Horizon

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  • BBC Two
  • 21
  • Documentary

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1969
1969x1
Inside Every Fat Man
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Horizon looks into music therapy used in the treatment of mental disorders.
1969x8
Report on V.D.
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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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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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1969x11
The Drift from Science
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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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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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Horizon looks into what man has seen and done during 10 years of space exploration.
1969x14
The Unborn Patient
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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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This episode of Horizon looks at the communication systems of animals.
1969x16
Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow
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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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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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Sebastian Z. de Ferranti gives the Royal Society lecture for 1969 on technological development.
1969x19
After Apollo
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The US spent $40 billion to put man on the moon, yet the real objectives of the space program remain obscure.
1969x20
Discovery
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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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1969x22
Science on Safari
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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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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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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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Horizon investigates surveys being carried out on British children to test Freud's theories.
1969x26
Master of the Microscope
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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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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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1969x29
Cancer Now
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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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1969x31
Fit to Live
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Horizon investigates the limits of survival under extreme and normal enviromental conditions.
1969x32
Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs
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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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Horizon investigates how drinking affects human behavior.
1969x34
A Game of War
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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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Horizon explores the problem of feeding the growing world population.
1969x36
For the Safety of Mankind
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Horizon investigate the dilemma of whether a scientist should put his loyalty to mankind before his loyalty to his country.

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