Horizon - Season 8 / Year 1971
Season 8 / Year 1971
Network
Episodes32
DatesJan 4, 1971 - Dec 27, 1971
Episodes
Year 1971Episode 160 min
Wildlife - The Last Great Battle
In this episode, Horizon looks a the efforts of zoos to save animal species from extinction by breeding enough to ensure their survival in captivity
Jan 4, 1971
Year 1971Episode 260 min
Great Ormond Street
In this episode, Horizon looks at the renowned British hospital for children, Great Ormond Street, and the Institute of Child Health.
Jan 18, 1971
Year 1971Episode 360 min
A Bulldozer Through Heaven
Horizon explores the island of New Guinea and its cultural changes going on there.
Jan 25, 1971
Year 1971Episode 460 min
Rumors of War
This episode of Horizon looks at the growing arsenal of nuclear weapons over the last 25 years and the effects it has on the arms race.
Feb 1, 1971
Year 1971Episode 560 min
I'm Dependent - You're Addicted
The first of a two-programme investigation in which Horizon and Man Alive have combined forces. This episode investigates the facts about drug abuse and experimental work undertaken in this area.
Feb 15, 1971
Year 1971Episode 660 min
Kuru - To Tremble with Fear
Kuru is a unique disease of the people of New Guinea. Horizon goes with Prof. E. J. Field to find out why.
Feb 22, 1971
Year 1971Episode 760 min
Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled
Horizon interviews ecologists that claim that man is irrevocably destroying its habitat.
Mar 8, 1971
Year 1971Episode 860 min
What Kind of Doctor?
Horizon investigates medical student training at the St. Thomas hospital in London, England.
Mar 15, 1971
Year 1971Episode 960 min
Nice Sort of Accident to Have
Horizon explores the causes, and looks for way to prevent car accidents
Mar 22, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1060 min
The Wood
This report by Horizon looks at the long term ecological study of the forest at Wytham Wood, Oxon, in England.
Apr 5, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1160 min
The Measure of a Man
In 1971, Horizon reviews the life and work of Prof. Hans Eysnck, the most controversial psychologists of the time.
Apr 12, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1260 min
Three Score Years and Then?
This report by Horizon explores care for the aged, for both medical and welfare services in Britain.
Apr 26, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1360 min
Darwin's Bulldog
Horizon reports on the famous protagonist of "The Origin of Species," Thomas Henry Huxley.
May 3, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1460 min
The Secret
This episode of Horizon examines how cells organize to become complex organs, and bodies.
May 10, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1560 min
What Every Girl Should Know
At the moment, legal abortions in the UK are being performed at the rate of over 90,000 a year and it is considered that the number is likely to rise. But why are so many people not prepared to use contraceptives? Are the contraceptives themselves at fault or is it part of a deep-rooted attitude to sex? A drug is now being tested which makes it possible for a woman to procure her own abortion in the first few weeks of pregnancy.
May 17, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1660 min
Tastes of Food to Come
Horizon reports on food technology now experimenting with meat substitutes.
May 24, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1760 min
Looking for a Happy Landing
Within 20 years vertical take-off airliners could be hovering over Hampstead and Dulwich before landing, one a minute, day and night, at a Thames-side V-port. Horizon looks at what could be one of the great environmental debates of the century to have, or not to have, aircraft flying in and out of city centres.
May 31, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1860 min
A Case of Depression
Horizon investigates how to treat depressive illneses.
Jun 7, 1971
Year 1971Episode 1960 min
The Total War Machine
This episode of Horizon reports on the development of the aircraft bomber throughout periods of war.
Jun 14, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2060 min
The Dinosaur Hunters
Horizon explores the field of palaeontology, the study of dinosaurs.
Jun 21, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2160 min
Your Country Needs You
This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's civil defense program, and to see if it is adequate in the event of a nuclear war.
Sep 27, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2260 min
Rheumatism
Horizon investigates rheumatism, and looks at why this disease is under-researched.
Oct 4, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2360 min
If at First You Don't Succeed...You Don't Succeed
Can new born babies solve complex problems? Horizon works with psychologists to see how they measure this capacity.
Oct 11, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2460 min
One Liverpool or Two?
Do city planners in Liverpool have unrealistic expectations? Horizon looks into the development and planning process of Liverpool, England.
Oct 18, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2560 min
Rutherford, Cavendish
This is a two part episode of Horizon. First, Horizon looks at the life of centenary Ernest Rutherford, followed by a report of the Cavendish Labratory in Cambridge, England.
Oct 25, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2660 min
The Fierce People
Horizon explores a primitive tribe of Yanomamo Indians living in southern Venezula.
Nov 1, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2760 min
The Men Who Painted Caves
This episode of Horizon looks in the ancient cave paintings found in France.
Nov 15, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2860 min
The Crab Nebula
This episode of Horizon reports on how the Crab Nebula was discovered, and continuing observation of the space encounter.
Nov 22, 1971
Year 1971Episode 2960 min
Can Venice Survive?
Horizon reports on the continuing problem of the city of Venice, Italy sinking into the sea.
Nov 29, 1971
Year 1971Episode 3060 min
Willingly to School
This report by Horizon is about Prof. Hean Piaget and her child center education theory.
Dec 6, 1971
Year 1971Episode 3160 min
Periscope War
Horizon presents the history of the submarines, from pre-World War I to today's nuclear powered submarines.
Dec 20, 1971
Year 1971Episode 3260 min
Patently Absurd
This episode of Horizon investigates strange new inventions.
Dec 27, 1971
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