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Horizon: Season 5

1968 1968
TV-PG

  • 1968-01-02T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 1d (24 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

24 episodes

Season Premiere

1968-01-02T21:00:00Z

5x01 An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker

Season Premiere

5x01 An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker

  • 1968-01-02T21:00:00Z1h

Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airships.

1968-01-30T21:00:00Z

5x02 Man's Best Friend

5x02 Man's Best Friend

  • 1968-01-30T21:00:00Z1h

This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.

1968-02-13T21:00:00Z

5x03 Once a Junkie

5x03 Once a Junkie

  • 1968-02-13T21:00:00Z1h

In England addicts get their heroin, and often cocaine, on the National Health Service: our system has prevented the growth of a drug-based criminal world, but Americans say that our system only worked when we did not have a serious addiction problem. Now we do. Does our present system make it too easy for the casual drug experimenter to become a hard-core addict? Is there anything we can learn from the American situation?

Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.

1968-03-12T20:00:00Z

5x05 The Man Makers

5x05 The Man Makers

  • 1968-03-12T20:00:00Z1h

In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.

1968-03-26T20:00:00Z

5x06 Man in Search of Himself

5x06 Man in Search of Himself

  • 1968-03-26T20:00:00Z1h

This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.

1968-04-09T20:00:00Z

5x07 Investigating Murder

5x07 Investigating Murder

  • 1968-04-09T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.

1968-05-07T20:00:00Z

5x08 The Equation of Murder

5x08 The Equation of Murder

  • 1968-05-07T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.

1968-09-12T20:00:00Z

5x09 The Lindemann Enigma

5x09 The Lindemann Enigma

  • 1968-09-12T20:00:00Z1h

This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.

1968-09-19T20:00:00Z

5x10 From Field to Factory

5x10 From Field to Factory

  • 1968-09-19T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.

1968-09-26T20:00:00Z

5x11 Comfort on Aging

5x11 Comfort on Aging

  • 1968-09-26T20:00:00Z1h

In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.

1968-10-03T20:00:00Z

5x12 Experiments in War

5x12 Experiments in War

  • 1968-10-03T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.

1968-10-10T20:00:00Z

5x13 Medecine in Russia

5x13 Medecine in Russia

  • 1968-10-10T20:00:00Z1h

In 1917, Russia had fewer than twenty doctors for every million of her people. Today, the figure is over 2,000: almost twice as many as in this country. The organisational changes that were necessary to build a Health Service in the country with the largest share of the earth's surface were vast. The resulting system is very different from ours.

1968-10-17T20:00:00Z

5x14 African Medicine

5x14 African Medicine

  • 1968-10-17T20:00:00Z1h

In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.

1968-10-24T20:00:00Z

5x15 The Broken Bridge

5x15 The Broken Bridge

  • 1968-10-24T20:00:00Z1h

This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.

1968-10-31T20:00:00Z

5x16 Children Without Words

5x16 Children Without Words

  • 1968-10-31T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.

1968-11-07T20:00:00Z

5x17 The Computer Revolution

5x17 The Computer Revolution

  • 1968-11-07T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.

1968-11-14T20:00:00Z

5x18 Doctor's Dilemma

5x18 Doctor's Dilemma

  • 1968-11-14T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.

This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.

1968-11-28T20:00:00Z

5x20 Wheels Within Wheels

5x20 Wheels Within Wheels

  • 1968-11-28T20:00:00Z1h

Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.

1968-12-05T20:00:00Z

5x21 Black Man, White Science

5x21 Black Man, White Science

  • 1968-12-05T20:00:00Z1h

In this episode, Horizon investigates the study of science by african americans.

1968-12-12T20:00:00Z

5x22 The Hidden World

5x22 The Hidden World

  • 1968-12-12T20:00:00Z1h

In this episode, Horizon reports on the exploration and survey of the oceans of the world.

1968-12-19T20:00:00Z

5x23 The Talgai Skull

5x23 The Talgai Skull

  • 1968-12-19T20:00:00Z1h

Prof. N.W.G. MacIntosh investigates the origin of the Talgai Skull found in Australia in 1886.

In this episode of Horizon, Michael Balfour invites us to share in the mystery and magic of the "Magic Lantern".

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