Seasons & episodes
S14 · E7The Red Planet 1977-03-04 · 60 min
This story by Horizon traces the efforts of astronomers and scientists through history to prove the existence of life on Mars.
S14 · E8One of Nature's Hotels 1977-03-11 · 60 min
Horizon looks at an ecological study of the Ythan estuary in Scotland.
S14 · E9Dawn of the Solar Age 1977-03-18 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon investigates research into solar energy in the USA, Japan, and the UK.
S14 · E10Genetic Roulette 1977-04-01 · 60 min
Horizon explores the debate on human genetic engineering.
S14 · E11The Amazing Doctor Newton 1977-07-15 · 60 min
BBC television documentary which explores, using live-action dramatisation, the life's work of Sir Isaac Newton, emphasising his sources of inspiration.
S14 · E12The Trouble with Medicine 1977-07-22 · 60 min
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.
S14 · E13Silent Speech 1977-07-29 · 60 min
This Horizon report is about Prof. Hubert Montagner and his study of non-verbal communication in young children, along with his findings.
S14 · E14The Green Machine 1977-08-05 · 60 min
Horizon makes an investigation into plant biology.
S14 · E15The River That Came Clean 1977-09-02 · 60 min
This is a report by Horizon on the successful clean-up of the River Thames in Britain.
S14 · E16Blueprints in the Bloodstream 1977-09-09 · 60 min
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.
S14 · E1740 Years of Murder 1977-09-16 · 60 min
Horizon presents a profile on one of the UK's leading pathologists, Keith Simpson.
S14 · E18The Cry for Help 1977-09-30 · 60 min
This Horizon episode examines the growing British problem of attempted suicide by an overdose of drugs.
S14 · E19The Sunspot Mystery 1977-10-07 · 60 min
Horizon presents evidence that links the drought cycle with the number of magnetically-hyperactive sunspots.
S14 · E20The Rhine's Revenge 1977-10-21 · 60 min
Horizon presents the story of how the river Rhine has defended itself against progress.
S14 · E21Icarus' Children 1977-12-02 · 60 min
Horizon presents a report on the prize offered to the first person who could fly a prescribed figure of eight course.
S14 · E22The Healing Nightmare 1977-12-09 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon is a dramatized reconstruction of breakdown of Carl Gustav Jung on the road to insanity.
S14 · E23The Great Wine Revolution 1977-12-23 · 60 min
Horizon explores a new science-based revolution in the production of wine.
S15 · E1Living Machines 1978-01-06 · 60 min
Horizon investigates how biologists and engineers are pooling their ideas to understand how nature's machines work.
S15 · E2A Land for All Reasons 1978-01-20 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon examines the need for an objective approach to land management in Britain.
S15 · E3I Don't Want to Be a Burden 1978-01-27 · 60 min
Horizon explores community and residential services available to the elderly in South Hampton, England.
S15 · E4Zero G 1978-02-03 · 60 min
Horizon presents a report on zero gravity and the effects of weightlessness in spacecraft on humans.
S15 · E5The Message in the Rocks 1978-02-17 · 60 min
Develops the theory that four and a half thousand million years ago the earth was formed thanks to the explosion of a huge star which provided the rocks, the minerals and the radioactivity from which life developed. These theories are based partly on analysis of a meteorite which dropped near a village in Mexico at the beginning of the seventies.
S15 · E6The Eddystone Lights 1978-02-24 · 60 min
Horizon reports on last three attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth.
S15 · E7Light of the 21st Century 1978-03-10 · 60 min
Horizon presents a documentary on the development of the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation device, or more commonly know as the Laser.