David Stewart
Director
Horizon (1964)
1977
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
S14E1 - A Smile for a Crocodile
Horizon documents the life of crocodiles and alligators, and their breeding and exploitation.
Jan. 7, 1977, midnight
S14E2 - The Pill for the People
Horizon traces the history of the oral contraceptive pill through the last 60 years as told by its pioneers.
Jan. 14, 1977, midnight
S14E3 - The Ape That Stood Up
Horizon looks at how recent excavations in Africa have changed the accepted ideas of man's origins and age.
Jan. 21, 1977, midnight
S14E4 - The Human Animal
Horizon investigates Sociobiology, which is a study of human social behaviour based on zoological research into animal behaviour.
Feb. 4, 1977, midnight
S14E5 - The Guinea Pig and the Law
In this episode, Horizon explores how animal experiments are carried out in Britain.
Feb. 18, 1977, midnight
S14E6 - Hunters of the Seal
Horizon presents a story that depicts an astonishingly harsh way of life of the Netsilik Eskimos whose whole life is based on seal hunting.
Feb. 25, 1977, midnight
S14E7 - The Red Planet
This story by Horizon traces the efforts of astronomers and scientists through history to prove the existence of life on Mars.
March 4, 1977, midnight
S14E8 - One of Nature's Hotels
Horizon looks at an ecological study of the Ythan estuary in Scotland.
March 11, 1977, midnight
S14E9 - Dawn of the Solar Age
In this episode, Horizon investigates research into solar energy in the USA, Japan, and the UK.
March 18, 1977, midnight
S14E10 - Genetic Roulette
Horizon explores the debate on human genetic engineering.
April 1, 1977, midnight
S14E11 - The Amazing Doctor Newton
BBC television documentary which explores, using live-action dramatisation, the life's work of Sir Isaac Newton, emphasising his sources of inspiration.
July 15, 1977, midnight
S14E12 - The Trouble with Medicine
In this episode, Horizon looks at how, despite the high costs of the National Health System of Britain, more money doesn't mean better health.
July 22, 1977, midnight
S14E13 - Silent Speech
This Horizon report is about Prof. Hubert Montagner and his study of non-verbal communication in young children, along with his findings.
July 29, 1977, midnight
S14E14 - The Green Machine
Horizon makes an investigation into plant biology.
Aug. 5, 1977, midnight
S14E15 - The River That Came Clean
This is a report by Horizon on the successful clean-up of the River Thames in Britain.
Sept. 2, 1977, midnight
S14E16 - Blueprints in the Bloodstream
This Horizon episode reports on research by scientists into identifying a system of markers, such as tissue types on blood cells, which indicate the human being's vulnerability to a whole range of diseases like multiple sclerosis and diabetes, and the possibilities this presents for preventive medicine.
Sept. 9, 1977, midnight
S14E17 - 40 Years of Murder
Horizon presents a profile on one of the UK's leading pathologists, Keith Simpson.
Sept. 16, 1977, midnight
S14E18 - The Cry for Help
This Horizon episode examines the growing British problem of attempted suicide by an overdose of drugs.
Sept. 30, 1977, midnight
S14E19 - The Sunspot Mystery
Horizon presents evidence that links the drought cycle with the number of magnetically-hyperactive sunspots.
Oct. 7, 1977, midnight
S14E20 - The Rhine's Revenge
Horizon presents the story of how the river Rhine has defended itself against progress.
Oct. 21, 1977, midnight
S14E21 - Icarus' Children
Horizon presents a report on the prize offered to the first person who could fly a prescribed figure of eight course.
Dec. 2, 1977, midnight
S14E22 - The Healing Nightmare
This episode of Horizon is a dramatized reconstruction of breakdown of Carl Gustav Jung on the road to insanity.
Dec. 9, 1977, midnight
S14E23 - The Great Wine Revolution
Horizon explores a new science-based revolution in the production of wine.
Dec. 23, 1977, midnight
BBC Two
60 min/ep
77006 min
Feb. 4, 1964
Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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