Horizon - Season 11 / Year 1974

Horizon - Season 11 / Year 1974

Season 11 / Year 1974

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Episodes32
DatesJan 7, 1974 - Dec 30, 1974
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Episodes

A Matter of Self-Defense
Year 1974Episode 160 min

A Matter of Self-Defense

This episode of Horizon explains how our body fights infections and cancers and brings us up-to-date on recent research in immunology.
Jan 7, 1974
Bird Brain - The Mystery of Bird Navigation
Year 1974Episode 260 min

Bird Brain - The Mystery of Bird Navigation

This episode of Horizon is about various experiments on migratory birds and homing pigeons to try and discover how they navigate.
Jan 14, 1974
Never Too Late to Learn
Year 1974Episode 360 min

Never Too Late to Learn

Horizon reports on the British Open University and how it operates.
Jan 21, 1974
The Great Fish Hunt
Year 1974Episode 460 min

The Great Fish Hunt

Horizon investigates how Britain has hunted fish in the past and how improved fish catching techniques have severely reduced fish stocks.
Jan 28, 1974
Pedal Power
Year 1974Episode 560 min

Pedal Power

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.
Feb 4, 1974
The Writing on the Wall
Year 1974Episode 660 min

The Writing on the Wall

In this episode, Horizon looks at connections between crime and poor housing design in the USA.
Feb 11, 1974
Where Did the Colorado Go?
Year 1974Episode 760 min

Where Did the Colorado Go?

Horizon investigates reports of abuse of the Colorado river in the USA.
Feb 18, 1974
The Future Goes Boom
Year 1974Episode 860 min

The Future Goes Boom

Horizon examines the British Hudson Institute's methods and predictions for the future of economics.
Mar 4, 1974
Fusion: The Energy Promise
Year 1974Episode 960 min

Fusion: The Energy Promise

In this Horizon episode, we look at attempts by scientists to solve the energy crisis of future by building nuclear fusion reactors.
Mar 11, 1974
The First Ten Years
Year 1974Episode 1060 min

The First Ten Years

In this report, Prof. John Maynard Smith looks back at some of the subjects Horizon has presented since 1964.
Apr 22, 1974
This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow
Year 1974Episode 1160 min

This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow

Horizon looks back at the discovery and the development of anesthesia.
Apr 29, 1974
The Hunting of the Quark
Year 1974Episode 1260 min

The Hunting of the Quark

This Horizon episode is about the search for quarks, thought to be the substance of which electrons, protons, and neutrons are made of.
May 6, 1974
A Noah's Ark for Europe
Year 1974Episode 1360 min

A Noah's Ark for Europe

Horizon investigates captive animal breeding to prevent extinction of animal species in the wild.
May 13, 1974
Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch
Year 1974Episode 1460 min

Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch

Horizon reports on bridges in Britain...how safe are they?
Jun 3, 1974
Search for Life
Year 1974Episode 1560 min

Search for Life

Documentary about the origins of life which attempts to find out what happened in the one billion years before fossil evidence begins.
Jun 10, 1974
The Secrets of Sleep
Year 1974Episode 1660 min

The Secrets of Sleep

Horizon investigates the subject of sleep in Britain and the USA.
Jun 10, 1974
Who Needs Skills?
Year 1974Episode 1760 min

Who Needs Skills?

In this episode of Horizon, you learn about transferring the basis of modern industry production from human skills to computer programmed machines.
Jun 24, 1974
Hills of Promise
Year 1974Episode 1860 min

Hills of Promise

In this report, Horizon presents the state of hill farming in Wales.
Jul 1, 1974
The Race for the Double Helix
Year 1974Episode 1960 min

The Race for the Double Helix

This documentary of Horizon reports on the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 by Dr. Francis Crick and Prof. James Watson.
Jul 8, 1974
The Immigrant Doctors
Year 1974Episode 2060 min

The Immigrant Doctors

In this episode, Horizon reports on the rising number of imigrant doctors working in the National Health System of Britain.
Jul 15, 1974
Mines, Minerals and Men
Year 1974Episode 2160 min

Mines, Minerals and Men

Horizon explores the technological and economic reasons for the mining revival in Britain.
Jul 22, 1974
What Price Steak?
Year 1974Episode 2260 min

What Price Steak?

Horizon reports on the beef crisis and rising prices.
Jul 29, 1974
Listen and Be Loyal
Year 1974Episode 2360 min

Listen and Be Loyal

Horizon brings you a report by Tom Harrison on anti-nazi propaganda in Britain during World War II.
Aug 5, 1974
Adam or Eve?
Year 1974Episode 2460 min

Adam or Eve?

This episode of Horizon investigates the role that hormones play in the stages of mammalian sexual development.
Aug 12, 1974
An Unholy Scramble
Year 1974Episode 2560 min

An Unholy Scramble

Horizon investigates some of the risks and problems involved in bringing oil from the North Sea ashore.
Sep 2, 1974
Do as You Are Told
Year 1974Episode 2660 min

Do as You Are Told

This report by Horizon explores how far people are prepared to suppress their own moral scruples in the face of necessity to obey authority.
Oct 28, 1974
The First Signs of Washoe
Year 1974Episode 2760 min

The First Signs of Washoe

Horizons reviews the scientific work of Americans in the field of research in communication with animals.
Nov 4, 1974
The Other Way
Year 1974Episode 2860 min

The Other Way

Horizon presents Dr. Schumacher's theory that use of modern technology could make the working week a creative experience.
Nov 11, 1974
Joey
Year 1974Episode 2960 min

Joey

Dec 9, 1974
The Neglected Harvest
Year 1974Episode 3060 min

The Neglected Harvest

Dec 16, 1974
How on Earth Did They Do That?
Year 1974Episode 3160 min

How on Earth Did They Do That?

Dec 23, 1974
The Lysenko Affair
Year 1974Episode 3260 min

The Lysenko Affair

Dec 30, 1974

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