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Horizon: Season 14

1977 1977
TV-PG

  • 1977-01-07T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 23h (23 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

23 episodes

Season Premiere

1977-01-07T21:00:00Z

14x01 A Smile for a Crocodile

Season Premiere

14x01 A Smile for a Crocodile

  • 1977-01-07T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon documents the life of crocodiles and alligators, and their breeding and exploitation.

1977-01-14T21:00:00Z

14x02 The Pill for the People

14x02 The Pill for the People

  • 1977-01-14T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon traces the history of the oral contraceptive pill through the last 60 years as told by its pioneers.

1977-01-21T21:00:00Z

14x03 The Ape That Stood Up

14x03 The Ape That Stood Up

  • 1977-01-21T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon looks at how recent excavations in Africa have changed the accepted ideas of man's origins and age.

1977-02-04T21:00:00Z

14x04 The Human Animal

14x04 The Human Animal

  • 1977-02-04T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon investigates Sociobiology, which is a study of human social behaviour based on zoological research into animal behaviour.

In this episode, Horizon explores how animal experiments are carried out in Britain.

1977-02-25T21:00:00Z

14x06 Hunters of the Seal

14x06 Hunters of the Seal

  • 1977-02-25T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon presents a story that depicts an astonishingly harsh way of life of the Netsilik Eskimos whose whole life is based on seal hunting.

1977-03-04T21:00:00Z

14x07 The Red Planet

14x07 The Red Planet

  • 1977-03-04T21:00:00Z1h

This story by Horizon traces the efforts of astronomers and scientists through history to prove the existence of life on Mars.

1977-03-11T21:00:00Z

14x08 One of Nature's Hotels

14x08 One of Nature's Hotels

  • 1977-03-11T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon looks at an ecological study of the Ythan estuary in Scotland.

1977-03-18T21:00:00Z

14x09 Dawn of the Solar Age

14x09 Dawn of the Solar Age

  • 1977-03-18T21:00:00Z1h

In this episode, Horizon investigates research into solar energy in the USA, Japan, and the UK.

1977-04-01T20:00:00Z

14x10 Genetic Roulette

14x10 Genetic Roulette

  • 1977-04-01T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon explores the debate on human genetic engineering.

BBC television documentary which explores, using live-action dramatisation, the life's work of Sir Isaac Newton, emphasising his sources of inspiration.

In this episode, Horizon looks at how, despite the high costs of the National Health System of Britain, more money doesn't mean better health.

1977-07-29T20:00:00Z

14x13 Silent Speech

14x13 Silent Speech

  • 1977-07-29T20:00:00Z1h

This Horizon report is about Prof. Hubert Montagner and his study of non-verbal communication in young children, along with his findings.

1977-08-05T20:00:00Z

14x14 The Green Machine

14x14 The Green Machine

  • 1977-08-05T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon makes an investigation into plant biology.

This is a report by Horizon on the successful clean-up of the River Thames in Britain.

This Horizon episode reports on research by scientists into identifying a system of markers, such as tissue types on blood cells, which indicate the human being's vulnerability to a whole range of diseases like multiple sclerosis and diabetes, and the possibilities this presents for preventive medicine.

1977-09-16T20:00:00Z

14x17 40 Years of Murder

14x17 40 Years of Murder

  • 1977-09-16T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon presents a profile on one of the UK's leading pathologists, Keith Simpson.

1977-09-30T20:00:00Z

14x18 The Cry for Help

14x18 The Cry for Help

  • 1977-09-30T20:00:00Z1h

This Horizon episode examines the growing British problem of attempted suicide by an overdose of drugs.

1977-10-07T20:00:00Z

14x19 The Sunspot Mystery

14x19 The Sunspot Mystery

  • 1977-10-07T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon presents evidence that links the drought cycle with the number of magnetically-hyperactive sunspots.

1977-10-21T20:00:00Z

14x20 The Rhine's Revenge

14x20 The Rhine's Revenge

  • 1977-10-21T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon presents the story of how the river Rhine has defended itself against progress.

1977-12-02T21:00:00Z

14x21 Icarus' Children

14x21 Icarus' Children

  • 1977-12-02T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon presents a report on the prize offered to the first person who could fly a prescribed figure of eight course.

1977-12-09T21:00:00Z

14x22 The Healing Nightmare

14x22 The Healing Nightmare

  • 1977-12-09T21:00:00Z1h

This episode of Horizon is a dramatized reconstruction of breakdown of Carl Gustav Jung on the road to insanity.

Season Finale

1977-12-23T21:00:00Z

14x23 The Great Wine Revolution

Season Finale

14x23 The Great Wine Revolution

  • 1977-12-23T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon explores a new science-based revolution in the production of wine.

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