This episode of Horizon investigates strange new inventions.

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Season 9

The Periscope War

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

Wildlife - The Last Great Battle

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

Great Ormond Street

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

A Bulldozer Through Heaven

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.

Rumors of War

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.

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

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

Kuru - To Tremble with Fear

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

Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled

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

What Kind of Doctor?

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

A Nice Sort of Accident to Have

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

The Wood

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

The Measure of Man

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

Three Score Years and Then?

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

Darwin's Bulldog

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

The Secret

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.

What Every Girl Should Know

Horizon reports on food technology now experimenting with meat substitutes.

Tastes of Foods to Come

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.

Looking for a Happy Landing

Horizon investigates how to treat depressive illneses.

A Case of Depression

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

The Total War Machine

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

The Dinosaur Hunters

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.

Your Country Needs You?

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

Rheumatism

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

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

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

One Liverpool or Two?

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.

Rutherford / The Cavendish Today

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

The Fierce People

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

The Men Who Painted Caves

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

The Crab Nebula

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

Can Venice Survive?

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

Willingly to School?

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

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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