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Horizon : Season 11
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Air date: 07 Jan '74 - 33 episodesHorizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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List of Episodes (33)
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1. A Matter of Self-Defense
07 Jan '74This episode of Horizon explains how our body fights infections and cancers and brings us up-to-date on recent research in immunology.
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2. Bird Brain - The Mystery of Bird Navigation
14 Jan '74This episode of Horizon is about various experiments on migratory birds and homing pigeons to try and discover how they navigate.
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3. Never Too Late to Learn
21 Jan '74Horizon reports on the British Open University and how it operates.
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4. The Great Fish Hunt
28 Jan '74Horizon investigates how Britain has hunted fish in the past and how improved fish catching techniques have severely reduced fish stocks.
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5. Pedal Power
04 Feb '74This episode of Horizon is about the history of the bicycle and the possibility of it being able to ease the traffic problems in Britain.
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6. The Writing on the Wall
11 Feb '74In this episode, Horizon looks at connections between crime and poor housing design in the USA.
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7. Where Did the Colorado Go?
18 Feb '74Horizon investigates reports of abuse of the Colorado river in the USA.
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8. The Future Goes Boom
04 Mar '74Horizon examines the British Hudson Institute's methods and predictions for the future of economics.
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9. Fusion: The Energy Promise
11 Mar '74In this Horizon episode, we look at attempts by scientists to solve the energy crisis of future by building nuclear fusion reactors.
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10. The First Ten Years
22 Apr '74In this report, Prof. John Maynard Smith looks back at some of the subjects Horizon has presented since 1964.
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11. This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow
29 Apr '74Horizon looks back at the discovery and the development of anesthesia.
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12. The Hunting of the Quark
06 May '74This Horizon episode is about the search for quarks, thought to be the substance of which electrons, protons, and neutrons are made of.
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13. A Noah's Ark for Europe
13 May '74Horizon investigates captive animal breeding to prevent extinction of animal species in the wild.
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14. Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch
03 Jun '74Horizon reports on bridges in Britain...how safe are they?
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15. Search for Life
10 Jun '74Documentary about the origins of life which attempts to find out what happened in the one billion years before fossil evidence begins.
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16. The Secrets of Sleep
10 Jun '74Horizon investigates the subject of sleep in Britain and the USA.
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17. Who Needs Skills?
24 Jun '74In this episode of Horizon, you learn about transferring the basis of modern industry production from human skills to computer programmed machines.
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18. Hills of Promise
01 Jul '74In this report, Horizon presents the state of hill farming in Wales.
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19. The Race for the Double Helix
08 Jul '74This documentary of Horizon reports on the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 by Dr. Francis Crick and Prof. James Watson.
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20. The Immigrant Doctors
15 Jul '74In this episode, Horizon reports on the rising number of imigrant doctors working in the National Health System of Britain.
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21. Mines, Minerals and Men
22 Jul '74Horizon explores the technological and economic reasons for the mining revival in Britain.
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22. What Price Steak?
29 Jul '74Horizon reports on the beef crisis and rising prices.
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23. Listen and Be Loyal
05 Aug '74Horizon brings you a report by Tom Harrison on anti-nazi propaganda in Britain during World War II.
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24. Adam or Eve?
12 Aug '74This episode of Horizon investigates the role that hormones play in the stages of mammalian sexual development.
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25. An Unholy Scramble
02 Sep '74Horizon investigates some of the risks and problems involved in bringing oil from the North Sea ashore.
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