No Image

1968

Horizon

1968 Episodes

Episodes

Back to Show
EP 1
60m

An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker

1/2/1968

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

EP 2
60m

Man's Best Friend

1/30/1968

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

EP 3
60m

Once a Junkie

2/13/1968

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?

EP 4
60m

Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow

2/27/1968

Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.

EP 5
60m

The Man Makers

3/12/1968

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

EP 6
60m

Man in Search of Himself

3/26/1968

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

EP 7
60m

Investigating Murder

4/9/1968

Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.

EP 8
60m

The Equation of Murder

5/7/1968

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

EP 9
60m

The Lindemann Enigma

9/12/1968

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

EP 10
60m

From Field to Factory

9/19/1968

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

EP 11
60m

Comfort on Aging

9/26/1968

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

EP 12
60m

Experiments in War

10/3/1968

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

EP 13
60m

Medecine in Russia

10/10/1968

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.

EP 14
60m

African Medicine

10/17/1968

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

EP 15
60m

The Broken Bridge

10/24/1968

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

EP 16
60m

Children Without Words

10/31/1968

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

EP 17
60m

The Computer Revolution

11/7/1968

Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.

EP 18
60m

Doctor's Dilemma

11/14/1968

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

EP 19
60m

In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel

11/21/1968

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

EP 20
60m

Wheels Within Wheels

11/28/1968

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

EP 21
60m

Black Man, White Science

12/5/1968

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

EP 22
60m

The Hidden World

12/12/1968

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

EP 23
60m

The Talgai Skull

12/19/1968

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

EP 24
60m

Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern

12/24/1968

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