Horizon
1967
TV-PG
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Where to Watch 1967
23 Episodes
- When Is a Body Dead? / How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleE2
When Is a Body Dead? / How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleMedical advances have made it possible for 'life' to be maintained in an unconscious patient who has irrevocable brain damage and who might also be dependent on artificial aids to circulation and respiration. Is it now meaningless to define 'death' as the cessation of a heart beat? Why do so many people have difficulty In communicating, or in simply getting-on with other people? Psychologists have now begun to analyse aspects of social behaviour in a way which they believe will lead to more pleasant and more effective human relationships. - How Best to Make a Man / How Best to Make a ScientistE3
How Best to Make a Man / How Best to Make a ScientistIn 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. - Sleep and DreamsE7
Sleep and DreamsJoel, a healthy young American, is reduced to a restless neurotic state after being deprived of his dreams for three nights. Mr Bates, an eighty-four-year-old ex-milk man, has never dreamed in his life, or so he says until he is woken by scientists in the middle of a dream trip to New York. - Cancer - The Search for the VirusE11
Cancer - The Search for the VirusIn this the first of two programmes dealing with cancer, Horizon looks at the intensive search now going on to discover whether a virus is one of the causes of cancer in humans and at the implications of this search in the treatment for such killer diseases as leukemia. - The War of the BoffinsE15
The War of the BoffinsDuring the human struggles between the British and German air forces ... another conflict was going on step by step, month by month. This was a secret war whose battles were lost or won unknown to the public: and only with difficulty is it comprehended even now by those outside the smalt high scientific circles concerned.
