Horizon (1964)

1972

January 3, 1972 33 Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

The Missing Link

Jan 3, 1972

60 minutes

In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.

Episode 2

Navajo - The Last Red Indians

Jan 10, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.

Episode 3

How Much Do You Smell?

Jan 17, 1972

60 minutes

Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.

Episode 4

The Parasite of Paradise

Jan 31, 1972

60 minutes

This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.

Episode 5

The Day it Rained Periwinkles

Feb 7, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.

Episode 6

Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?

Feb 14, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.

Episode 7

How They Sold Doomsday

Feb 21, 1972

60 minutes

In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.

Episode 8

For Love or Money?

Feb 28, 1972

60 minutes

In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.

Episode 9

Whales, Dolphins and Men

Mar 6, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.

Episode 10

What Is Race?

Mar 13, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.

Episode 11

The Man-Made Lakes in Africa

Mar 20, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.

Episode 12

Survival in the Sahara

Mar 27, 1972

60 minutes

This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.

Episode 13

Mind Over Body

Apr 10, 1972

60 minutes

This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.

Episode 14

Out of Volcanoes

Apr 17, 1972

60 minutes

In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.

Episode 15

The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

May 1, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.

Episode 16

Rail Crash

May 8, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.

Episode 17

Do You Dig National Parks?

May 22, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.

Episode 18

Sorry I Opened My Mouth

Jun 12, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.

Episode 19

The Way We Move

Jul 3, 1972

60 minutes

How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.

Episode 20

The Life that Lives on Man

Jul 10, 1972

60 minutes

This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.

Episode 21

Sex Can Be a Problem

Jul 24, 1972

60 minutes

In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.

Episode 22

The Surgery of Violence

Jul 31, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.

Episode 23

Hospital, 1922

Oct 12, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.

Episode 24

When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames

Oct 19, 1972

60 minutes

This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.

Episode 25

The Making of the English Landscape

Oct 26, 1972

60 minutes

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.

Episode 26

Shadows of Bliss

Nov 2, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.

Episode 27

The Billion-Dollar Marsh

Nov 9, 1972

60 minutes

This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.

Episode 28

Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?

Nov 16, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.

Episode 29

The Making of a Natural History Film

Nov 23, 1972

60 minutes

This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.

Episode 30

Fire

Nov 30, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.

Episode 31

Alaskan Pipe-Dream

Dec 7, 1972

60 minutes

This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.

Episode 32

Their Life in Your Hands

Dec 21, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.

Episode 33

Navigating Europe

Dec 28, 1972

60 minutes

Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.