Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Horizon (Season 1)
The World of Buckminster Fuller (Episode 1)
Air date: 1964-02-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Horizon follows the work of R. Buckminster Fuller and his research of the geodesic dome.
Pesticides and Posterity (Episode 2)
Air date: 1964-05-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Dr. Frank Darling and Dr. Eric Edson discuss different environmental priorities.
A Candle to Nature (Episode 3)
Air date: 1964-06-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.
Strangeness Minus Three (Episode 4)
Air date: 1964-07-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Horizon explores the findings of physicists at Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. Who, after two years and thousands of photographs, have identified a predicted new particle which has a unique characteristic: 'strangeness minus three'.
The Air of Science (Episode 5)
Air date: 1964-08-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Horizon looks at the work of the National Institute for Medical Research.
The Knowledge Explosion (Episode 6)
Air date: 1964-09-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Prof. Arthur C. Clarke, Derek Price and Nigel Balchin discuss the past and future of science.
The Amateur Scientist (Episode 7)
Air date: 1964-10-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The work of amateur scientists.
Tots and Quods and Woodgeries (Episode 8)
Air date: 1964-11-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Horizon investigates the 'Tots and Quots' and the 'Woodgeries' two groups set up by scientists before the second world war to discuss the future of science and how it effects society.
Science, Toys and Magic (Episode 9)
Air date: 1964-12-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Horizon takes a look at science in the spirit of Christmas.
