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Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airships.
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This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.
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In England addicts get their heroin, and often cocaine, on the National Health Service: our system has prevented the growth of a drug-based criminal world, but Americans say that our system only worked when we did not have a serious addiction problem. Now we do. Does our present system make it too easy for the casual drug experimenter to become a hard-core addict? Is there anything we can learn from the American situation?
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Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.
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In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.
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This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.
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Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.
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Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.
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This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.
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Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.
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In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.
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Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.
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In 1917, Russia had fewer than twenty doctors for every million of her people. Today, the figure is over 2,000: almost twice as many as in this country. The organisational changes that were necessary to build a Health Service in the country with the largest share of the earth's surface were vast. The resulting system is very different from ours.
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In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.
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This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.
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Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.
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Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.
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Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.
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This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.
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Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.
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In this episode, Horizon investigates the study of science by african americans.
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In this episode, Horizon reports on the exploration and survey of the oceans of the world.
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Prof. N.W.G. MacIntosh investigates the origin of the Talgai Skull found in Australia in 1886.
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In this episode of Horizon, Michael Balfour invites us to share in the mystery and magic of the "Magic Lantern".