Horizon - 1968
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1968
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
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An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker
Season 5 - Episode 1
Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airship...
Man's Best Friend
Season 5 - Episode 2
This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.
Once a Junkie
Season 5 - Episode 3
In England addicts get their heroin, and often cocaine, on the National Health Service: our system has prevented the growth of a drug-based ...
Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow
Season 5 - Episode 4
Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.
The Man Makers
Season 5 - Episode 5
In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.
Man in Search of Himself
Season 5 - Episode 6
This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.
Investigating Murder
Season 5 - Episode 7
Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.
The Equation of Murder
Season 5 - Episode 8
Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.
The Lindemann Enigma
Season 5 - Episode 9
This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.
From Field to Factory
Season 5 - Episode 10
Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.
Comfort on Aging
Season 5 - Episode 11
In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.
Experiments in War
Season 5 - Episode 12
Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.
Medecine in Russia
Season 5 - Episode 13
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 t...
African Medicine
Season 5 - Episode 14
In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.
The Broken Bridge
Season 5 - Episode 15
This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.
Children Without Words
Season 5 - Episode 16
Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.
The Computer Revolution
Season 5 - Episode 17
Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.
Doctor's Dilemma
Season 5 - Episode 18
Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.
In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel
Season 5 - Episode 19
This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.
Wheels Within Wheels
Season 5 - Episode 20
Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.
Black Man, White Science
Season 5 - Episode 21
In this episode, Horizon investigates the study of science by african americans.
The Hidden World
Season 5 - Episode 22
In this episode, Horizon reports on the exploration and survey of the oceans of the world.
The Talgai Skull
Season 5 - Episode 23
Prof. N.W.G. MacIntosh investigates the origin of the Talgai Skull found in Australia in 1886.
Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern
Season 5 - Episode 24
In this episode of Horizon, Michael Balfour invites us to share in the mystery and magic of the "Magic Lantern".