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The Worst Episodes of Horizon

Every episode of Horizon ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Horizon!

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two

Worst Episodes Summary

"Pesticides and Posterity" is the worst rated episode of "Horizon". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/30/1964. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Candle to Nature".

  • Pesticides and Posterity
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    #1 - Pesticides and Posterity

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/30/1964

    Dr. Frank Darling and Dr. Eric Edson discuss different environmental priorities.

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  • A Candle to Nature
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    #2 - A Candle to Nature

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/27/1964

    A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.

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  • The Air of Science
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    #3 - The Air of Science

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/22/1964

    Horizon looks at the work of the National Institute for Medical Research.

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  • The Knowledge Explosion
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    #4 - The Knowledge Explosion

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1964

    Prof. Arthur C. Clarke, Derek Price and Nigel Balchin discuss the past and future of science.

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  • The Amateur Scientist
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    #5 - The Amateur Scientist

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1964

    The work of amateur scientists.

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  • Tots and Quods and Woodgeries
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    #6 - Tots and Quods and Woodgeries

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1964

    Horizon investigates the 'Tots and Quots' and the 'Woodgeries' two groups set up by scientists before the second world war to discuss the future of science and how it effects society.

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  • Science, Toys and Magic
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    #7 - Science, Toys and Magic

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/14/1964

    Horizon takes a look at science in the spirit of Christmas.

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  • Learning from Machines
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    #8 - Learning from Machines

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1965

    At a time when the use of teaching machines is fast expanding, Horizon looks at the principles behind them and enquires into their success

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  • The Technique of Change
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    #9 - The Technique of Change

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/1965

    Horizon profiles the Bell Laboratories in the United States. They are one of the most important research and development centers where more than 4000 scientists work with a budget of one hundred million pounds every year. Horizon investigates the possibility of setting up a similar research station in Britain.

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  • Star Gazers
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    #10 - Star Gazers

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/1965

    Horizon explores American plans to launch a space observatory to map the universe and learn how stars are created.

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  • Science and Art
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    #11 - Science and Art

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/1965

    Horizon looks at the relationship between science and art, and also explores artists attitudes towards science.

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  • The Great Computer Scandal / H-Bomb Detectors
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    #12 - The Great Computer Scandal / H-Bomb Detectors

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/1965

    Horizon investigates the states of big research computers in Britain. Also, Horizon looks at the H-Bomb Detectors and how British scientists have developed a nuclear explosion detector which has changed the political outlook for nuclear test controls.

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  • Forbidden Events / I am a Madman
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    #13 - Forbidden Events / I am a Madman

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/17/1965

    Is there a fifth force in the Universe, or must we revise our ideas about time? Horizon visits the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory where an experiment is running to settle this, and talks to Dr. Lipman.

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  • Restless Genius / Faster, Farther, Higher
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    #14 - Restless Genius / Faster, Farther, Higher

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/31/1965

    Prof. Andrade presents a tribute to Robert Hooke: architect, astronomer, geologist, and meteorologist who discovered the cell. This episode also includes a report on a 36 year study of the cell wall by Prof. Preston.

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  • The Other Side of the Pill
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    #15 - The Other Side of the Pill

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/14/1965

    Every day, on average, another 431 British women start taking the contraceptive pill. The manufacturers insist that it is the most carefully tested drug on the market today. But some scientists and doctors are concerned about the potential long-term effects of taking it.

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  • The Big Smoke / The Model Makers
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    #16 - The Big Smoke / The Model Makers

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/1965

    Nine years after the passing of the Clean Air Act, where do we stand? Scientists are gradually finding out why dirty air Is so harmful to ill persons with Dr. P. J. Lawther of Air Pollution Research Centre at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Whenever the things they study are too big, too far off, or too hot to handle, scientists can make a model of these-but can they be sure their models truly represent reality?

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  • The Long Slide / Men with Gills
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    #17 - The Long Slide / Men with Gills

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/26/1965

    When a rubber tyre rolls fast on a wet surface it may rise on a film of water and begin to 'aquaplane.' Scientists are studying this fact which creates a real hazard to aircraft passengers and fast drivers. A new membrane developed in America holds forth the prospect of men being able to live under water.

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  • Men and Sharks / Sir Henry Dale, OM, FRS
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    #18 - Men and Sharks / Sir Henry Dale, OM, FRS

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/9/1965

    Horizon looks at Prof. Perry Gilbert's research on captured sharks and meets with the eminent physiologist Sir Henry Dale as he celebrates his 90th birthday and looks back on his career in medical research. The eminent physiologist, who celebrates his ninetieth birthday today, looks back on his first discovery sixty years ago.

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  • The Brain Gain / The Sudden Night / Learning to Speak
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    #19 - The Brain Gain / The Sudden Night / Learning to Speak

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/1965

    Dr. Jacob Bronowski, who a year ago took up the deputy directorship of the Salk Institute in California, discusses with Tom Rosenthal his new activities and how he feels about working in the golden West. The recent total eclipse of the sun was probably the most closely studied ever. With special film from the Pacific, Horizon examines what was done and why. For the first time deaf children can see a visual pattern of their own attempts at speech. In the programme a new machine is shown which may revolutionize the teaching of speech and language to these handicapped children.

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  • Dr. Joseph Needham / Mariner IV
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    #20 - Dr. Joseph Needham / Mariner IV

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/14/1965

    This episode of Horizon features Dr. Joseph Needham, an eminent scientist and humanist who is perhaps the greatest living authority on China. An account of the space probe Mariner IV which will be flying past Mars tonight.

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  • Science Fiction : Science Fact? / Alone and Unarmed
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    #21 - Science Fiction : Science Fact? / Alone and Unarmed

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 7/28/1965

    Is all science fiction merely fantasy - or can it give valuable clues to the future? A discussion between Desmond Morris and the ethologist George Schaller.

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  • Certain of Uncertainty / State of Nature
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    #22 - Certain of Uncertainty / State of Nature

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 8/11/1965

    The four men who opened up a new field of physics: Max Born, Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg and George Thompson meet and discuss topic with John Charap at the annual science conference in Lindau, Germany.

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  • Fuel for the Future / Collector's Piece
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    #23 - Fuel for the Future / Collector's Piece

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 9/8/1965

    Horizon interviews Prof. Andrade about his collection of rare scientific books which he was about to sell.

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  • Let Newton Be
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    #24 - Let Newton Be

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 9/22/1965

    On the 300th anniversary of Isaac Newton's greatest year of discovery, one of his most ardent disciples, Prof. Julius Summer-Miller, comes from California to illustrate the excitement of seeing Newton's principles in action.

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  • Special Senses / Toil, Sweat & Tears
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    #25 - Special Senses / Toil, Sweat & Tears

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 10/10/1965

    What sort of person can invent a 3-D microscope, a new way of photographing the moon, publish fifty papers on perception, and spend three weeks hunting for a minute sea creature to see how its eyes work? Cambridge psychologist Richard Gregory is a man of many facets. Tonight's film examines his inventiveness—its sources and its products. An M.R.C. team headed by Dr. D. G. Phillips has taken the first step towards answering the vital question: how do enzymes work?

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