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Season 1969
1969x1
Inside Every Fat Man
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 02, 1969
Horizon probes into the problems of obesity and investigates cures for obesity using diets and drugs.
1969x2
If Only They Could Speak
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Air date
Jan 09, 1969
A report by Horizon examining animal intelligence and looking at the reasons why no other animal has matched man in mental ability.
1969x3
The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye
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Air date
Jan 16, 1969
Horizon investigates the importance of the eye, diseases of the eye, and current research on sight.
1969x4
The Years of the Locust
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Air date
Jan 23, 1969
In this episode, Horizon reports on how in the last 2 years, the desert locust has been breeding in Southern Arabia by the Red Sea.
1969x5
The Gifted Child
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Air date
Jan 30, 1969
Horizon reports on the problems associated with raising and educating children of very high intelligence.
1969x6
The Last of the Polymaths
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Feb 06, 1969
This episode is a biography of the late professor J. B. S. Haldane whose life is described by his family, friends, and critics.
1969x7
Music and the Mind
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Air date
Feb 13, 1969
Horizon looks into music therapy used in the treatment of mental disorders.
1969x8
Report on V.D.
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Feb 20, 1969
This investigation by Horizon centers on the problems caused by venerial disease both in detection and cure.
1969x9
A True Madness
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Feb 22, 1969
Horizon investigates the problem of schizophrenia and discusses its causes and the ways in which it can be treated.
1969x10
Extra Sensory Perception
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Air date
Feb 27, 1969
No description available
1969x11
The Drift from Science
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Air date
Mar 06, 1969
This report by Horizon examines the reason for a fall in the percentage of school children doing science.
1969x12
Powers of Persuasion
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Air date
Mar 13, 1969
This episode of Horizon is about advertising, looking at how it works and the application of scientific methods to persuade us to buy.
1969x13
The View from Space
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Air date
Mar 20, 1969
Horizon looks into what man has seen and done during 10 years of space exploration.
1969x14
The Unborn Patient
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Air date
Mar 27, 1969
Horizon investigates new medical techniques to diagnose and treat unborn infants leading to a higher survival rate.
1969x15
King Solomon's Garden
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Air date
Apr 10, 1969
This episode of Horizon looks at the communication systems of animals.
1969x16
Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow
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Apr 24, 1969
Horizon investigates pollution problems in Britain with sewage and industrial wastes, and at the health risks associated with the pollution.
1969x17
Shark
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Air date
May 01, 1969
In this episode, Horizon examines our attempts to understand one of the oldest inhabitants of the sea, the shark.
1969x18
Technology and Self-Determination
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Air date
May 15, 1969
Sebastian Z. de Ferranti gives the Royal Society lecture for 1969 on technological development.
1969x19
After Apollo
Episode overview
Air date
May 22, 1969
The US spent $40 billion to put man on the moon, yet the real objectives of the space program remain obscure.
1969x20
Discovery
Episode overview
Air date
May 29, 1969
Horizon reports on the research being carried out in the fields of botany, astronomy, biochemistry, meteorology, and zoology.
1969x21
Machines and People
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Air date
Jun 05, 1969
This episode has no summary.
1969x22
Science on Safari
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Air date
Sep 15, 1969
The Honorable A. W. Benn addresses young art and technology students on the implications of increased technology.
1969x23
The Problem of Pain
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Air date
Sep 29, 1969
In this episode, Horizon reports on the problems of pain, and the theory put forward that pain is closely connected with personality.
1969x24
Four Fast Legs and a Nose
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Oct 06, 1969
Horizon explores "man's best friend", the dog, and examines its origins and how its special relationship with men came about.
1969x25
Father of the Man
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Oct 13, 1969
Horizon investigates surveys being carried out on British children to test Freud's theories.
1969x26
Master of the Microscope
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Air date
Oct 20, 1969
In this episode, Roman Vishniac talks about his study of living things in their natural habitat as his life's work.
1969x27
C.E.R.N.
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Air date
Oct 27, 1969
Horizon reports on the research into high-energy physics carried on at C.E.R.N. laboratory located near Geneva, Switzerland.
1969x28
Snap, Crackle and Bang
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Air date
Nov 03, 1969
No description available
1969x29
Cancer Now
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Air date
Nov 10, 1969
A report on current research into cancer and the subsequent knowledge and problems it brings.
1969x30
There's a Rhino in My Sugar
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Air date
Nov 17, 1969
No description available
1969x31
Fit to Live
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Air date
Nov 24, 1969
Horizon investigates the limits of survival under extreme and normal enviromental conditions.
1969x32
Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs
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Air date
Dec 01, 1969
Horizon reports on the development of the Dutch nation's continuing fight against the encroachment of the sea.
1969x33
How Much Do You Drink?
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Air date
Dec 08, 1969
Horizon investigates how drinking affects human behavior.
1969x34
A Game of War
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Air date
Dec 15, 1969
Horizon covers a simulated war game of a Middle East crisis, with different teams playing the roles of the major parties involved.
1969x35
Bread
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Air date
Dec 22, 1969
Horizon explores the problem of feeding the growing world population.
1969x36 Season finale
For the Safety of Mankind
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 29, 1969
Horizon investigate the dilemma of whether a scientist should put his loyalty to mankind before his loyalty to his country.

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