• Air date: 03 Jan '72 33 episodes
      Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
  • List of Episodes (33)
    • 1. The Missing Link

      03 Jan '72
      In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
    • 2. Navajo - The Last Red Indians

      10 Jan '72
      Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
    • 3. How Much Do You Smell?

      17 Jan '72
      Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
    • 4. The Parasite of Paradise

      31 Jan '72
      This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
    • 5. The Day it Rained Periwinkles

      07 Feb '72
      Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
    • 6. Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?

      14 Feb '72
      Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
    • 7. How They Sold Doomsday

      21 Feb '72
      In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
    • 8. For Love or Money?

      28 Feb '72
      In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
    • 9. Whales, Dolphins and Men

      06 Mar '72
      Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
    • 10. What Is Race?

      13 Mar '72
      Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
    • 11. The Man-Made Lakes in Africa

      20 Mar '72
      Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
    • 12. Survival in the Sahara

      27 Mar '72
      This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
    • 13. Mind Over Body

      10 Apr '72
      This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
    • 14. Out of Volcanoes

      17 Apr '72
      In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
    • 15. The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

      01 May '72
      Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
    • 16. Rail Crash

      08 May '72
      Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
    • 17. Do You Dig National Parks?

      22 May '72
      Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
    • 18. Sorry I Opened My Mouth

      12 Jun '72
      Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
    • 19. The Way We Move

      03 Jul '72
      How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
    • 20. The Life that Lives on Man

      10 Jul '72
      This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
    • 21. Sex Can Be a Problem

      24 Jul '72
      In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
    • 22. The Surgery of Violence

      31 Jul '72
      Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
    • 23. Hospital, 1922

      12 Oct '72
      Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
    • 24. When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames

      19 Oct '72
      This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
    • 25. The Making of the English Landscape

      26 Oct '72
      This episode of Horizon illustrates the ideas of Prof. W.G. Hoskins on the development of the English landscape from Iron Age times to the present.