Horizon - Season 9 / Year 1972
Season 9 / Year 1972
Network
Episodes33
DatesJan 3, 1972 - Dec 28, 1972
Episodes
Year 1972Episode 160 min
The Missing Link
In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
Jan 3, 1972
Year 1972Episode 260 min
Navajo - The Last Red Indians
Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
Jan 10, 1972
Year 1972Episode 360 min
How Much Do You Smell?
Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
Jan 17, 1972
Year 1972Episode 460 min
Parasite of Paradise
This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
Jan 31, 1972
Year 1972Episode 560 min
The Day It Rained Periwinkles
Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
Feb 7, 1972
Year 1972Episode 660 min
Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
Feb 14, 1972
Year 1972Episode 760 min
How They Sold Doomsday
In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
Feb 21, 1972
Year 1972Episode 860 min
For Love or Money
In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
Feb 28, 1972
Year 1972Episode 960 min
Whales, Dolphins and Men
Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
Mar 6, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1060 min
What is Race?
Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
Mar 13, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1160 min
Man-Made Lakes in Africa
Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
Mar 20, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1260 min
Survival in the Sahara
This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
Mar 27, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1360 min
Mind Over Body
This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
Apr 10, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1460 min
Out of Volcanoes
In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
Apr 17, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1560 min
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
May 1, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1660 min
Rail Crash
Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
May 8, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1760 min
Do You Dig National Parks?
Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
May 22, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1860 min
Sorry I Opened My Mouth
Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
Jun 12, 1972
Year 1972Episode 1960 min
The Way We Move
How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
Jul 3, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2060 min
The Life That Lives on Man
This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
Jul 10, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2160 min
Sex Can Be a Problem
In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
Jul 24, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2260 min
The Surgery of Violence
Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
Jul 31, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2360 min
Hospital, 1922
Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
Oct 12, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2460 min
When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
Oct 19, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2560 min
The Making of the English Landscape
This episode of Horizon illustrates the ideas of Prof. W.G. Hoskins on the development of the English landscape from Iron Age times to the present.
Oct 26, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2660 min
Shadows of Bliss
Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
Nov 2, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2760 min
Billion Marsh
This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
Nov 9, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2860 min
Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
Nov 16, 1972
Year 1972Episode 2960 min
The Making of a Natural History Film
This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
Nov 23, 1972
Year 1972Episode 3060 min
Fire
Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.
Nov 30, 1972
Year 1972Episode 3160 min
Alaskan Pipe Dream
This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
Dec 7, 1972
Year 1972Episode 3260 min
Their Life in Your Hands
Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
Dec 21, 1972
Year 1972Episode 3360 min
Navigating Europe
Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.
Dec 28, 1972
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