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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 9

Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two

Every episode of Horizon Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 9!

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  • The Missing Link
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    #1 - The Missing Link

    Season 9 Episode 1

    Aired 1/3/1972

    In this episode of Horizon, you find out how feasible it is to build a 35 mile long tunnel between Britain and France.

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  • Navajo - The Last Red Indians
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    #2 - Navajo - The Last Red Indians

    Season 9 Episode 2

    Aired 1/10/1972

    Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.

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  • How Much Do You Smell?
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    #3 - How Much Do You Smell?

    Season 9 Episode 3

    Aired 1/17/1972

    Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.

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  • The Parasite of Paradise
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    #4 - The Parasite of Paradise

    Season 9 Episode 4

    Aired 1/31/1972

    This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.

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  • The Day it Rained Periwinkles
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    #5 - The Day it Rained Periwinkles

    Season 9 Episode 5

    Aired 2/7/1972

    Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.

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  • Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?
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    #6 - Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?

    Season 9 Episode 6

    Aired 2/14/1972

    Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.

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  • How They Sold Doomsday
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    #7 - How They Sold Doomsday

    Season 9 Episode 7

    Aired 2/21/1972

    In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.

    Director: N/A

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  • For Love or Money?
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    #8 - For Love or Money?

    Season 9 Episode 8

    Aired 2/28/1972

    In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.

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  • Whales, Dolphins and Men
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    #9 - Whales, Dolphins and Men

    Season 9 Episode 9

    Aired 3/6/1972

    Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.

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  • What Is Race?
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    #10 - What Is Race?

    Season 9 Episode 10

    Aired 3/13/1972

    Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.

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  • The Man-Made Lakes in Africa
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    #11 - The Man-Made Lakes in Africa

    Season 9 Episode 11

    Aired 3/20/1972

    Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.

    Director: N/A

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  • Survival in the Sahara
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    #12 - Survival in the Sahara

    Season 9 Episode 12

    Aired 3/27/1972

    This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.

    Director: N/A

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  • Mind Over Body
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    #13 - Mind Over Body

    Season 9 Episode 13

    Aired 4/10/1972

    This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.

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  • Out of Volcanoes
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    #14 - Out of Volcanoes

    Season 9 Episode 14

    Aired 4/17/1972

    In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.

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  • The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
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    #15 - The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

    Season 9 Episode 15

    Aired 5/1/1972

    Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.

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  • Rail Crash
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    #16 - Rail Crash

    Season 9 Episode 16

    Aired 5/8/1972

    Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.

    Director: N/A

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  • Do You Dig National Parks?
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    #17 - Do You Dig National Parks?

    Season 9 Episode 17

    Aired 5/22/1972

    Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.

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  • Sorry I Opened My Mouth
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    #18 - Sorry I Opened My Mouth

    Season 9 Episode 18

    Aired 6/12/1972

    Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.

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  • The Way We Move
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    #19 - The Way We Move

    Season 9 Episode 19

    Aired 7/3/1972

    How do muscles contract and how are they are controlled from the brain through nerve fibers are the subjects of this Horizon episode.

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  • The Life that Lives on Man
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    #20 - The Life that Lives on Man

    Season 9 Episode 20

    Aired 7/10/1972

    This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.

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  • Sex Can Be a Problem
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    #21 - Sex Can Be a Problem

    Season 9 Episode 21

    Aired 7/24/1972

    In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.

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  • The Surgery of Violence
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    #22 - The Surgery of Violence

    Season 9 Episode 22

    Aired 7/31/1972

    Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.

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  • Hospital, 1922
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    #23 - Hospital, 1922

    Season 9 Episode 23

    Aired 10/12/1972

    Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.

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  • When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
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    #24 - When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames

    Season 9 Episode 24

    Aired 10/19/1972

    This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.

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  • The Making of the English Landscape
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    #25 - The Making of the English Landscape

    Season 9 Episode 25

    Aired 10/26/1972

    This episode of Horizon illustrates the ideas of Prof. W.G. Hoskins on the development of the English landscape from Iron Age times to the present.

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"The Missing Link" is the best rated episode of "Horizon" season 9. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/3/1972. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Navajo - The Last Red Indians".