Seasons & episodes
S5 · E1An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker 1968-01-02 · 60 min
Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airships.
S5 · E2Man's Best Friend 1968-01-30 · 60 min
This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.
S5 · E3Once a Junkie 1968-02-13 · 60 min
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?
S5 · E4Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow 1968-02-27 · 60 min
Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.
S5 · E5The Man Makers 1968-03-12 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.
S5 · E6Man in Search of Himself 1968-03-26 · 60 min
This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.
S5 · E7Investigating Murder 1968-04-09 · 60 min
Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.
S5 · E8The Equation of Murder 1968-05-07 · 60 min
Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.
S5 · E9The Lindemann Enigma 1968-09-12 · 60 min
This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.
S5 · E10From Field to Factory 1968-09-19 · 60 min
Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.
S5 · E11Comfort on Aging 1968-09-26 · 60 min
In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.
S5 · E12Experiments in War 1968-10-03 · 60 min
Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.
S5 · E13Medecine in Russia 1968-10-10 · 60 min
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.
S5 · E14African Medicine 1968-10-17 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.
S5 · E15The Broken Bridge 1968-10-24 · 60 min
This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.
S5 · E16Children Without Words 1968-10-31 · 60 min
Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.
S5 · E17The Computer Revolution 1968-11-07 · 60 min
Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.
S5 · E18Doctor's Dilemma 1968-11-14 · 60 min
Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.
S5 · E19In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel 1968-11-21 · 60 min
This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.
S5 · E20Wheels Within Wheels 1968-11-28 · 60 min
Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.
S5 · E21Black Man, White Science 1968-12-05 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon investigates the study of science by african americans.
S5 · E22The Hidden World 1968-12-12 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon reports on the exploration and survey of the oceans of the world.
S5 · E23The Talgai Skull 1968-12-19 · 60 min
Prof. N.W.G. MacIntosh investigates the origin of the Talgai Skull found in Australia in 1886.
S5 · E24Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern 1968-12-24 · 60 min
In this episode of Horizon, Michael Balfour invites us to share in the mystery and magic of the "Magic Lantern".