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Horizon : Season 1969
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Air date: 02 Jan '69 - 36 episodesHorizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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List of Episodes (36)
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1. Inside Every Fat Man
02 Jan '69Horizon probes into the problems of obesity and investigates cures for obesity using diets and drugs.
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2. If Only They Could Speak
09 Jan '69A report by Horizon examining animal intelligence and looking at the reasons why no other animal has matched man in mental ability.
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3. The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye
16 Jan '69Horizon investigates the importance of the eye, diseases of the eye, and current research on sight.
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4. The Years of the Locust
23 Jan '69In this episode, Horizon reports on how in the last 2 years, the desert locust has been breeding in Southern Arabia by the Red Sea.
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5. The Gifted Child
30 Jan '69Horizon reports on the problems associated with raising and educating children of very high intelligence.
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6. The Last of the Polymaths
06 Feb '69This episode is a biography of the late professor J. B. S. Haldane whose life is described by his family, friends, and critics.
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7. Music and the Mind
13 Feb '69Horizon looks into music therapy used in the treatment of mental disorders.
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8. Report on V.D.
20 Feb '69This investigation by Horizon centers on the problems caused by venerial disease both in detection and cure.
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9. A True Madness
22 Feb '69Horizon investigates the problem of schizophrenia and discusses its causes and the ways in which it can be treated.
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10. Extra Sensory Perception
27 Feb '69No description available
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11. The Drift from Science
06 Mar '69This report by Horizon examines the reason for a fall in the percentage of school children doing science.
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12. Powers of Persuasion
13 Mar '69This episode of Horizon is about advertising, looking at how it works and the application of scientific methods to persuade us to buy.
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13. The View from Space
20 Mar '69Horizon looks into what man has seen and done during 10 years of space exploration.
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14. The Unborn Patient
27 Mar '69Horizon investigates new medical techniques to diagnose and treat unborn infants leading to a higher survival rate.
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15. King Solomon's Garden
10 Apr '69This episode of Horizon looks at the communication systems of animals.
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16. Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow
24 Apr '69Horizon investigates pollution problems in Britain with sewage and industrial wastes, and at the health risks associated with the pollution.
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17. Shark
01 May '69In this episode, Horizon examines our attempts to understand one of the oldest inhabitants of the sea, the shark.
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18. Technology and Self-Determination
15 May '69Sebastian Z. de Ferranti gives the Royal Society lecture for 1969 on technological development.
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19. After Apollo
22 May '69The US spent $40 billion to put man on the moon, yet the real objectives of the space program remain obscure.
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20. Discovery
29 May '69Horizon reports on the research being carried out in the fields of botany, astronomy, biochemistry, meteorology, and zoology.
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21. Machines and People
05 Jun '69The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
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22. Science on Safari
15 Sep '69The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
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23. The Problem of Pain
29 Sep '69In this episode, Horizon reports on the problems of pain, and the theory put forward that pain is closely connected with personality.
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24. Four Fast Legs and a Nose
06 Oct '69Horizon explores "man's best friend", the dog, and examines its origins and how its special relationship with men came about.
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25. Father of the Man
13 Oct '69Horizon investigates surveys being carried out on British children to test Freud's theories.
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