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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 5

Every episode of Horizon Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Horizon Season 5 Episode 1 - An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker
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    Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airships.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Horizon Season 5 Episode 2 - Man's Best Friend
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    This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Horizon Season 5 Episode 3 - Once a Junkie
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    In England addicts get their heroin, and often cocaine, on the National Health Service: our system has prevented the growth of a drug-based criminal world, but Americans say that our system only worked when we did not have a serious addiction problem. Now we do. Does our present system make it too easy for the casual drug experimenter to become a hard-core addict? Is there anything we can learn from the American situation?

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Horizon Season 5 Episode 4 - Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow
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    Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Horizon Season 5 Episode 5 - The Man Makers
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    In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Horizon Season 5 Episode 6 - Man in Search of Himself
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    This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Horizon Season 5 Episode 7 - Investigating Murder
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    Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Horizon Season 5 Episode 8 - The Equation of Murder
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    Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Horizon Season 5 Episode 9 - The Lindemann Enigma
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    This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Horizon Season 5 Episode 10 - From Field to Factory
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    Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Horizon Season 5 Episode 11 - Comfort on Aging
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    In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Horizon Season 5 Episode 12 - Experiments in War
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    Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Horizon Season 5 Episode 13 - Medecine in Russia
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    In 1917, Russia had fewer than twenty doctors for every million of her people. Today, the figure is over 2,000: almost twice as many as in this country. The organisational changes that were necessary to build a Health Service in the country with the largest share of the earth's surface were vast. The resulting system is very different from ours.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Horizon Season 5 Episode 14 - African Medicine
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    In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Horizon Season 5 Episode 15 - The Broken Bridge
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    This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Horizon Season 5 Episode 16 - Children Without Words
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    Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Horizon Season 5 Episode 17 - The Computer Revolution
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    Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Horizon Season 5 Episode 18 - Doctor's Dilemma
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    Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Horizon Season 5 Episode 19 - In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel
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    This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Horizon Season 5 Episode 20 - Wheels Within Wheels
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    Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Horizon Season 5 Episode 21 - Black Man, White Science
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    In this episode, Horizon investigates the study of science by african americans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Horizon Season 5 Episode 22 - The Hidden World
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    In this episode, Horizon reports on the exploration and survey of the oceans of the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Horizon Season 5 Episode 23 - The Talgai Skull
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    S5:E23

    Prof. N.W.G. MacIntosh investigates the origin of the Talgai Skull found in Australia in 1886.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Horizon Season 5 Episode 24 - Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern
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    S5:E24

    In this episode of Horizon, Michael Balfour invites us to share in the mystery and magic of the "Magic Lantern".

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker" is the best rated episode of Horizon season 5. It scored 0.0/10 from 0 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 2, 1968.