moving job on Earth. The rescue mission has one thing in its favour: Halley was built on a giant set of skis that mean it can, in theory, be moved. But no-one has attempted it before. Join the team in the most extreme environment on Earth, as they take an extraordinary step into the unknown.
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Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Natalie Hewit, fl. 2012, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Natalie Hewit, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
Natalie Hewit, fl. 2012
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 BBC Worldwide
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Horizon, Season 53, Episode 9, 10 Things You Need To Know About the Future
directed by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990; presented by James Young, fl. 2016, Giles Yeo, 1973-, Zoe Williams, 1980-, Adam Rutherford, 1975-, Michael Mosley, 1957-, Teena Gade, fl. 2006, Kevin Fong, 1971-, Helen Czerski, 1978- and Hannah Fry, 1984-; produced by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation and Open University, in Horizon, Season 53, Episode 9 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2017), 56 mins
Over the last 50 years, the world has changed beyond recognition. In the 1950s some of the most common jobs were secretary, milkman and plumber. Today it’s more like account manager, solicitor and teacher. What will the world be like in another 50 years? What jobs will we be doing? What differences will we see i...
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directed by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990; presented by James Young, fl. 2016, Giles Yeo, 1973-, Zoe Williams, 1980-, Adam Rutherford, 1975-, Michael Mosley, 1957-, Teena Gade, fl. 2006, Kevin Fong, 1971-, Helen Czerski, 1978- and Hannah Fry, 1984-; produced by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation and Open University, in Horizon, Season 53, Episode 9 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2017), 56 mins
Description
Over the last 50 years, the world has changed beyond recognition. In the 1950s some of the most common jobs were secretary, milkman and plumber. Today it’s more like account manager, solicitor and teacher. What will the world be like in another 50 years? What jobs will we be doing? What differences will we see in the world around us? Horizon reveals 10 things you need to know about the future. Using the latest scientific discoveries and insight...
Over the last 50 years, the world has changed beyond recognition. In the 1950s some of the most common jobs were secretary, milkman and plumber. Today it’s more like account manager, solicitor and teacher. What will the world be like in another 50 years? What jobs will we be doing? What differences will we see in the world around us? Horizon reveals 10 things you need to know about the future. Using the latest scientific discoveries and insights, the team discover what our world will look like in the year 2050.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Peter Leonard, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation, Open University
Author / Creator
Peter Leonard, fl. 1990, James Young, fl. 2016, Giles Yeo, 1973-, Zoe Williams, 1980-, Adam Rutherford, 1975-, Michael Mosley, 1957-, Teena Gade, fl. 2006, Kevin Fong, 1971-, Helen Czerski, 1978-, Hannah Fry, 1984-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Copyright Message
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Horizon, Season 53, Episode 11, Horizon: Dippy And The Whale
directed by Annie MacKinder, fl. 2018; produced by Annie MacKinder, fl. 2018 and Nikki Seare, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 53, Episode 11 (London, England: BBC Worldwide), 56 mins
The Natural History Museum in London is undertaking the biggest challenge in its 130-year history. Dippy, the museum’s iconic dinosaur, has taken centre stage for decades – but this venerable beast is not even a real fossil. Now, Dippy has been taken down, to be replaced by a 25-metre blue whale – a real ani...
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directed by Annie MacKinder, fl. 2018; produced by Annie MacKinder, fl. 2018 and Nikki Seare, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 53, Episode 11 (London, England: BBC Worldwide), 56 mins
Description
The Natural History Museum in London is undertaking the biggest challenge in its 130-year history. Dippy, the museum’s iconic dinosaur, has taken centre stage for decades – but this venerable beast is not even a real fossil. Now, Dippy has been taken down, to be replaced by a 25-metre blue whale – a real animal skeleton, the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth. Horizon goes behind the scenes to follow this super-sized challenge. How...
The Natural History Museum in London is undertaking the biggest challenge in its 130-year history. Dippy, the museum’s iconic dinosaur, has taken centre stage for decades – but this venerable beast is not even a real fossil. Now, Dippy has been taken down, to be replaced by a 25-metre blue whale – a real animal skeleton, the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth. Horizon goes behind the scenes to follow this super-sized challenge. How do you move the biggest skeleton on the planet? This is an engineering challenge on a scale that no-one at the museum has faced before: a 21st century challenge in one of the oldest museums in the world.
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Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Annie MacKinder, fl. 2018, Nikki Seare, British Broadcasting Corporation, David Attenborough, 1926-
Author / Creator
Annie MacKinder, fl. 2018
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
David Attenborough, 1926-
Copyright Message
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Horizon, Season 54, Episode 3, How To Build a Time Machine
directed by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990; produced by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 54, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2018), 56 mins
If you think time travel is impossible, think again. We can now make machines capable of this astonishing feat. Voyager One, NASA’s space probe that left Earth in the ‘70s, has been travelling at such staggering speeds it’s now traveled over one second into the future. And after moving through space at high...
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directed by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990; produced by Peter Leonard, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 54, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2018), 56 mins
Description
If you think time travel is impossible, think again. We can now make machines capable of this astonishing feat. Voyager One, NASA’s space probe that left Earth in the ‘70s, has been travelling at such staggering speeds it’s now traveled over one second into the future. And after moving through space at high speed for 803 days, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev aged fractionally less than the rest of us. So how far through time can our techn...
If you think time travel is impossible, think again. We can now make machines capable of this astonishing feat. Voyager One, NASA’s space probe that left Earth in the ‘70s, has been travelling at such staggering speeds it’s now traveled over one second into the future. And after moving through space at high speed for 803 days, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev aged fractionally less than the rest of us. So how far through time can our technology take us? Go back to the future with Horizon, and discover how close we are to cracking one of science’s biggest conundrums.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Peter Leonard, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation, Mark Gatiss, 1966-
Author / Creator
Peter Leonard, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
Mark Gatiss, 1966-
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 BBC Worldwide
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How Did They Build That, 1, Iron and Steel
directed by Ben Anthony, fl. 2014; produced by Paul Murray, in How Did They Build That, 1 (London, England: TVF International, 1998), 35 mins
An investigation into the greatest man-made structures of all time, exploring how new materials and construction techniques have allowed engineers, builders and architects to work to the limits of their ability. The series focuses on the buildings that re-wrote the rulebook, and the architects, engineers and build...
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directed by Ben Anthony, fl. 2014; produced by Paul Murray, in How Did They Build That, 1 (London, England: TVF International, 1998), 35 mins
Description
An investigation into the greatest man-made structures of all time, exploring how new materials and construction techniques have allowed engineers, builders and architects to work to the limits of their ability. The series focuses on the buildings that re-wrote the rulebook, and the architects, engineers and builders who made the impossible possible.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Paul Murray, Scott Steedman
Author / Creator
Ben Anthony, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
TVF International
Series
How Did They Build That
Speaker / Narrator
Scott Steedman
Person Discussed
Scott Steedman
Topic / Theme
Buildings, Construction, Engineering, Science, Art & Architecture
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of TVF International.
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