Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Horizon (Staffel 14)
A Smile for a Crocodile (Folge 1)
Sendedatum: 1977-01-07
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon documents the life of crocodiles and alligators, and their breeding and exploitation.
The Pill for the People (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1977-01-14
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon traces the history of the oral contraceptive pill through the last 60 years as told by its pioneers.
The Ape That Stood Up (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1977-01-21
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon looks at how recent excavations in Africa have changed the accepted ideas of man's origins and age.
The Human Animal (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1977-02-04
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon investigates Sociobiology, which is a study of human social behaviour based on zoological research into animal behaviour.
The Guinea Pig and the Law (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1977-02-18
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: In this episode, Horizon explores how animal experiments are carried out in Britain.
Hunters of the Seal (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1977-02-25
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon presents a story that depicts an astonishingly harsh way of life of the Netsilik Eskimos whose whole life is based on seal hunting.
The Red Planet (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1977-03-04
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: This story by Horizon traces the efforts of astronomers and scientists through history to prove the existence of life on Mars.
One of Nature's Hotels (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1977-03-11
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon looks at an ecological study of the Ythan estuary in Scotland.
Dawn of the Solar Age (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1977-03-18
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: In this episode, Horizon investigates research into solar energy in the USA, Japan, and the UK.
Genetic Roulette (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1977-04-01
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon explores the debate on human genetic engineering.
The Amazing Doctor Newton (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1977-07-15
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: BBC television documentary which explores, using live-action dramatisation, the life's work of Sir Isaac Newton, emphasising his sources of inspiration.
The Trouble with Medicine (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1977-07-22
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: 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.
Silent Speech (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1977-07-29
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: This Horizon report is about Prof. Hubert Montagner and his study of non-verbal communication in young children, along with his findings.
The Green Machine (Folge 14)
Sendedatum: 1977-08-05
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon makes an investigation into plant biology.
The River That Came Clean (Folge 15)
Sendedatum: 1977-09-02
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: This is a report by Horizon on the successful clean-up of the River Thames in Britain.
Blueprints in the Bloodstream (Folge 16)
Sendedatum: 1977-09-09
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: 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.
40 Years of Murder (Folge 17)
Sendedatum: 1977-09-16
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon presents a profile on one of the UK's leading pathologists, Keith Simpson.
The Cry for Help (Folge 18)
Sendedatum: 1977-09-30
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: This Horizon episode examines the growing British problem of attempted suicide by an overdose of drugs.
The Sunspot Mystery (Folge 19)
Sendedatum: 1977-10-07
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon presents evidence that links the drought cycle with the number of magnetically-hyperactive sunspots.
The Rhine's Revenge (Folge 20)
Sendedatum: 1977-10-21
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon presents the story of how the river Rhine has defended itself against progress.
Icarus' Children (Folge 21)
Sendedatum: 1977-12-02
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon presents a report on the prize offered to the first person who could fly a prescribed figure of eight course.
The Healing Nightmare (Folge 22)
Sendedatum: 1977-12-09
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: This episode of Horizon is a dramatized reconstruction of breakdown of Carl Gustav Jung on the road to insanity.
The Great Wine Revolution (Folge 23)
Sendedatum: 1977-12-23
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Horizon explores a new science-based revolution in the production of wine.
