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Horizon: 1969

37 episodes · premiered Jan 2, 1969

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  1. Episode 1: Inside Every Fat Man Jan 2, 1969 · 1h Horizon probes into the problems of obesity and investigates cures for obesity using diets and drugs.
  2. Episode 2: If Only They Could Speak Jan 9, 1969 · 1h A report by Horizon examining animal intelligence and looking at the reasons why no other animal has matched man in mental ability.
  3. Episode 3: The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye Jan 16, 1969 · 1h Horizon investigates the importance of the eye, diseases of the eye, and current research on sight.
  4. Episode 4: The Years of the Locust Jan 23, 1969 · 1h In this episode, Horizon reports on how in the last 2 years, the desert locust has been breeding in Southern Arabia by the Red Sea.
  5. Episode 5: The Gifted Child Jan 30, 1969 · 1h Horizon reports on the problems associated with raising and educating children of very high intelligence.
  6. Episode 6: The Last of the Polymaths Feb 6, 1969 · 1h This episode is a biography of the late professor J. B. S. Haldane whose life is described by his family, friends, and critics.
  7. Episode 7: Music and the Mind Feb 13, 1969 · 1h Horizon looks into music therapy used in the treatment of mental disorders.
  8. Episode 8: Report on V.D. Feb 20, 1969 · 1h This investigation by Horizon centers on the problems caused by venerial disease both in detection and cure.
  9. Episode 9: Extra-Sensory Perception Feb 27, 1969 · 1h In scientific circles extra-sensory perception is a subject which has never failed to arouse controversy and skepticism. Cecil King, having spent a lifetime in Fleet Street, discusses…
  10. Episode 10: The Drift from Science Mar 6, 1969 · 1h This report by Horizon examines the reason for a fall in the percentage of school children doing science.
  11. Episode 11: Powers of Persuasion Mar 13, 1969 · 1h This episode of Horizon is about advertising, looking at how it works and the application of scientific methods to persuade us to buy.
  12. Episode 12: The View from Space Mar 20, 1969 · 1h Horizon looks into what man has seen and done during 10 years of space exploration.
  13. Episode 13: The Unborn Patient Mar 27, 1969 · 1h Horizon investigates new medical techniques to diagnose and treat unborn infants leading to a higher survival rate.
  14. Episode 14: The Physicist in the Kitchen Apr 3, 1969 · 1h Nicholas Kurti, Professor of Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, specializes in the field of low temperature science. He is acknowledged among his friends as an expert in the…
  15. Episode 15: King Solomon's Garden Apr 10, 1969 · 1h This episode of Horizon looks at the communication systems of animals.
  16. Episode 16: Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow Apr 24, 1969 · 1h Horizon investigates pollution problems in Britain with sewage and industrial wastes, and at the health risks associated with the pollution.
  17. Episode 17: Shark May 1, 1969 · 1h In this episode, Horizon examines our attempts to understand one of the oldest inhabitants of the sea, the shark.
  18. Episode 18: Technology and Self-Determination May 15, 1969 · 1h Sebastian Z. de Ferranti gives the Royal Society lecture for 1969 on technological development.
  19. Episode 19: After Apollo May 22, 1969 · 1h The US spent $40 billion to put man on the moon, yet the real objectives of the space program remain obscure.
  20. Episode 20: Discovery May 29, 1969 · 1h Horizon reports on the research being carried out in the fields of botany, astronomy, biochemistry, meteorology, and zoology.
  21. Episode 21: Machines and People Jun 5, 1969 · 1h The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
  22. Episode 22: Science on Safari Sep 15, 1969 · 1h The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
  23. Episode 23: A True Madness Sep 22, 1969 · 1h Schizophrenia is an unsolved mystery of modern medicine. Horizon looks at some of the possible explanations and their relevance not only to schizophrenics but to the mystery of the human…
  24. Episode 24: Problems of Pain Sep 29, 1969 · 1h In this episode, Horizon reports on the problems of pain, and the theory put forward that pain is closely connected with personality.
  25. Episode 25: Four Fast Legs and a Nose Oct 6, 1969 · 1h Horizon explores "man's best friend", the dog, and examines its origins and how its special relationship with men came about.
  26. Episode 26: Father of the Man Oct 13, 1969 · 1h Horizon investigates surveys being carried out on British children to test Freud's theories.
  27. Episode 27: Master of the Microscope Oct 20, 1969 · 1h In this episode, Roman Vishniac talks about his study of living things in their natural habitat as his life's work.
  28. Episode 28: C.E.R.N. Oct 27, 1969 · 1h Horizon reports on the research into high-energy physics carried on at C.E.R.N. laboratory located near Geneva, Switzerland.
  29. Episode 29: Snap, Crackle and Bang Nov 3, 1969 · 1h The props for this programme are pistols, muskets and, above all, explosives. For 30 years now these are what Colonel Brian Shaw, marksman and lecturer in chemistry, has been using in his…
  30. Episode 30: Cancer Now Nov 10, 1969 · 1h A report on current research into cancer and the subsequent knowledge and problems it brings.
  31. Episode 31: There's a Rhino in My Sugar Nov 17, 1969 · 1h For some time now rhinos have been disturbing the workers in the Tanzanian sugar plantation and ripping open the plastic water pipes to get at the water. These incidents, and the hunting…
  32. Episode 32: Fit to Live? Nov 24, 1969 · 1h Horizon investigates the limits of survival under extreme and normal environmental conditions.
  33. Episode 33: Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs Dec 1, 1969 · 1h Horizon reports on the development of the Dutch nation's continuing fight against the encroachment of the sea.
  34. Episode 34: How Much Do You Drink? Dec 8, 1969 · 1h Horizon investigates how drinking affects human behavior.
  35. Episode 35: A Game of War Dec 15, 1969 · 1h Horizon covers a simulated war game of a Middle East crisis, with different teams playing the roles of the major parties involved.
  36. Episode 36: Bread Dec 22, 1969 · 1h Horizon explores the problem of feeding the growing world population.
  37. Episode 37: For the Safety of Mankind Dec 29, 1969 · 1h Horizon investigate the dilemma of whether a scientist should put his loyalty to mankind before his loyalty to his country.