Horizon

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  • BBC Two
  • 21
  • Documentary

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1974
1974x1
A Matter of Self-Defense
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This episode of Horizon explains how our body fights infections and cancers and brings us up-to-date on recent research in immunology.
1974x2
Bird Brain - The Mystery of Bird Navigation
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This episode of Horizon is about various experiments on migratory birds and homing pigeons to try and discover how they navigate.
1974x3
Never Too Late to Learn
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Horizon reports on the British Open University and how it operates.
1974x4
The Great Fish Hunt
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Horizon investigates how Britain has hunted fish in the past and how improved fish catching techniques have severely reduced fish stocks.
1974x5
Pedal Power
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This episode of Horizon is about the history of the bicycle and the possibility of it being able to ease the traffic problems in Britain.
1974x6
The Writing on the Wall
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In this episode, Horizon looks at connections between crime and poor housing design in the USA.
1974x7
Where Did the Colorado Go?
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Horizon investigates reports of abuse of the Colorado river in the USA.
1974x8
The Future Goes Boom
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Horizon examines the British Hudson Institute's methods and predictions for the future of economics.
1974x9
Fusion: The Energy Promise
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In this Horizon episode, we look at attempts by scientists to solve the energy crisis of future by building nuclear fusion reactors.
1974x10
The First Ten Years
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In this report, Prof. John Maynard Smith looks back at some of the subjects Horizon has presented since 1964.
1974x11
This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow
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Horizon looks back at the discovery and the development of anesthesia.
1974x12
The Hunting of the Quark
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This Horizon episode is about the search for quarks, thought to be the substance of which electrons, protons, and neutrons are made of.
1974x13
A Noah's Ark for Europe
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Horizon investigates captive animal breeding to prevent extinction of animal species in the wild.
1974x14
Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch
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Horizon reports on bridges in Britain...how safe are they?
1974x15
Search for Life
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Documentary about the origins of life which attempts to find out what happened in the one billion years before fossil evidence begins.
1974x16
The Secrets of Sleep
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Horizon investigates the subject of sleep in Britain and the USA.
1974x17
Who Needs Skills?
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In this episode of Horizon, you learn about transferring the basis of modern industry production from human skills to computer programmed machines.
1974x18
Hills of Promise
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In this report, Horizon presents the state of hill farming in Wales.
1974x19
The Race for the Double Helix
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This documentary of Horizon reports on the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 by Dr. Francis Crick and Prof. James Watson.
1974x20
The Immigrant Doctors
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In this episode, Horizon reports on the rising number of imigrant doctors working in the National Health System of Britain.
1974x21
Mines, Minerals and Men
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Horizon explores the technological and economic reasons for the mining revival in Britain.
1974x22
What Price Steak?
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Horizon reports on the beef crisis and rising prices.
1974x23
Listen and Be Loyal
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Horizon brings you a report by Tom Harrison on anti-nazi propaganda in Britain during World War II.
1974x24
Adam or Eve?
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This episode of Horizon investigates the role that hormones play in the stages of mammalian sexual development.
1974x25
An Unholy Scramble
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Horizon investigates some of the risks and problems involved in bringing oil from the North Sea ashore.
1974x26
Do as You Are Told
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This report by Horizon explores how far people are prepared to suppress their own moral scruples in the face of necessity to obey authority.
1974x27
The First Signs of Washoe
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Horizons reviews the scientific work of Americans in the field of research in communication with animals.
1974x28
The Other Way
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Horizon presents Dr. Schumacher's theory that use of modern technology could make the working week a creative experience.
1974x29
Joey
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This story by Horizon reconstructs the true life story of Joey Deacon.
1974x30
The Neglected Harvest
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Horizon investigates the developments and research in forestry which may now help to overcome shortage of timber.
1974x31
How on Earth Did They Do That?
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This documentary by Horizon reports on the development of cinematographic special effects from 1890's to date.
1974x32
The Lysenko Affair
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Horizon presents a dramatized documentary on the rise to power of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, a young Ukrainian agriculturalist.

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