1971
32 episodes · Jan 4, 1971
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- S8E1
Wildlife - The Last Great Battle
Jan 4, 197160mIn this episode, Horizon looks a the efforts of zoos to save animal species from extinction by breeding enough to ensure their survival in captivity
- S8E2
Great Ormond Street
Jan 18, 197160mIn this episode, Horizon looks at the renowned British hospital for children, Great Ormond Street, and the Institute of Child Health.
- S8E3
A Bulldozer Through Heaven
Jan 25, 197160mHorizon explores the island of New Guinea and its cultural changes going on there.
- S8E4
Rumors of War
Feb 1, 197160mThis 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.
- S8E5
I'm Dependent - You're Addicted (I)
Feb 15, 197160mThe 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.
- S8E6
Kuru - To Tremble with Fear
Feb 22, 197160mKuru is a unique disease of the people of New Guinea. Horizon goes with Prof. E. J. Field to find out why.
- S8E7
Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled
Mar 8, 197160mHorizon interviews ecologists that claim that man is irrevocably destroying its habitat.
- S8E8
What Kind of Doctor?
Mar 15, 197160mHorizon investigates medical student training at the St. Thomas hospital in London, England.
- S8E9
A Nice Sort of Accident to Have
Mar 22, 197160mHorizon explores the causes, and looks for way to prevent car accidents
- S8E10
The Wood
Apr 5, 197160mThis report by Horizon looks at the long term ecological study of the forest at Wytham Wood, Oxon, in England.
- S8E11
The Measure of Man
Apr 12, 197160mIn 1971, Horizon reviews the life and work of Prof. Hans Eysnck, the most controversial psychologists of the time.
- S8E12
Three Score Years and Then?
Apr 26, 197160mThis report by Horizon explores care for the aged, for both medical and welfare services in Britain.
- S8E13
Darwin's Bulldog
May 3, 197160mHorizon reports on the famous protagonist of "The Origin of Species," Thomas Henry Huxley.
- S8E14
The Secret
May 10, 197160mThis episode of Horizon examines how cells organize to become complex organs, and bodies.
- S8E15
What Every Girl Should Know
May 17, 197160mAt 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.
- S8E16
Tastes of Foods to Come
May 24, 197160mHorizon reports on food technology now experimenting with meat substitutes.
- S8E17
Looking for a Happy Landing
May 31, 197160mWithin 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.
- S8E18
A Case of Depression
Jun 7, 197160mHorizon investigates how to treat depressive illneses.
- S8E19
The Total War Machine
Jun 14, 197160mThis episode of Horizon reports on the development of the aircraft bomber throughout periods of war.
- S8E20
The Dinosaur Hunters
Jun 21, 197160mHorizon explores the field of palaeontology, the study of dinosaurs.
- S8E21
Your Country Needs You?
Sep 27, 197160mThis episode of Horizon looks at Britain's civil defense program, and to see if it is adequate in the event of a nuclear war.
- S8E22
Rheumatism
Oct 4, 197160mHorizon investigates rheumatism, and looks at why this disease is under-researched.
- S8E23
If at First You Don't Succeed... You Don't Succeed
Oct 11, 197160mCan new born babies solve complex problems? Horizon works with psychologists to see how they measure this capacity.
- S8E24
One Liverpool or Two?
Oct 18, 197160mDo city planners in Liverpool have unrealistic expectations? Horizon looks into the development and planning process of Liverpool, England.
- S8E25
Rutherford / The Cavendish Today
Oct 25, 197160mThis 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.
- S8E26
The Fierce People
Nov 1, 197160mHorizon explores a primitive tribe of Yanomamo Indians living in southern Venezula.
- S8E27
The Men Who Painted Caves
Nov 15, 197160mThis episode of Horizon looks in the ancient cave paintings found in France.
- S8E28
The Crab Nebula
Nov 22, 197160mThis episode of Horizon reports on how the Crab Nebula was discovered, and continuing observation of the space encounter.
- S8E29
Can Venice Survive?
Nov 29, 197160mHorizon reports on the continuing problem of the city of Venice, Italy sinking into the sea.
- S8E30
Willingly to School?
Dec 6, 197160mThis report by Horizon is about Prof. Hean Piaget and her child center education theory.
- S8E31
The Periscope War
Dec 20, 197160mHorizon presents the history of the submarines, from pre-World War I to today's nuclear powered submarines.
- S8E32
Patently Absurd
Dec 27, 197160mThis episode of Horizon investigates strange new inventions.