Horizon - 1977
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1977
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two23 Episodes
A Smile for a Crocodile
Season 14 - Episode 1
Horizon documents the life of crocodiles and alligators, and their breeding and exploitation.
The Pill for the People
Season 14 - Episode 2
Horizon traces the history of the oral contraceptive pill through the last 60 years as told by its pioneers.
The Ape That Stood Up
Season 14 - Episode 3
Horizon looks at how recent excavations in Africa have changed the accepted ideas of man's origins and age.
The Human Animal
Season 14 - Episode 4
Horizon investigates Sociobiology, which is a study of human social behaviour based on zoological research into animal behaviour.
The Guinea Pig and the Law
Season 14 - Episode 5
In this episode, Horizon explores how animal experiments are carried out in Britain.
Hunters of the Seal
Season 14 - Episode 6
Horizon presents a story that depicts an astonishingly harsh way of life of the Netsilik Eskimos whose whole life is based on seal hunting.
The Red Planet
Season 14 - Episode 7
This story by Horizon traces the efforts of astronomers and scientists through history to prove the existence of life on Mars.
One of Nature's Hotels
Season 14 - Episode 8
Horizon looks at an ecological study of the Ythan estuary in Scotland.
Dawn of the Solar Age
Season 14 - Episode 9
In this episode, Horizon investigates research into solar energy in the USA, Japan, and the UK.
Genetic Roulette
Season 14 - Episode 10
Horizon explores the debate on human genetic engineering.
The Amazing Doctor Newton
Season 14 - Episode 11
BBC television documentary which explores, using live-action dramatisation, the life's work of Sir Isaac Newton, emphasising his sources of ...
The Trouble with Medicine
Season 14 - Episode 12
In this episode, Horizon looks at how, despite the high costs of the National Health System of Britain, more money doesn't mean better healt...
Silent Speech
Season 14 - Episode 13
This Horizon report is about Prof. Hubert Montagner and his study of non-verbal communication in young children, along with his findings.
The Green Machine
Season 14 - Episode 14
Horizon makes an investigation into plant biology.
The River That Came Clean
Season 14 - Episode 15
This is a report by Horizon on the successful clean-up of the River Thames in Britain.
Blueprints in the Bloodstream
Season 14 - Episode 16
This Horizon episode reports on research by scientists into identifying a system of markers, such as tissue types on blood cells, which indi...
40 Years of Murder
Season 14 - Episode 17
Horizon presents a profile on one of the UK's leading pathologists, Keith Simpson.
The Cry for Help
Season 14 - Episode 18
This Horizon episode examines the growing British problem of attempted suicide by an overdose of drugs.
The Sunspot Mystery
Season 14 - Episode 19
Horizon presents evidence that links the drought cycle with the number of magnetically-hyperactive sunspots.
The Rhine's Revenge
Season 14 - Episode 20
Horizon presents the story of how the river Rhine has defended itself against progress.
Icarus' Children
Season 14 - Episode 21
Horizon presents a report on the prize offered to the first person who could fly a prescribed figure of eight course.
The Healing Nightmare
Season 14 - Episode 22
This episode of Horizon is a dramatized reconstruction of breakdown of Carl Gustav Jung on the road to insanity.
The Great Wine Revolution
Season 14 - Episode 23
Horizon explores a new science-based revolution in the production of wine.