Horizon - Season 9 / Year 1972

Horizon - Season 9 / Year 1972

Season 9 / Year 1972

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Episodes33
DatesJan 3, 1972 - Dec 28, 1972
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Episodes

The Missing Link
Year 1972Episode 160 min

The Missing Link

In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
Jan 3, 1972
Navajo - The Last Red Indians
Year 1972Episode 260 min

Navajo - The Last Red Indians

Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
Jan 10, 1972
How Much Do You Smell?
Year 1972Episode 360 min

How Much Do You Smell?

Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
Jan 17, 1972
Parasite of Paradise
Year 1972Episode 460 min

Parasite of Paradise

This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
Jan 31, 1972
The Day It Rained Periwinkles
Year 1972Episode 560 min

The Day It Rained Periwinkles

Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
Feb 7, 1972
Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
Year 1972Episode 660 min

Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?

Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
Feb 14, 1972
How They Sold Doomsday
Year 1972Episode 760 min

How They Sold Doomsday

In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
Feb 21, 1972
For Love or Money
Year 1972Episode 860 min

For Love or Money

In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
Feb 28, 1972
Whales, Dolphins and Men
Year 1972Episode 960 min

Whales, Dolphins and Men

Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
Mar 6, 1972
What is Race?
Year 1972Episode 1060 min

What is Race?

Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
Mar 13, 1972
Man-Made Lakes in Africa
Year 1972Episode 1160 min

Man-Made Lakes in Africa

Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
Mar 20, 1972
Survival in the Sahara
Year 1972Episode 1260 min

Survival in the Sahara

This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
Mar 27, 1972
Mind Over Body
Year 1972Episode 1360 min

Mind Over Body

This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
Apr 10, 1972
Out of Volcanoes
Year 1972Episode 1460 min

Out of Volcanoes

In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
Apr 17, 1972
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
Year 1972Episode 1560 min

The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
May 1, 1972
Rail Crash
Year 1972Episode 1660 min

Rail Crash

Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
May 8, 1972
Do You Dig National Parks?
Year 1972Episode 1760 min

Do You Dig National Parks?

Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
May 22, 1972
Sorry I Opened My Mouth
Year 1972Episode 1860 min

Sorry I Opened My Mouth

Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
Jun 12, 1972
The Way We Move
Year 1972Episode 1960 min

The Way We Move

How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
Jul 3, 1972
The Life That Lives on Man
Year 1972Episode 2060 min

The Life That Lives on Man

This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
Jul 10, 1972
Sex Can Be a Problem
Year 1972Episode 2160 min

Sex Can Be a Problem

In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
Jul 24, 1972
The Surgery of Violence
Year 1972Episode 2260 min

The Surgery of Violence

Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
Jul 31, 1972
Hospital, 1922
Year 1972Episode 2360 min

Hospital, 1922

Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
Oct 12, 1972
When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
Year 1972Episode 2460 min

When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames

This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
Oct 19, 1972
The Making of the English Landscape
Year 1972Episode 2560 min

The Making of the English Landscape

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.
Oct 26, 1972
Shadows of Bliss
Year 1972Episode 2660 min

Shadows of Bliss

Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
Nov 2, 1972
Billion Marsh
Year 1972Episode 2760 min

Billion Marsh

This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
Nov 9, 1972
Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
Year 1972Episode 2860 min

Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?

Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
Nov 16, 1972
The Making of a Natural History Film
Year 1972Episode 2960 min

The Making of a Natural History Film

This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
Nov 23, 1972
Fire
Year 1972Episode 3060 min

Fire

Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.
Nov 30, 1972
Alaskan Pipe Dream
Year 1972Episode 3160 min

Alaskan Pipe Dream

This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
Dec 7, 1972
Their Life in Your Hands
Year 1972Episode 3260 min

Their Life in Your Hands

Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
Dec 21, 1972
Navigating Europe
Year 1972Episode 3360 min

Navigating Europe

Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.
Dec 28, 1972

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