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Horizon
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC Two
Episode guide
Seasons
1975
Episodes
Episode 1
The Killer Dust
1975-01-20 · 60mThis investigative report by Horizon covers an investigation into the deaths of people who inhaled asbestos dust at Acre Mill, Yorkshire, England.
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Episode 2
A Time to Be Born
1975-01-27 · 50mInvestigates the growing tendency in hospitals to induce childbirth by injecting hormones into mothers. The practice has become increasingly widespread in recent years, and this film asks if induction is desirable, necessary, and safe.
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The Unsafe Sea
1975-02-10 · 60mThis episode of Horizon examines the problems of ship safety in the English Channel.
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The Change of Life
1975-02-17 · 60mHorizon investigates the symptoms of menopause and the various degrees in which it occurs.
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Project Fido
1975-02-24 · 60mThis episode of Horizon shows the peril to man of the ever increasing dog population in the western world.
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The Planets
1975-03-10 · 60mBy the end of 1974, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter had all been visited by spacecraft. For the first time scientists saw in sharp detail the continents, mountains, valleys and volcanoes of other worlds. Tonight's programme shows how these geological features give clues to the way the planets evolved; how they have helped scientists in their attempt to reach back 5,000 million years to understand the formation of the solar system itself.
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The Long, Long Walkabout
1975-04-07 · 60mThis report by Horizon covers an investigation by a group of Australian scientists that looks into the origins and history of the Australian Aborigines.
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The Overworked Miracle
1975-04-14 · 60mThis report by Horizon describes the resistance to antibiotics, fast growing in all countries, and the dangers it could mean for the future.
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Not the Cheapest, But the Best
1975-04-21 · 60mHorizon investigates the life and work of the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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A Spoonful of Roughage
1975-04-28 · 60mHorizon explores the effect of fibre in diet on the diseases of western world.
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Brain Poison
1975-05-05 · 60mHorizon presents an investigation into the effects on health of lead in the urban atmosphere.
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The Bulldog's Last Bark?
1975-05-12 · 60mThis is a Horizon report on the building of the British military deterrent from the first decision to make it in 1941 until the present state of lethargy.
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Benjamin
1975-05-19 · 60mThis episode of Horizon follows the progress of Benjamin Pile, born on 22 November, 1974, at Oxford in Britain.
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The McMaster Experiment
1975-06-02 · 60mThis report by Horizon covers an experiment at McMaster University Medical School, in Ontario, Canada.
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The Glazed Outlook
1975-06-09 · 60mHorizon investigates the attempts by the University of Newcastle in England to define and create an ideal living and working environment.
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The Three Chord Trick
1975-06-16 · 60mHorizon explores the psychology of music, as it explains why music has such a powerful emotive effect in every society.
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The Cleanest Place in the World
1975-06-23 · 60mThis report by Horizon brings you scientists that are using Antarctica as a giant natural lab to study who has polluted Earth most; man or nature.
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Strange Sleep
1975-06-30 · 60mHorizon investigates the discovery of gaseous anaesthetic from 1840 until the early years of 20th century.
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The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?
1975-07-07 · 60mHorizon reports on the history of superconductivity, from discovery, to the present.
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How Do You Read?
1975-07-14 · 60mIn this documentary, Horizon reports on the reading process; how it works for the fluent, and how it should be taught.
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The Sickly Sea
1975-07-21 · 60mThis episode of Horizon describes the various aspects of the pollution problem of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Happy Catastrophe
1975-07-28 · 60mIn this Horizon episode, Rene Thom's mathematical discovery of the catastrophe theory is investigated.
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To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima
1975-08-04 · 60mThis documentary by Horizon commemorates the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
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Cannabis
1975-08-11 · 60mHorizon takes a look at the history of cannabis and the research on the effects of smoking marijuana.
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Meditation and the Mind
1975-08-18 · 60mThis is a report by Horizon on Transcendental Meditation, or TM, brought to the West by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
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The Trobriand Experiment
1975-12-29 · 60mThis documentary by Horizon is about the Trobriand islanders, whose culture is based on the Kula, a communication system of giving and receiving.
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