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Horizon
Season 8

Horizon

32 episodes

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E01
Episode 11971-01-0460m

Wildlife - The Last Great Battle

In this episode, Horizon looks a the efforts of zoos to save animal species from extinction by breeding enough to ensure their survival in captivity

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E02
Episode 21971-01-1860m

Great Ormond Street

In this episode, Horizon looks at the renowned British hospital for children, Great Ormond Street, and the Institute of Child Health.

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E03
Episode 31971-01-2560m

A Bulldozer Through Heaven

Horizon explores the island of New Guinea and its cultural changes going on there.

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E04
Episode 41971-02-0160m

Rumors of War

This episode of Horizon looks at the growing arsenal of nuclear weapons over the last 25 years and the effects it has on the arms race.

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E05
Episode 51971-02-1560m

I'm Dependent - You're Addicted (I)

The first of a two-programme investigation in which Horizon and Man Alive have combined forces. This episode investigates the facts about drug abuse and experimental work undertaken in this area.

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E06
Episode 61971-02-2260m

Kuru - To Tremble with Fear

Kuru is a unique disease of the people of New Guinea. Horizon goes with Prof. E. J. Field to find out why.

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E07
Episode 71971-03-0860m

Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled

Horizon interviews ecologists that claim that man is irrevocably destroying its habitat.

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E08
Episode 81971-03-1560m

What Kind of Doctor?

Horizon investigates medical student training at the St. Thomas hospital in London, England.

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E09
Episode 91971-03-2260m

A Nice Sort of Accident to Have

Horizon explores the causes, and looks for way to prevent car accidents

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E10
Episode 101971-04-0560m

The Wood

This report by Horizon looks at the long term ecological study of the forest at Wytham Wood, Oxon, in England.

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E11
Episode 111971-04-1260m

The Measure of Man

In 1971, Horizon reviews the life and work of Prof. Hans Eysnck, the most controversial psychologists of the time.

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E12
Episode 121971-04-2660m

Three Score Years and Then?

This report by Horizon explores care for the aged, for both medical and welfare services in Britain.

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E13
Episode 131971-05-0360m

Darwin's Bulldog

Horizon reports on the famous protagonist of "The Origin of Species," Thomas Henry Huxley.

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E14
Episode 141971-05-1060m

The Secret

This episode of Horizon examines how cells organize to become complex organs, and bodies.

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E15
Episode 151971-05-1760m

What Every Girl Should Know

At the moment, legal abortions in the UK are being performed at the rate of over 90,000 a year and it is considered that the number is likely to rise. But why are so many people not prepared to use contraceptives? Are the contraceptives themselves at fault or is it part of a deep-rooted attitude to sex? A drug is now being tested which makes it possible for a woman to procure her own abortion in the first few weeks of pregnancy.

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E16
Episode 161971-05-2460m

Tastes of Foods to Come

Horizon reports on food technology now experimenting with meat substitutes.

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E17
Episode 171971-05-3160m

Looking for a Happy Landing

Within 20 years vertical take-off airliners could be hovering over Hampstead and Dulwich before landing, one a minute, day and night, at a Thames-side V-port. Horizon looks at what could be one of the great environmental debates of the century to have, or not to have, aircraft flying in and out of city centres.

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E18
Episode 181971-06-0760m

A Case of Depression

Horizon investigates how to treat depressive illneses.

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E19
Episode 191971-06-1460m

The Total War Machine

This episode of Horizon reports on the development of the aircraft bomber throughout periods of war.

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E20
Episode 201971-06-2160m

The Dinosaur Hunters

Horizon explores the field of palaeontology, the study of dinosaurs.

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E21
Episode 211971-09-2760m

Your Country Needs You?

This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's civil defense program, and to see if it is adequate in the event of a nuclear war.

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E22
Episode 221971-10-0460m

Rheumatism

Horizon investigates rheumatism, and looks at why this disease is under-researched.

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E23
Episode 231971-10-1160m

If at First You Don't Succeed... You Don't Succeed

Can new born babies solve complex problems? Horizon works with psychologists to see how they measure this capacity.

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E24
Episode 241971-10-1860m

One Liverpool or Two?

Do city planners in Liverpool have unrealistic expectations? Horizon looks into the development and planning process of Liverpool, England.

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E25
Episode 251971-10-2560m

Rutherford / The Cavendish Today

This is a two part episode of Horizon. First, Horizon looks at the life of centenary Ernest Rutherford, followed by a report of the Cavendish Labratory in Cambridge, England.

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E26
Episode 261971-11-0160m

The Fierce People

Horizon explores a primitive tribe of Yanomamo Indians living in southern Venezula.

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E27
Episode 271971-11-1560m

The Men Who Painted Caves

This episode of Horizon looks in the ancient cave paintings found in France.

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E28
Episode 281971-11-2260m

The Crab Nebula

This episode of Horizon reports on how the Crab Nebula was discovered, and continuing observation of the space encounter.

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E29
Episode 291971-11-2960m

Can Venice Survive?

Horizon reports on the continuing problem of the city of Venice, Italy sinking into the sea.

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E30
Episode 301971-12-0660m

Willingly to School?

This report by Horizon is about Prof. Hean Piaget and her child center education theory.

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E31
Episode 311971-12-2060m

The Periscope War

Horizon presents the history of the submarines, from pre-World War I to today's nuclear powered submarines.

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E32
Episode 321971-12-2760m

Patently Absurd

This episode of Horizon investigates strange new inventions.