
Horizon
1972
197233 episodes
Episodes
- E1
The Missing Link
1972-01-03 · 60m
In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
- E2
Navajo - The Last Red Indians
1972-01-10 · 60m
Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
- E3
How Much Do You Smell?
1972-01-17 · 60m
Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
- E4
The Parasite of Paradise
1972-01-31 · 60m
This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
- E5
The Day it Rained Periwinkles
1972-02-07 · 60m
Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
- E6
Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?
1972-02-14 · 60m
Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
- E7
How They Sold Doomsday
1972-02-21 · 60m
In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
- E8
For Love or Money?
1972-02-28 · 60m
In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
- E9
Whales, Dolphins and Men
1972-03-06 · 60m
Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
- E10
What Is Race?
1972-03-13 · 60m
Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
- E11
The Man-Made Lakes in Africa
1972-03-20 · 60m
Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
- E12
Survival in the Sahara
1972-03-27 · 60m
This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
- E13
Mind Over Body
1972-04-10 · 60m
This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
- E14
Out of Volcanoes
1972-04-17 · 60m
In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
- E15
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1972-05-01 · 60m
Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
- E16
Rail Crash
1972-05-08 · 60m
Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
- E17
Do You Dig National Parks?
1972-05-22 · 60m
Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
- E18
Sorry I Opened My Mouth
1972-06-12 · 60m
Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
- E19
The Way We Move
1972-07-03 · 60m
How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
- E20
The Life that Lives on Man
1972-07-10 · 60m
This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
- E21
Sex Can Be a Problem
1972-07-24 · 60m
In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
- E22
The Surgery of Violence
1972-07-31 · 60m
Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
- E23
Hospital, 1922
1972-10-12 · 60m
Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
- E24
When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
1972-10-19 · 60m
This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
- E25
The Making of the English Landscape
1972-10-26 · 60m
This episode of Horizon illustrates the ideas of Prof. W.G. Hoskins on the development of the English landscape from Iron Age times to the present.
- E26
Shadows of Bliss
1972-11-02 · 60m
Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
- E27
The Billion-Dollar Marsh
1972-11-09 · 60m
This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
- E28
Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
1972-11-16 · 60m
Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
- E29
The Making of a Natural History Film
1972-11-23 · 60m
This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
- E30
Fire
1972-11-30 · 60m
Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.
- E31
Alaskan Pipe-Dream
1972-12-07 · 60m
This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
- E32
Their Life in Your Hands
1972-12-21 · 60m
Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
- E33
Navigating Europe
1972-12-28 · 60m
Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.
