Horizon - Season 11 / Year 1974
Season 11 / Year 1974
Network
Episodes32
DatesJan 7, 1974 - Dec 30, 1974
Episodes
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
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
Year 1974Episode 360 min
Never Too Late to Learn
Horizon reports on the British Open University and how it operates.
Jan 21, 1974
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
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
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
Year 1974Episode 760 min
Where Did the Colorado Go?
Horizon investigates reports of abuse of the Colorado river in the USA.
Feb 18, 1974
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
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
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
Year 1974Episode 1160 min
This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow
Horizon looks back at the discovery and the development of anesthesia.
Apr 29, 1974
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
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
Year 1974Episode 1460 min
Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch
Horizon reports on bridges in Britain...how safe are they?
Jun 3, 1974
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
Year 1974Episode 1660 min
The Secrets of Sleep
Horizon investigates the subject of sleep in Britain and the USA.
Jun 10, 1974
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
Year 1974Episode 1860 min
Hills of Promise
In this report, Horizon presents the state of hill farming in Wales.
Jul 1, 1974
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
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
Year 1974Episode 2160 min
Mines, Minerals and Men
Horizon explores the technological and economic reasons for the mining revival in Britain.
Jul 22, 1974
Year 1974Episode 2260 min
What Price Steak?
Horizon reports on the beef crisis and rising prices.
Jul 29, 1974
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
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
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
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
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
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
Year 1974Episode 2960 min
Joey
Dec 9, 1974
Year 1974Episode 3060 min
The Neglected Harvest
Dec 16, 1974
Year 1974Episode 3160 min
How on Earth Did They Do That?
Dec 23, 1974
Year 1974Episode 3260 min
The Lysenko Affair
Dec 30, 1974
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