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Horizon Season 9

January. 03,1972

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Horizon Season 9 Full Episode Guide

Episode 33 - Navigating Europe

First Aired: December. 28,1972

Horizon documents how in Europe, they are using water canals for industrial transport, as an alternative to roads.

Episode 32 - Their Life in Your Hands

First Aired: December. 21,1972

Horizon reports on people suffering from kidney diseases and the current forms of treatment.

Episode 31 - Alaskan Pipe-Dream

First Aired: December. 07,1972

This episode of Horizon centers on the exploitation of oil in Alaska, and the effects of it on the Eskimoes and the local wildlife.

Episode 30 - Fire

First Aired: November. 30,1972

Horizon documents fire prevention, and fire fighting.

Episode 29 - The Making of a Natural History Film

First Aired: November. 23,1972

This epidsode of Horizon reports on how a group of zoologists at Oxford Scientific Films in England makes films.

Episode 28 - Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?

First Aired: November. 16,1972

Horizon investigates the research that is going into the ageing process to find out its causes and possible prevention.

Episode 27 - The Billion-Dollar Marsh

First Aired: November. 09,1972

This episode of Horizon is about the east coast marshes of America, called the "Wetlands" and the effects of urban development on the wildlife.

Episode 26 - Shadows of Bliss

First Aired: November. 02,1972

Horizon reports that High Energy Physics shows a pattern of thought that challenges the very roots of commonplace belief.

Episode 25 - The Making of the English Landscape

First Aired: 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.

Episode 24 - When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames

First Aired: October. 19,1972

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

Episode 23 - Hospital, 1922

First Aired: October. 12,1972

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

Episode 22 - The Surgery of Violence

First Aired: July. 31,1972

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

Episode 21 - Sex Can Be a Problem

First Aired: July. 24,1972

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

Episode 20 - The Life that Lives on Man

First Aired: July. 10,1972

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

Episode 19 - The Way We Move

First Aired: July. 03,1972

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

Episode 18 - Sorry I Opened My Mouth

First Aired: June. 12,1972

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

Episode 17 - Do You Dig National Parks?

First Aired: May. 22,1972

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

Episode 16 - Rail Crash

First Aired: May. 08,1972

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

Episode 15 - The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

First Aired: May. 01,1972

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

Episode 14 - Out of Volcanoes

First Aired: April. 17,1972

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

Episode 13 - Mind Over Body

First Aired: April. 10,1972

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

Episode 12 - Survival in the Sahara

First Aired: March. 27,1972

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

Episode 11 - The Man-Made Lakes in Africa

First Aired: March. 20,1972

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

Episode 10 - What Is Race?

First Aired: March. 13,1972

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

Episode 9 - Whales, Dolphins and Men

First Aired: March. 06,1972

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

Episode 8 - For Love or Money?

First Aired: 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.

Episode 7 - How They Sold Doomsday

First Aired: February. 21,1972

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

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

First Aired: February. 14,1972

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

Episode 5 - The Day it Rained Periwinkles

First Aired: February. 07,1972

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

Episode 4 - The Parasite of Paradise

First Aired: January. 31,1972

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

Episode 3 - How Much Do You Smell?

First Aired: January. 17,1972

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

Episode 2 - Navajo - The Last Red Indians

First Aired: January. 10,1972

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

Episode 1 - The Missing Link

First Aired: January. 03,1972

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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