Episodes
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1. The Missing Link
3 Jan 1972 · 60 min
In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.
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2. Navajo - The Last Red Indians
10 Jan 1972 · 60 min
Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
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3. How Much Do You Smell?
17 Jan 1972 · 60 min
Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
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4. The Parasite of Paradise
31 Jan 1972 · 60 min
This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
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5. The Day it Rained Periwinkles
7 Feb 1972 · 60 min
Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
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6. Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?
14 Feb 1972 · 60 min
Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
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7. How They Sold Doomsday
21 Feb 1972 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
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8. For Love or Money?
28 Feb 1972 · 60 min
In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
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9. Whales, Dolphins and Men
6 Mar 1972 · 60 min
Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
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10. What Is Race?
13 Mar 1972 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
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11. The Man-Made Lakes in Africa
20 Mar 1972 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
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12. Survival in the Sahara
27 Mar 1972 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
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13. Mind Over Body
10 Apr 1972 · 60 min
This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
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14. Out of Volcanoes
17 Apr 1972 · 60 min
In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
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15. The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1 May 1972 · 60 min
Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
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16. Rail Crash
8 May 1972 · 60 min
Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
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17. Do You Dig National Parks?
22 May 1972 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
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18. Sorry I Opened My Mouth
12 Jun 1972 · 60 min
Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
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19. The Way We Move
3 Jul 1972 · 60 min
How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.
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20. The Life that Lives on Man
10 Jul 1972 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
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21. Sex Can Be a Problem
24 Jul 1972 · 60 min
In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
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22. The Surgery of Violence
31 Jul 1972 · 60 min
Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
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23. Hospital, 1922
12 Oct 1972 · 60 min
Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
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24. When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
19 Oct 1972 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
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25. The Making of the English Landscape
26 Oct 1972 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon illustrates the ideas of Prof. W.G. Hoskins on the development of the English landscape from Iron Age times to the present.
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26. Shadows of Bliss
2 Nov 1972 · 60 min
Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
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27. The Billion-Dollar Marsh
9 Nov 1972 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
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28. Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
16 Nov 1972 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
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29. The Making of a Natural History Film
23 Nov 1972 · 60 min
This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
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30. Fire
30 Nov 1972 · 60 min
Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.
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31. Alaskan Pipe-Dream
7 Dec 1972 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
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32. Their Life in Your Hands
21 Dec 1972 · 60 min
Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
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33. Navigating Europe
28 Dec 1972 · 60 min
Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.
Horizon 1972: quick answers
How many episodes are in Horizon 1972?
1972 of Horizon has 33 episodes, about 33 hours in total.
When did Horizon 1972 come out?
1972 premiered on 3 Jan 1972.