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Horizon

Horizon

1969

January 2, 1969 37 episodes

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Inside Every Fat Man
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E1. Inside Every Fat Man

60m Jan 2, 1969

Horizon probes into the problems of obesity and investigates cures for obesity using diets and drugs.

If Only They Could Speak
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E2. If Only They Could Speak

60m Jan 9, 1969

A report by Horizon examining animal intelligence and looking at the reasons why no other animal has matched man in mental ability.

The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye
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E3. The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye

60m Jan 16, 1969

Horizon investigates the importance of the eye, diseases of the eye, and current research on sight.

The Years of the Locust
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E4. The Years of the Locust

60m Jan 23, 1969

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.

The Gifted Child
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E5. The Gifted Child

60m Jan 30, 1969

Horizon reports on the problems associated with raising and educating children of very high intelligence.

The Last of the Polymaths
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E6. The Last of the Polymaths

60m Feb 6, 1969

This episode is a biography of the late professor J. B. S. Haldane whose life is described by his family, friends, and critics.

Music and the Mind
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E7. Music and the Mind

60m Feb 13, 1969

Horizon looks into music therapy used in the treatment of mental disorders.

Report on V.D.
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E8. Report on V.D.

60m Feb 20, 1969

This investigation by Horizon centers on the problems caused by venerial disease both in detection and cure.

Extra-Sensory Perception
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E9. Extra-Sensory Perception

60m Feb 27, 1969

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, with due caution, a subject which he believes might be of primary importance to scientists in the coming century.

The Drift from Science
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E10. The Drift from Science

60m Mar 6, 1969

This report by Horizon examines the reason for a fall in the percentage of school children doing science.

Powers of Persuasion
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E11. Powers of Persuasion

60m Mar 13, 1969

This episode of Horizon is about advertising, looking at how it works and the application of scientific methods to persuade us to buy.

The View from Space
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E12. The View from Space

60m Mar 20, 1969

Horizon looks into what man has seen and done during 10 years of space exploration.

The Unborn Patient
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E13. The Unborn Patient

60m Mar 27, 1969

Horizon investigates new medical techniques to diagnose and treat unborn infants leading to a higher survival rate.

The Physicist in the Kitchen
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E14. The Physicist in the Kitchen

60m Apr 3, 1969

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 kitchen.

King Solomon's Garden
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E15. King Solomon's Garden

60m Apr 10, 1969

This episode of Horizon looks at the communication systems of animals.

Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow
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E16. Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow

60m Apr 24, 1969

Horizon investigates pollution problems in Britain with sewage and industrial wastes, and at the health risks associated with the pollution.

Shark
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E17. Shark

60m May 1, 1969

In this episode, Horizon examines our attempts to understand one of the oldest inhabitants of the sea, the shark.

Technology and Self-Determination
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E18. Technology and Self-Determination

60m May 15, 1969

Sebastian Z. de Ferranti gives the Royal Society lecture for 1969 on technological development.

After Apollo
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E19. After Apollo

60m May 22, 1969

The US spent $40 billion to put man on the moon, yet the real objectives of the space program remain obscure.

Discovery
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E20. Discovery

60m May 29, 1969

Horizon reports on the research being carried out in the fields of botany, astronomy, biochemistry, meteorology, and zoology.

Machines and People
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E21. Machines and People

60m Jun 5, 1969

The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.

Science on Safari
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E22. Science on Safari

60m Sep 15, 1969

The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.

A True Madness
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E23. A True Madness

60m Sep 22, 1969

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 mind.

Problems of Pain
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E24. Problems of Pain

60m Sep 29, 1969

In this episode, Horizon reports on the problems of pain, and the theory put forward that pain is closely connected with personality.

Four Fast Legs and a Nose
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E25. Four Fast Legs and a Nose

60m Oct 6, 1969

Horizon explores "man's best friend", the dog, and examines its origins and how its special relationship with men came about.

Father of the Man
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E26. Father of the Man

60m Oct 13, 1969

Horizon investigates surveys being carried out on British children to test Freud's theories.

Master of the Microscope
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E27. Master of the Microscope

60m Oct 20, 1969

In this episode, Roman Vishniac talks about his study of living things in their natural habitat as his life's work.

C.E.R.N.
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E28. C.E.R.N.

60m Oct 27, 1969

Horizon reports on the research into high-energy physics carried on at C.E.R.N. laboratory located near Geneva, Switzerland.

Snap, Crackle and Bang
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E29. Snap, Crackle and Bang

60m Nov 3, 1969

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 now famous lecture on explosives. He gave it once again for Horizon before an invited audience at University College, London.

Cancer Now
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E30. Cancer Now

60m Nov 10, 1969

A report on current research into cancer and the subsequent knowledge and problems it brings.

There's a Rhino in My Sugar
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E31. There's a Rhino in My Sugar

60m Nov 17, 1969

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 of the rhinos by helicopter, are typical of the increasing conflict between wildlife and man for land in East Africa.

Fit to Live?
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E32. Fit to Live?

60m Nov 24, 1969

Horizon investigates the limits of survival under extreme and normal environmental conditions.

Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs
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E33. Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs

60m Dec 1, 1969

Horizon reports on the development of the Dutch nation's continuing fight against the encroachment of the sea.

How Much Do You Drink?
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E34. How Much Do You Drink?

60m Dec 8, 1969

Horizon investigates how drinking affects human behavior.

A Game of War
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E35. A Game of War

60m Dec 15, 1969

Horizon covers a simulated war game of a Middle East crisis, with different teams playing the roles of the major parties involved.

Bread
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E36. Bread

60m Dec 22, 1969

Horizon explores the problem of feeding the growing world population.

For the Safety of Mankind
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E37. For the Safety of Mankind

60m Dec 29, 1969

Horizon investigate the dilemma of whether a scientist should put his loyalty to mankind before his loyalty to his country.

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