S1965 E1 • Learning from Machines

Horizon looks into the principles behind machines and investigates why they are so successful.

Première diffusion : 6 janvier 1965

S1965 E2 • The Technique of Change

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.

Première diffusion : 20 janvier 1965

S1965 E3 • Star Gazers

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

Première diffusion : 3 février 1965

S1965 E4 • Science and Art

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

Première diffusion : 17 février 1965

S1965 E5 • The Great Computer Scandal

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.

Première diffusion : 3 mars 1965

S1965 E6 • Faster, Farther, Higher

The episode was shot from a biplane taking off and flying over the CERN Nuclear Physics Laboratory in Switzerland. Colin Riach interviews Dr. Lipman from the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory where an experiment is running to find out if there is a fifth force in the Universe. Colin Riach also interviews De Vos by Gordon Rattray Taylor on his theories about mental illness and geographical location.

Première diffusion : 17 mars 1965

S1965 E7 • Restless Genius

A tribute by Professor E. N. da C. Andrade to Robert Hooke architect, astronomer, geologist, and meteorologist who discovered the cell, the unit of living tissue, in plants 300 years ago and A report by Professor R. D. Preston On thirty-six years of attempts to elucidate the baffling structure of plant cell walls Faster, Farther, Higher - A Hungarian film-maker takes a wry look at man's attempts to accelerate with a commentary by Anthony Smith

Première diffusion : 31 mars 1965

S1965 E8 • Other Side of the Pill

Horizon considers the safety of 'The pill'.

Première diffusion : 14 avril 1965

S1965 E9 • The Big Smoke

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.

Première diffusion : 12 mai 1965

S1965 E10 • The Long Slide

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. Also: Men With Gills - A new membrane developed in America holds forth the prospect of men being able to live under water.

Première diffusion : 26 mai 1965

S1965 E11 • Men and Sharks

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.

Première diffusion : 9 juin 1965

S1965 E12 • The Sudden Light

Horizon looks into the study of a total eclipse, and reports on a new machine and its potential to teach deaf children to speak.

Première diffusion : 23 juin 1965

S1965 E13 • Dr. Joseph Needham

This episode of Horizon features Dr. Joseph Needham, an eminent scientist and humanist who is perhaps the greatest living authority on China.

Première diffusion : 14 juillet 1965

S1965 E14 • Science Fiction: Science Fact?

Is all science fiction mercly fantasy-or can it give valuable clues to the future? Also: Desmond Morris interviews naturalist George Schaller about his work with gorillas studying their behavior in the wild, and work studying tigers in the wild.

Première diffusion : 28 juillet 1965

S1965 E15 • Certain of Uncertainty

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.

Première diffusion : 11 août 1965

S1965 E16 • Time Stood Still

Professor Harold Edgerton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has won international recognition for his achievements in ultra-high-speed photography, talks about his work and shows some of the remarkable pictures, both still and moving, that he has taken. Also: Weighty Matters - Robin Clarke , Editor of .Science Journal, talks to Dr. Kilmister of King's College, London, about gravitational collapse and new developments in cosmology.

Première diffusion : 25 août 1965

S1965 E17 • Fuel for the Future

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

Première diffusion : 8 septembre 1965

S1965 E18 • Let Newton Be

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.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 1965

S1965 E19 • Special Senses

Horizon investigates Dr. Gregory's viaduct experiment which involved looking at an object at night through the arches of a viaduct in order to test the effects of night on the accuracy of human vision.

Première diffusion : 10 octobre 1965

S1965 E20 • An Affair of the Heart

Horizon explores heart attacks and thrombosis.

Première diffusion : 24 octobre 1965

S1965 E21 • 10,000 Tombs

Horizon probes into the Etruscan tombs in Italy.

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 1965

S1965 E22 • Toil, Sweat & Tears

Horizon profiles the scientist, polymath, and Nobel prize winner Prof. Albert Szent-Gyorgi.

Première diffusion : 21 novembre 1965

S1965 E23 • The Big Dishes and the Living Stream

Horizon looks into radio telescopes.

Première diffusion : 5 décembre 1965

S1965 E24 • Boys on Bubbles

Professor Charles Vernon Boys gives a Christmas lecture on bubbles. Also: Problems and Puzzles - T. H. O'Beirne , a mathematician, challenges you to solve some of the puzzles he has invented.

Première diffusion : 19 décembre 1965