David Stewart
Director
Horizon (1964)
1975
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Released Feb. 4, 1964
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.spatial-awareness, imdb.science, imdb.reenactment, imdb.technology, imdb.nature, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.deep-dive, imdb.one-word-title
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S12E1 - The Killer Dust
This investigative report by Horizon covers an investigation into the deaths of people who inhaled asbestos dust at Acre Mill, Yorkshire, England.
Jan. 20, 1975, midnight
S12E2 - A Time to Be Born
Investigates the growing tendency in hospitals to induce childbirth by injecting hormones into mothers. The practice has become increasingly widespread in recent years, and this film asks if induction is desirable, necessary, and safe.
Jan. 27, 1975, midnight
S12E3 - The Unsafe Sea
This episode of Horizon examines the problems of ship safety in the English Channel.
Feb. 10, 1975, midnight
S12E4 - The Change of Life
Horizon investigates the symptoms of menopause and the various degrees in which it occurs.
Feb. 17, 1975, midnight
S12E5 - Project Fido
This episode of Horizon shows the peril to man of the ever increasing dog population in the western world.
Feb. 24, 1975, midnight
S12E6 - The Planets
By the end of 1974, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter had all been visited by spacecraft. For the first time scientists saw in sharp detail the continents, mountains, valleys and volcanoes of other worlds. Tonight's programme shows how these geological features give clues to the way the planets evolved; how they have helped scientists in their attempt to reach back 5,000 million years to understand the formation of the solar system itself.
March 10, 1975, midnight
S12E7 - The Long, Long Walkabout
This report by Horizon covers an investigation by a group of Australian scientists that looks into the origins and history of the Australian Aborigines.
April 7, 1975, midnight
S12E8 - The Overworked Miracle
This report by Horizon describes the resistance to antibiotics, fast growing in all countries, and the dangers it could mean for the future.
April 14, 1975, midnight
S12E9 - Not the Cheapest, But the Best
Horizon investigates the life and work of the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
April 21, 1975, midnight
S12E10 - A Spoonful of Roughage
Horizon explores the effect of fibre in diet on the diseases of western world.
April 28, 1975, midnight
S12E11 - Brain Poison
Horizon presents an investigation into the effects on health of lead in the urban atmosphere.
May 5, 1975, midnight
S12E12 - The Bulldog's Last Bark?
This is a Horizon report on the building of the British military deterrent from the first decision to make it in 1941 until the present state of lethargy.
May 12, 1975, midnight
S12E13 - Benjamin
This episode of Horizon follows the progress of Benjamin Pile, born on 22 November, 1974, at Oxford in Britain.
May 19, 1975, midnight
S12E14 - The McMaster Experiment
This report by Horizon covers an experiment at McMaster University Medical School, in Ontario, Canada.
June 2, 1975, midnight
S12E15 - The Glazed Outlook
Horizon investigates the attempts by the University of Newcastle in England to define and create an ideal living and working environment.
June 9, 1975, midnight
S12E16 - The Three Chord Trick
Horizon explores the psychology of music, as it explains why music has such a powerful emotive effect in every society.
June 16, 1975, midnight
S12E17 - The Cleanest Place in the World
This report by Horizon brings you scientists that are using Antarctica as a giant natural lab to study who has polluted Earth most; man or nature.
June 23, 1975, midnight
S12E18 - Strange Sleep
Horizon investigates the discovery of gaseous anaesthetic from 1840 until the early years of 20th century.
June 30, 1975, midnight
S12E19 - The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?
Horizon reports on the history of superconductivity, from discovery, to the present.
July 7, 1975, midnight
S12E20 - How Do You Read?
In this documentary, Horizon reports on the reading process; how it works for the fluent, and how it should be taught.
July 14, 1975, midnight
S12E21 - The Sickly Sea
This episode of Horizon describes the various aspects of the pollution problem of the Mediterranean Sea.
July 21, 1975, midnight
S12E22 - Happy Catastrophe
In this Horizon episode, Rene Thom's mathematical discovery of the catastrophe theory is investigated.
July 28, 1975, midnight
S12E23 - To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima
This documentary by Horizon commemorates the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
Aug. 4, 1975, midnight
S12E24 - Cannabis
Horizon takes a look at the history of cannabis and the research on the effects of smoking marijuana.
Aug. 11, 1975, midnight
S12E25 - Meditation and the Mind
This is a report by Horizon on Transcendental Meditation, or TM, brought to the West by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Aug. 18, 1975, midnight
S12E26 - The Trobriand Experiment
This documentary by Horizon is about the Trobriand islanders, whose culture is based on the Kula, a communication system of giving and receiving.
Dec. 29, 1975, midnight
BBC Two
60 min/ep
77006 min
Feb. 4, 1964
Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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