60 minutes
This investigative report by Horizon covers an investigation into the deaths of people who inhaled asbestos dust at Acre Mill, Yorkshire, England.
50 minutes
Investigates 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.
60 minutes
This episode of Horizon examines the problems of ship safety in the English Channel.
60 minutes
Horizon investigates the symptoms of menopause and the various degrees in which it occurs.
60 minutes
This episode of Horizon shows the peril to man of the ever increasing dog population in the western world.
60 minutes
By 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.
60 minutes
This report by Horizon covers an investigation by a group of Australian scientists that looks into the origins and history of the Australian Aborigines.
60 minutes
This report by Horizon describes the resistance to antibiotics, fast growing in all countries, and the dangers it could mean for the future.
60 minutes
Horizon investigates the life and work of the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
60 minutes
Horizon explores the effect of fibre in diet on the diseases of western world.
60 minutes
Horizon presents an investigation into the effects on health of lead in the urban atmosphere.
60 minutes
This 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.
60 minutes
This episode of Horizon follows the progress of Benjamin Pile, born on 22 November, 1974, at Oxford in Britain.
60 minutes
This report by Horizon covers an experiment at McMaster University Medical School, in Ontario, Canada.
60 minutes
Horizon investigates the attempts by the University of Newcastle in England to define and create an ideal living and working environment.
60 minutes
Horizon explores the psychology of music, as it explains why music has such a powerful emotive effect in every society.
60 minutes
This 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.
60 minutes
Horizon investigates the discovery of gaseous anaesthetic from 1840 until the early years of 20th century.
60 minutes
Horizon reports on the history of superconductivity, from discovery, to the present.
60 minutes
In this documentary, Horizon reports on the reading process; how it works for the fluent, and how it should be taught.
60 minutes
This episode of Horizon describes the various aspects of the pollution problem of the Mediterranean Sea.
60 minutes
In this Horizon episode, Rene Thom's mathematical discovery of the catastrophe theory is investigated.
60 minutes
This documentary by Horizon commemorates the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
60 minutes
Horizon takes a look at the history of cannabis and the research on the effects of smoking marijuana.
60 minutes
This is a report by Horizon on Transcendental Meditation, or TM, brought to the West by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
60 minutes
This documentary by Horizon is about the Trobriand islanders, whose culture is based on the Kula, a communication system of giving and receiving.