S1967 E1 • Sons of Cain

Horizon probes into whether aggressiveness is our birthright and can society live without violence?

Première diffusion : 17 janvier 1967

S1967 E2 • How Best to Make a Man, How Best to Make a Scientist

In this episode, Horizon looks at a new school of mathematics and physics near Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia. This school uses a competition held for Russian school children to qualify new students.

Première diffusion : 17 février 1967

S1967 E3 • Dynamo - The Life of Michael Faraday

Horizon profiles the life of the greatest physical scientist: Michael Faraday. Crucial events of his scientific career in science are reconstructed.

Première diffusion : 28 février 1967

S1967 E4 • Migraine

Horizon looks at some research recently carried out into the migraine headache and the means to provide treatment for it.

Première diffusion : 14 mars 1967

S1967 E5 • How Safe is Surgery?

Horizon probes in the danger of germs and infection in the operating theater and the methods currently used to prevent contamination.

Première diffusion : 28 mars 1967

S1967 E6 • The Shape of War to Come

Christopher Chataway presents a program which looks at whether biological and chemical warfare will supercede conventional weapons of war and at the ethical and political implications of such unconventional weapons.

Première diffusion : 25 avril 1967

S1967 E7 • Memory

Horizon explores the part of the human brain devoted to memory.

Première diffusion : 9 mai 1967

S1967 E8 • Masters of the Desert

Horizon reports on the methods being used to irrigate the Negev Desert, making it fertile based on the methods of ancient civilizations.

Première diffusion : 23 mai 1967

S1967 E9 • Cancer - The Smoker's Gamble

Horizon looks at the links between smoking and cancer. Presented by Christopher Chataway.

Première diffusion : 20 juin 1967

S1967 E10 • Science and the Supernatural

Horizon explores the work in the developmental field of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP).

Première diffusion : 4 juillet 1967

S1967 E11 • Hypnosis

Horizon explores the misconceptions that people have about what hypnosis is and looks at the medical implications of what it can do.

Première diffusion : 18 juillet 1967

S1967 E12 • The War of the Boffins

Horizon looks at the secret war between scientists from Germany and scientists from Britain during the second world war.

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 1967

S1967 E13 • Aspects of Alcohol

Horizon looks at a Scottish chemist's unusual application for whisky: a measure of radioactive carbon 14 used for determining how old an object is.

Première diffusion : 26 septembre 1967

S1967 E14 • Lords of the Sea

Horizon looks into how man is learning to survive in the oceans.

Première diffusion : 10 octobre 1967

S1967 E15 • Will Art Last?

In this episode, Horizon reports on new materials that are being used as art media by gaining inspiration from factory and industrial processes.

Première diffusion : 24 octobre 1967

S1967 E16 • Air Safety - The Unknown Factor

Horizon investigates air navigation and flight safety.

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 1967

S1967 E17 • The Life and Death of the Pine Processionary

An extraordinary and beautiful film shows the hazardous existence of a caterpillar Thaumetopoea Pityocampa. Sometimes joyful, sometimes pitiful and seemingly innocuous,' the Pine Processionary, as it is more familiarly called, is a wonderful subject for the French film director Robert Enrico ; but the wake of destruction it leaves behind in its struggle for survival has forced French biologists to declare war on the species.

Première diffusion : 21 novembre 1967

S1967 E18 • Koestler on Creativity

Arthur Koestler talks about the psychological theories of creativity and the role of the mind in science and art.

Première diffusion : 5 décembre 1967

S1967 E19 • The World of Ted Serios

Horizon looks into the life of Ted Serios who claims to have psychic powers and to be able to project images onto film using only his thoughts.

Première diffusion : 12 décembre 1967

S1967 E20 • Professor in Toyland

Prof. J. Sumner-Miller asks some questions for enquiring minds on walking, singing, swimming, and flying toys.

Première diffusion : 24 décembre 1967