About this season
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Episodes (9)
1. The World of Buckminster Fuller
Aired 4 February 1964 • 60 min
Horizon follows the work of R. Buckminster Fuller and his research of the geodesic dome.
2. Pesticides and Posterity
Aired 30 May 1964 • 60 min
Dr. Frank Darling and Dr. Eric Edson discuss different environmental priorities.
3. A Candle to Nature
Aired 27 June 1964 • 60 min
A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.
4. Strangeness Minus Three
Aired 25 July 1964 • 60 min
Horizon explores the findings of physicists at Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. Who, after two years and thousands of photographs, have identified a predicted new particle which has a unique characteristic: 'strangeness minus three'.
5. The Air of Science
Aired 22 August 1964 • 60 min
Horizon looks at the work of the National Institute for Medical Research.
6. The Knowledge Explosion
Aired 21 September 1964 • 60 min
Prof. Arthur C. Clarke, Derek Price and Nigel Balchin discuss the past and future of science.
7. The Amateur Scientist
Aired 19 October 1964 • 60 min
The work of amateur scientists.
8. Tots and Quods and Woodgeries
Aired 16 November 1964 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the 'Tots and Quots' and the 'Woodgeries' two groups set up by scientists before the second world war to discuss the future of science and how it effects society.
9. Science, Toys and Magic
Aired 14 December 1964 • 60 min
Horizon takes a look at science in the spirit of Christmas.