NaN/100 votes#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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.
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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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#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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#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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#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.
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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.
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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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#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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#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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#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.
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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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 9
Every episode of Horizon Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Horizon Season 9!
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
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".