List of Horizon (British TV series) episodes
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Horizon is a current and long-running BBC popular science and philosophy documentary programme. Series one was broadcast in 1964 and as of July 2020[update] it is in its 56th series. Over 1,250 episodes have been broadcast (including specials) with an average of 23 episodes per series during the 56-year run.
- 1964–1969 – 135 episodes
- 1970–1979 – 299 episodes
- 1980–1989 – 234 episodes
- 1990–1999 – 220 episodes
- 2000–2009 – 191 episodes
- 2010–2019 – 167 episodes
- Since 2020 – 16 episodes
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"The World of Buckminster Fuller[1]" | 2 May 1964 (1964-05-02) | 1 |
"Pesticides and Posterity[2]" | 30 May 1964 (1964-05-30) | 2 |
"A Candle to Nature" | 27 June 1964 (1964-06-27) | 3 |
"Strangeness Minus Three" | 25 July 1964 (1964-07-25) | 4 |
"The Air of Science" | 22 August 1964 (1964-08-22) | 5 |
"The Knowledge Explosion" | 21 September 1964 (1964-09-21) | 6 |
"The Amateur Scientist" | 19 October 1964 (1964-10-19) | 7 |
"Tots and Quots and Woodgerie" | 16 November 1964 (1964-11-16) | 8 |
"Professor J.B.S. Haldane, Obituary" | 1 December 1964 (1964-12-01) | 9 |
"Science, Toys and Magic" | 14 December 1964 (1964-12-14) | 10 |
"Learning from Machines" | 6 January 1965 (1965-01-06) | 11 |
"The Technique of Change[3]" | 20 January 1965 (1965-01-20) | 12 |
"Star Gazers" | 3 February 1965 (1965-02-03) | 13 |
"Science and Art" | 17 February 1965 (1965-02-17) | 14 |
"The Great Computer Scandal / H-Bomb Detectors[4]" | 3 March 1965 (1965-03-03) | 15 |
"Forbidden Events / I am a Madman" | 17 March 1965 (1965-03-17) | 16 |
"Restless Genius / Faster, Farther, Higher[5]" | 31 March 1965 (1965-03-31) | 17 |
"Other Side of the Pill / Search for the Original Mind" | 14 April 1965 (1965-04-14) | 18 |
"The Big Smoke / The Model Makers[6]" | 12 May 1965 (1965-05-12) | 19 |
"The Long Slide / Men with Gills" | 26 May 1965 (1965-05-26) | 20 |
"Men and Sharks / Sir Henry Dale, OM, FRS" | 9 June 1965 (1965-06-09) | 21 |
"The Brain Gain / The Sudden Night / Learning to Speak" | 23 June 1965 (1965-06-23) | 22 |
"Dr. Joseph Needham / Mariner 4" | 14 July 1965 (1965-07-14) | 23 |
"Science Fiction : Science Fact / Alone and Unarmed" | 28 July 1965 (1965-07-28) | 24 |
"Certain of Uncertainty / State of Nature" | 11 August 1965 (1965-08-11) | 25 |
"Time Stood Still / Weighty Matters" | 25 August 1965 (1965-08-25) | 26 |
"Fuel for the Future / Collector's Piece" | 8 September 1965 (1965-09-08) | 27 |
"Let Newton Be" | 22 September 1965 (1965-09-22) | 28 |
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"Special Senses[7]" | 10 October 1965 (1965-10-10) | 1 |
"An Affair of the Heart[8]" | 24 October 1965 (1965-10-24) | 2 |
"10,000 Tombs[9]" | 7 November 1965 (1965-11-07) | 3 |
"Toil, Sweat & Tears[10]" | 21 November 1965 (1965-11-21) | 4 |
"The Big Dishes / The Living Stream[11]" | 5 December 1965 (1965-12-05) | 5 |
"Boys on Bubbles / Problems and Puzzles" | 19 December 1965 (1965-12-19) | 6 |
