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1975

Horizon

1975 Episodes

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EP 1
60m

The Killer Dust

1/20/1975

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

A Time to Be Born
EP 2
50m

A Time to Be Born

1/27/1975

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.

Guest Stars

Rosemary Leach
EP 3
60m

The Unsafe Sea

2/10/1975

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

EP 4
60m

The Change of Life

2/17/1975

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

EP 5
60m

Project Fido

2/24/1975

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

EP 6
60m

The Planets

3/10/1975

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.

Guest Stars

Paul Vaughan
EP 7
60m

The Long, Long Walkabout

4/7/1975

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

EP 8
60m

The Overworked Miracle

4/14/1975

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

EP 9
60m

Not the Cheapest, But the Best

4/21/1975

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

EP 10
60m

A Spoonful of Roughage

4/28/1975

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

EP 11
60m

Brain Poison

5/5/1975

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

EP 12
60m

The Bulldog's Last Bark?

5/12/1975

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.

EP 13
60m

Benjamin

5/19/1975

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

EP 14
60m

The McMaster Experiment

6/2/1975

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

EP 15
60m

The Glazed Outlook

6/9/1975

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

EP 16
60m

The Three Chord Trick

6/16/1975

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

EP 17
60m

The Cleanest Place in the World

6/23/1975

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.

EP 18
60m

Strange Sleep

6/30/1975

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

EP 19
60m

The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?

7/7/1975

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

EP 20
60m

How Do You Read?

7/14/1975

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

EP 21
60m

The Sickly Sea

7/21/1975

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

EP 22
60m

Happy Catastrophe

7/28/1975

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

EP 23
60m

To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima

8/4/1975

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

EP 24
60m

Cannabis

8/11/1975

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

EP 25
60m

Meditation and the Mind

8/18/1975

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

Guest Stars

Paul Vaughan
EP 26
60m

The Trobriand Experiment

12/29/1975

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