Horizon (1964)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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1969x01 Inside Every Fat Man
02 January, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon probes into the problems of obesity and investigates cures for obesity using diets and drugs.
1969x02 If Only They Could Speak
09 January, 1969 9:00 pm
A report by Horizon examining animal intelligence and looking at the reasons why no other animal has matched man in mental ability.
1969x03 The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye
16 January, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the importance of the eye, diseases of the eye, and current research on sight.
1969x04 The Years of the Locust
23 January, 1969 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon reports on how in the last 2 years, the desert locust has been breeding in Southern Arabia by the Red Sea.
1969x05 The Gifted Child
30 January, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on the problems associated with raising and educating children of very high intelligence.
1969x06 The Last of the Polymaths
06 February, 1969 9:00 pm
This episode is a biography of the late professor J. B. S. Haldane whose life is described by his family, friends, and critics.
1969x07 Music and the Mind
13 February, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon looks into music therapy used in the treatment of mental disorders.
1969x08 Report on V.D.
20 February, 1969 9:00 pm
This investigation by Horizon centers on the problems caused by venerial disease both in detection and cure.
1969x09 A True Madness
22 February, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the problem of schizophrenia and discusses its causes and the ways in which it can be treated.
1969x10 Extra Sensory Perception
27 February, 1969 9:00 pm
1969x11 The Drift from Science
06 March, 1969 9:00 pm
This report by Horizon examines the reason for a fall in the percentage of school children doing science.
1969x12 Powers of Persuasion
13 March, 1969 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon is about advertising, looking at how it works and the application of scientific methods to persuade us to buy.
1969x13 The View from Space
20 March, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon looks into what man has seen and done during 10 years of space exploration.
1969x14 The Unborn Patient
27 March, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates new medical techniques to diagnose and treat unborn infants leading to a higher survival rate.
1969x15 King Solomon's Garden
10 April, 1969 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon looks at the communication systems of animals.
1969x16 Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow
24 April, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates pollution problems in Britain with sewage and industrial wastes, and at the health risks associated with the pollution.
1969x17 Shark
01 May, 1969 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon examines our attempts to understand one of the oldest inhabitants of the sea, the shark.
1969x18 Technology and Self-Determination
15 May, 1969 9:00 pm
Sebastian Z. de Ferranti gives the Royal Society lecture for 1969 on technological development.
1969x19 After Apollo
22 May, 1969 9:00 pm
The US spent $40 billion to put man on the moon, yet the real objectives of the space program remain obscure.
1969x20 Discovery
29 May, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on the research being carried out in the fields of botany, astronomy, biochemistry, meteorology, and zoology.
1969x21 Machines and People
05 June, 1969 9:00 pm
1969x22 Science on Safari
15 September, 1969 9:00 pm
The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
1969x23 The Problem of Pain
29 September, 1969 9:00 pm
In this episode, Horizon reports on the problems of pain, and the theory put forward that pain is closely connected with personality.
1969x24 Four Fast Legs and a Nose
06 October, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon explores "man's best friend", the dog, and examines its origins and how its special relationship with men came about.
1969x25 Father of the Man
13 October, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates surveys being carried out on British children to test Freud's theories.
1969x26 Master of the Microscope
20 October, 1969 9:00 pm
In this episode, Roman Vishniac talks about his study of living things in their natural habitat as his life's work.
1969x27 C.E.R.N.
27 October, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on the research into high-energy physics carried on at C.E.R.N. laboratory located near Geneva, Switzerland.
1969x28 Snap, Crackle and Bang
03 November, 1969 9:00 pm
1969x29 Cancer Now
10 November, 1969 9:00 pm
A report on current research into cancer and the subsequent knowledge and problems it brings.
1969x30 There's a Rhino in My Sugar
17 November, 1969 9:00 pm
1969x31 Fit to Live
24 November, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the limits of survival under extreme and normal enviromental conditions.
1969x32 Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs
01 December, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on the development of the Dutch nation's continuing fight against the encroachment of the sea.
1969x33 How Much Do You Drink?
08 December, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates how drinking affects human behavior.
1969x34 A Game of War
15 December, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon covers a simulated war game of a Middle East crisis, with different teams playing the roles of the major parties involved.
1969x35 Bread
22 December, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon explores the problem of feeding the growing world population.
1969x36 For the Safety of Mankind
29 December, 1969 9:00 pm
Horizon investigate the dilemma of whether a scientist should put his loyalty to mankind before his loyalty to his country.
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