Horizon - 1972
1 - The Missing Link
Air Date: January 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.
2 - Navajo - The Last Red Indians
Air Date: January 10, 1972
Horizon explores the American Navajo indian tribe of New Mexico, in the United States.
3 - How Much Do You Smell?
Air Date: January 17, 1972
Why do humans have such a poor sense of smell as compared to animals? Horizon investigates why.
4 - The Parasite of Paradise
Air Date: January 31, 1972
This story by Horizon reports on Malaria in the country of Gambia, in West Africa.
5 - The Day it Rained Periwinkles
Air Date: February 7, 1972
Horizon investigates reports of strange phenomena and about what the scientific theory is about these phenomena.
6 - Are You Doing This for Me Doctor, or Am I Doing It for You?
Air Date: February 14, 1972
Horizon explores if a doctor's treatment of the patient is always in the best interest of the patient.
7 - How They Sold Doomsday
Air Date: February 21, 1972
In this episode, Horizon looks the the ecological movement, and the resistance against the movement in Britain, and the USA.
8 - For Love or Money?
Air Date: February 28, 1972
In this report by Horizon, the effect of boring jobs on industrial relations is looked at, along with work and job satisfaction.
9 - Whales, Dolphins and Men
Air Date: March 6, 1972
Horizon looks at the life of whales and dolphins, and how they interact with man.
10 - What Is Race?
Air Date: March 13, 1972
Horizon investigates the various conceptions of "race" that have arisen since the 17th century.
11 - The Man-Made Lakes in Africa
Air Date: March 20, 1972
Horizon investigates the use of hydroelectric power in Africa, at Lake Kariba, Lake Volta, and Lake Nasser.
12 - Survival in the Sahara
Air Date: March 27, 1972
This episode of Horizon follows the expedition of two German naturalists exploring the Northwestern desert of the Sahara in Africa.
13 - Mind Over Body
Air Date: April 10, 1972
This story by Horizon is about American research into techniques for controlling bodily functions with the mind.
14 - Out of Volcanoes
Air Date: April 17, 1972
In this report, Horizon looks at the various aspects of volcanoes and explaining the views of some vulcanologists.
15 - The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
Air Date: May 1, 1972
Horizon presents a study of Thomas Alva Edison and his achievements as an inventor.
16 - Rail Crash
Air Date: May 8, 1972
Horizon reviews the history of train accidents and the new safety precautions to prevent them.
17 - Do You Dig National Parks?
Air Date: May 22, 1972
Horizon investigates the threat to the Snowdonia National Park in Britain, from mining companies.
18 - Sorry I Opened My Mouth
Air Date: June 12, 1972
Horizon reports on modern research in the prevention of tooth decay.
19 - The Way We Move
Air Date: July 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.
20 - The Life that Lives on Man
Air Date: July 10, 1972
This episode of Horizon explores bacteria and other creatures that live on our skin and in our hair.
21 - Sex Can Be a Problem
Air Date: July 24, 1972
In this episode by Horizon, we take a look at sexual problems, particularly for impotence, frigidity, and premature ejaculation.
22 - The Surgery of Violence
Air Date: July 31, 1972
Horizon explores the development and techniques of brain surgery from the 1950's to present-day in Britain and the USA.
23 - Hospital, 1922
Air Date: October 12, 1972
Horizon reconstructs a day in the life of the old Charing Cross Hospital in Britain just fifty years ago.
24 - When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
Air Date: October 19, 1972
This episode of Horizon looks the how the ice age physically shaped the British landscape.
25 - The Making of the English Landscape
Air Date: October 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.
26 - Shadows of Bliss
Air Date: November 2, 1972
Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.
27 - The Billion-Dollar Marsh
Air Date: November 9, 1972
This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.
28 - Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
Air Date: November 16, 1972
Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.
29 - The Making of a Natural History Film
Air Date: November 23, 1972
This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.
30 - Fire
Air Date: November 30, 1972
Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.
31 - Alaskan Pipe-Dream
Air Date: December 7, 1972
This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.
32 - Their Life in Your Hands
Air Date: December 21, 1972
Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.
33 - Navigating Europe
Air Date: December 28, 1972
Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.