Horizon

1975

26 episodes · premiered Jan 20, 1975

Where to watch Horizon

  1. E1 The Killer Dust

    Jan 20, 1975 · 1h

    This investigative report by Horizon covers an investigation into the deaths of people who inhaled asbestos dust at Acre Mill, Yorkshire, England.

  2. E2 A Time to Be Born

    Jan 27, 1975 · 50m

    Investigates the growing tendency in hospitals to induce childbirth by injecting hormones into mothers. The practice has become increasingly widespread in recent years, and this film asks if induction is desirable, necessary, and safe.

  3. E3 The Unsafe Sea

    Feb 10, 1975 · 1h

    This episode of Horizon examines the problems of ship safety in the English Channel.

  4. E4 The Change of Life

    Feb 17, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon investigates the symptoms of menopause and the various degrees in which it occurs.

  5. E5 Project Fido

    Feb 24, 1975 · 1h

    This episode of Horizon shows the peril to man of the ever increasing dog population in the western world.

  6. E6 The Planets

    Mar 10, 1975 · 1h

    By the end of 1974, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter had all been visited by spacecraft. For the first time scientists saw in sharp detail the continents, mountains, valleys and volcanoes of other worlds. Tonight's programme shows how these geological features give clues to the way the planets evolved; how they have helped scientists in their attempt to reach back 5,000 million years to understand the formation of the solar system itself.

  7. E7 The Long, Long Walkabout

    Apr 7, 1975 · 1h

    This report by Horizon covers an investigation by a group of Australian scientists that looks into the origins and history of the Australian Aborigines.

  8. E8 The Overworked Miracle

    Apr 14, 1975 · 1h

    This report by Horizon describes the resistance to antibiotics, fast growing in all countries, and the dangers it could mean for the future.

  9. E9 Not the Cheapest, But the Best

    Apr 21, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon investigates the life and work of the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

  10. E10 A Spoonful of Roughage

    Apr 28, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon explores the effect of fibre in diet on the diseases of western world.

  11. E11 Brain Poison

    May 5, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon presents an investigation into the effects on health of lead in the urban atmosphere.

  12. E12 The Bulldog's Last Bark?

    May 12, 1975 · 1h

    This is a Horizon report on the building of the British military deterrent from the first decision to make it in 1941 until the present state of lethargy.

  13. E13 Benjamin

    May 19, 1975 · 1h

    This episode of Horizon follows the progress of Benjamin Pile, born on 22 November, 1974, at Oxford in Britain.

  14. E14 The McMaster Experiment

    Jun 2, 1975 · 1h

    This report by Horizon covers an experiment at McMaster University Medical School, in Ontario, Canada.

  15. E15 The Glazed Outlook

    Jun 9, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon investigates the attempts by the University of Newcastle in England to define and create an ideal living and working environment.

  16. E16 The Three Chord Trick

    Jun 16, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon explores the psychology of music, as it explains why music has such a powerful emotive effect in every society.

  17. E17 The Cleanest Place in the World

    Jun 23, 1975 · 1h

    This report by Horizon brings you scientists that are using Antarctica as a giant natural lab to study who has polluted Earth most; man or nature.

  18. E18 Strange Sleep

    Jun 30, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon investigates the discovery of gaseous anaesthetic from 1840 until the early years of 20th century.

  19. E19 The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?

    Jul 7, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon reports on the history of superconductivity, from discovery, to the present.

  20. E20 How Do You Read?

    Jul 14, 1975 · 1h

    In this documentary, Horizon reports on the reading process; how it works for the fluent, and how it should be taught.

  21. E21 The Sickly Sea

    Jul 21, 1975 · 1h

    This episode of Horizon describes the various aspects of the pollution problem of the Mediterranean Sea.

  22. E22 Happy Catastrophe

    Jul 28, 1975 · 1h

    In this Horizon episode, Rene Thom's mathematical discovery of the catastrophe theory is investigated.

  23. E23 To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima

    Aug 4, 1975 · 1h

    This documentary by Horizon commemorates the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.

  24. E24 Cannabis

    Aug 11, 1975 · 1h

    Horizon takes a look at the history of cannabis and the research on the effects of smoking marijuana.

  25. E25 Meditation and the Mind

    Aug 18, 1975 · 1h

    This is a report by Horizon on Transcendental Meditation, or TM, brought to the West by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

  26. E26 The Trobriand Experiment

    Dec 29, 1975 · 1h

    This documentary by Horizon is about the Trobriand islanders, whose culture is based on the Kula, a communication system of giving and receiving.