About this season
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Episodes (33)
1. A Matter of Self-Defense
Aired 7 January 1974 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon explains how our body fights infections and cancers and brings us up-to-date on recent research in immunology.
2. Bird Brain - The Mystery of Bird Navigation
Aired 14 January 1974 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon is about various experiments on migratory birds and homing pigeons to try and discover how they navigate.
3. Never Too Late to Learn
Aired 21 January 1974 • 60 min
Horizon reports on the British Open University and how it operates.
4. The Great Fish Hunt
Aired 28 January 1974 • 60 min
Horizon investigates how Britain has hunted fish in the past and how improved fish catching techniques have severely reduced fish stocks.
5. Pedal Power
Aired 4 February 1974 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon is about the history of the bicycle and the possibility of it being able to ease the traffic problems in Britain.
6. The Writing on the Wall
Aired 11 February 1974 • 60 min
In this episode, Horizon looks at connections between crime and poor housing design in the USA.
7. Where Did the Colorado Go?
Aired 18 February 1974 • 60 min
Horizon investigates reports of abuse of the Colorado river in the USA.
8. The Future Goes Boom
Aired 4 March 1974 • 60 min
Horizon examines the British Hudson Institute's methods and predictions for the future of economics.
9. Fusion: The Energy Promise
Aired 11 March 1974 • 60 min
In this Horizon episode, we look at attempts by scientists to solve the energy crisis of future by building nuclear fusion reactors.
10. The First Ten Years
Aired 22 April 1974 • 60 min
In this report, Prof. John Maynard Smith looks back at some of the subjects Horizon has presented since 1964.
11. This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow
Aired 29 April 1974 • 60 min
Horizon looks back at the discovery and the development of anesthesia.
12. The Hunting of the Quark
Aired 6 May 1974 • 60 min
This Horizon episode is about the search for quarks, thought to be the substance of which electrons, protons, and neutrons are made of.
13. A Noah's Ark for Europe
Aired 13 May 1974 • 60 min
Horizon investigates captive animal breeding to prevent extinction of animal species in the wild.
14. Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch
Aired 3 June 1974 • 60 min
Horizon reports on bridges in Britain...how safe are they?
15. Search for Life
Aired 10 June 1974 • 60 min
Documentary about the origins of life which attempts to find out what happened in the one billion years before fossil evidence begins.
16. The Secrets of Sleep
Aired 10 June 1974 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the subject of sleep in Britain and the USA.
17. Who Needs Skills?
Aired 24 June 1974 • 60 min
In this episode of Horizon, you learn about transferring the basis of modern industry production from human skills to computer programmed machines.
18. Hills of Promise
Aired 1 July 1974 • 60 min
In this report, Horizon presents the state of hill farming in Wales.
19. The Race for the Double Helix
Aired 8 July 1974 • 60 min
This documentary of Horizon reports on the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 by Dr. Francis Crick and Prof. James Watson.
20. The Immigrant Doctors
Aired 15 July 1974 • 60 min
In this episode, Horizon reports on the rising number of imigrant doctors working in the National Health System of Britain.
21. Mines, Minerals and Men
Aired 22 July 1974 • 60 min
Horizon explores the technological and economic reasons for the mining revival in Britain.
22. What Price Steak?
Aired 29 July 1974 • 60 min
Horizon reports on the beef crisis and rising prices.
23. Listen and Be Loyal
Aired 5 August 1974 • 60 min
Horizon brings you a report by Tom Harrison on anti-nazi propaganda in Britain during World War II.
24. Adam or Eve?
Aired 12 August 1974 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon investigates the role that hormones play in the stages of mammalian sexual development.
25. An Unholy Scramble
Aired 2 September 1974 • 60 min
Horizon investigates some of the risks and problems involved in bringing oil from the North Sea ashore.
26. Do as You Are Told
Aired 28 October 1974 • 60 min
This report by Horizon explores how far people are prepared to suppress their own moral scruples in the face of necessity to obey authority.
27. The First Signs of Washoe
Aired 4 November 1974 • 60 min
Horizons reviews the scientific work of Americans in the field of research in communication with animals.
28. The Other Way
Aired 11 November 1974 • 60 min
Horizon presents Dr. Schumacher's theory that use of modern technology could make the working week a creative experience.
29. The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?
Aired 25 November 1974 • 60 min
Sixty years ago a Dutch scientist discovered a phenomenon that overturned the electrical rule book. By cooling certain metals to incredibly low temperatures he found they could continue to carry an electric current for ever, even when the power supply was switched off. Today, developments of these metals - called superconductors-have led to trains that fly, magnets that could depollute rivers and machines that promise cheaper power.
30. Joey
8.0Aired 9 December 1974 • 60 min
This story by Horizon reconstructs the true life story of Joey Deacon.
31. The Neglected Harvest
Aired 16 December 1974 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the developments and research in forestry which may now help to overcome shortage of timber.
32. How on Earth Did They Do That?
Aired 23 December 1974 • 60 min
This documentary by Horizon reports on the development of cinematographic special effects from 1890's to date.
33. The Lysenko Affair
Aired 30 December 1974 • 60 min
Horizon presents a dramatized documentary on the rise to power of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, a young Ukrainian agriculturalist.