Horizon reports on the history of superconductivity, from discovery, to the present.

The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?

How Do You Read?

Strange Sleep

This investigative report by Horizon covers an investigation into the deaths of people who inhaled asbestos dust at Acre Mill, Yorkshire, England.

The Killer Dust

Investigates the growing tendency in hospitals to induce childbirth by injecting hormones into mothers. The practice has become increasingly widespread in recent years, and this film asks if induction is desirable, necessary, and safe.

A Time to Be Born

This episode of Horizon examines the problems of ship safety in the English Channel.

The Unsafe Sea

Horizon investigates the symptoms of menopause and the various degrees in which it occurs.

The Change of Life

This episode of Horizon shows the peril to man of the ever increasing dog population in the western world.

Project Fido

By the end of 1974, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter had all been visited by spacecraft. For the first time scientists saw in sharp detail the continents, mountains, valleys and volcanoes of other worlds. Tonight's programme shows how these geological features give clues to the way the planets evolved; how they have helped scientists in their attempt to reach back 5,000 million years to understand the formation of the solar system itself.

The Planets

This report by Horizon covers an investigation by a group of Australian scientists that looks into the origins and history of the Australian Aborigines.

The Long, Long Walkabout

This report by Horizon describes the resistance to antibiotics, fast growing in all countries, and the dangers it could mean for the future.

The Overworked Miracle

Horizon investigates the life and work of the great engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Not the Cheapest, But the Best

Horizon explores the effect of fibre in diet on the diseases of western world.

A Spoonful of Roughage

Horizon presents an investigation into the effects on health of lead in the urban atmosphere.

Brain Poison

This is a Horizon report on the building of the British military deterrent from the first decision to make it in 1941 until the present state of lethargy.

The Bulldog's Last Bark?

This episode of Horizon follows the progress of Benjamin Pile, born on 22 November, 1974, at Oxford in Britain.

Benjamin

This report by Horizon covers an experiment at McMaster University Medical School, in Ontario, Canada.

The McMaster Experiment

Horizon investigates the attempts by the University of Newcastle in England to define and create an ideal living and working environment.

The Glazed Outlook

Horizon explores the psychology of music, as it explains why music has such a powerful emotive effect in every society.

The Three Chord Trick

This report by Horizon brings you scientists that are using Antarctica as a giant natural lab to study who has polluted Earth most; man or nature.

The Cleanest Place in the World

Horizon investigates the discovery of gaseous anaesthetic from 1840 until the early years of 20th century.

In this documentary, Horizon reports on the reading process; how it works for the fluent, and how it should be taught.

This episode of Horizon describes the various aspects of the pollution problem of the Mediterranean Sea.

The Sickly Sea

In this Horizon episode, Rene Thom's mathematical discovery of the catastrophe theory is investigated.

Happy Catastrophe

This documentary by Horizon commemorates the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.

To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima

Horizon takes a look at the history of cannabis and the research on the effects of smoking marijuana.

Cannabis

This is a report by Horizon on Transcendental Meditation, or TM, brought to the West by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Meditation and the Mind

This documentary by Horizon is about the Trobriand islanders, whose culture is based on the Kula, a communication system of giving and receiving.

The Trobriand Experiment

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

The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?

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