Episode 1
The Missing Link
1972-01-03 • 60 min
In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
TV season
1972-01-03
Episode 1
1972-01-03 • 60 min
In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
Episode 2
1972-01-10 • 60 min
Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
Episode 3
1972-01-17 • 60 min
Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
Episode 4
1972-01-31 • 60 min
This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
Episode 5
1972-02-07 • 60 min
Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
Episode 6
1972-02-14 • 60 min
Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
Episode 7
1972-02-21 • 60 min
In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
Episode 8
1972-02-28 • 60 min
In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
Episode 9
1972-03-06 • 60 min
Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
Episode 10
1972-03-13 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
Episode 11
1972-03-20 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
Episode 12
1972-03-27 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
Episode 13
1972-04-10 • 60 min
This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
Episode 14
1972-04-17 • 60 min
In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
Episode 15
1972-05-01 • 60 min
Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
Episode 16
1972-05-08 • 60 min
Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
Episode 17
1972-05-22 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
Episode 18
1972-06-12 • 60 min
Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
Episode 19
1972-07-03 • 60 min
How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
Episode 20
1972-07-10 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
Episode 21
1972-07-24 • 60 min
In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
Episode 22
1972-07-31 • 60 min
Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
Episode 23
1972-10-12 • 60 min
Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
Episode 24
1972-10-19 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
Episode 25
1972-10-26 • 60 min
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.
Episode 26
1972-11-02 • 60 min
Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
Episode 27
1972-11-09 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
Episode 28
1972-11-16 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
Episode 29
1972-11-23 • 60 min
This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
Episode 30
1972-11-30 • 60 min
Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.
Episode 31
1972-12-07 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
Episode 32
1972-12-21 • 60 min
Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
Episode 33
1972-12-28 • 60 min
Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.