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Season 5

Horizon Season 5

January. 02,1968
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8.6
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TV-PG
| Documentary

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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Horizon Season 5 Full Episode Guide

Episode 24 - Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern
First Aired: December. 24,1968

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

Episode 23 - The Talgai Skull
First Aired: December. 19,1968

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

Episode 22 - The Hidden World
First Aired: December. 12,1968

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

Episode 21 - Black Man, White Science
First Aired: December. 05,1968

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

Episode 20 - Wheels Within Wheels
First Aired: November. 28,1968

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

Episode 19 - In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel
First Aired: November. 21,1968

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

Episode 18 - Doctor's Dilemma
First Aired: November. 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.

Episode 17 - The Computer Revolution
First Aired: November. 07,1968

Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.

Episode 16 - Children Without Words
First Aired: October. 31,1968

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

Episode 15 - The Broken Bridge
First Aired: October. 24,1968

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

Episode 14 - African Medicine
First Aired: October. 17,1968

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

Episode 13 - Medecine in Russia
First Aired: October. 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.

Episode 12 - Experiments in War
First Aired: October. 03,1968

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

Episode 11 - Comfort on Aging
First Aired: September. 26,1968

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

Episode 10 - From Field to Factory
First Aired: September. 19,1968

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

Episode 9 - The Lindemann Enigma
First Aired: September. 12,1968

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

Episode 8 - The Equation of Murder
First Aired: May. 07,1968

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

Episode 7 - Investigating Murder
First Aired: April. 09,1968

Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.

Episode 6 - Man in Search of Himself
First Aired: March. 26,1968

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

Episode 5 - The Man Makers
First Aired: March. 12,1968

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

Episode 4 - Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow
First Aired: February. 27,1968

Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.

Episode 3 - Once a Junkie
First Aired: February. 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?

Episode 2 - Man's Best Friend
First Aired: January. 30,1968

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

Episode 1 - An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker
First Aired: January. 02,1968

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

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