"Windows of the Soul / Elixir of Youth[12]" | 2 January 1966 (1966-01-02) | 7 |
"The Troubled Mind / Triple-A. S." | 16 January 1966 (1966-01-16) | 8 |
"A Man of Two Visions / The Scientist Applied" | 30 January 1966 (1966-01-30) | 9 |
"The Dolphins that Joined The Navy / A Theory of The Earth" | 13 February 1966 (1966-02-13) | 10 |
"Route 128 / A Theory of The Earth" | 27 February 1966 (1966-02-27) | 11 |
"The Beginning of Life / Science Friction" | 13 March 1966 (1966-03-13) | 12 |
"So you want to be an Inventor? / The Severed Hand" | 27 March 1966 (1966-03-27) | 13 |
"Chance and Decay / Meteorite Mystery" | 10 April 1966 (1966-04-10) | 14 |
"Towers of Ilium / The Exploding City" | 24 April 1966 (1966-04-24) | 15 |
"Man in Space" | 8 May 1966 (1966-05-08) | 16 |
"Destination Mars / Editors in Conference" | 22 May 1966 (1966-05-22) | 17 |
"Man meets Duck / The Picture Machines" | 5 June 1966 (1966-06-05) | 18 |
"Where must the Money Go? / Phantoms Incorporated" | 19 June 1966 (1966-06-19) | 19 |
"Genes in Action / Scientists and War" | 3 July 1966 (1966-07-03) | 20 |
"The Lonely Children" | 17 July 1966 (1966-07-17) | 21 |
"Man of Science / 'Nature' Tomorrow" | 31 July 1966 (1966-07-31) | 22 |
"Science Fiction, Science Fact / The Dolphins that Joined The Navy" | 11 September 1966 (1966-09-11) | 23 |
"M.I.T.'s ABC / The Disturbed Child" | 25 September 1966 (1966-09-25) | 24 |
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"Ten Years in the Antarctic[13]" | 10 October 1966 (1966-10-10) | 1 |
"The Athlete[14]" | 24 October 1966 (1966-10-24) | 2 |
"From Peenemunde to the Moon[15]" | 7 November 1966 (1966-11-07) | 3 |
"Sex-Change?[16]" | 21 November 1966 (1966-11-21) | 4 |
"The Structure of Life[17]" | 5 December 1966 (1966-12-05) | 5 |
"Hand Me My Sword, Humphrey[18]" | 25 December 1966 (1966-12-25) | 6 |
"Sons of Cain[19]" | 17 January 1967 (1967-01-17) | 7 |
"How Best to Make a Man, How Best to Make a Scientist[20]" | 14 February 1967 (1967-02-14) | 8 |
"Dynamo, The Life of Michael Faraday[21]" | 28 February 1967 (1967-02-28) | 9 |
"Migraine[22]" | 14 March 1967 (1967-03-14) | 10 |
"How Safe Is Surgery?[23]" | 28 March 1967 (1967-03-28) | 11 |
"The Shape of War to Come[24]" | 25 April 1967 (1967-04-25) | 12 |
"Memory[25]" | 9 May 1967 (1967-05-09) | 13 |
"Masters of the Desert" | 23 May 1967 (1967-05-23) | 14 |
"Cancer, The Smoker's Gamble[26]" | 20 June 1967 (1967-06-20) | 15 |
"Science and the Supernatural" | 4 July 1967 (1967-07-04) | 16 |
"Hypnosis" | 18 July 1967 (1967-07-18) | 17 |
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"The War of the Boffins[27]" | 12 September 1967 (1967-09-12) | 1 |
"Aspects of Alcohol[28]" | 26 September 1967 (1967-09-26) | 2 |
"Lords of the Sea[29]" | 10 October 1967 (1967-10-10) | 3 |
"Will Art Last?[30]" | 24 October 1967 (1967-10-24) | 4 |
"Air Safety, The Unknown Factor[31]" | 7 November 1967 (1967-11-07) | 5 |
"The Life and Death of the Pine Processionary[32]" | 21 November 1967 (1967-11-21) | 6 |
"Koestler on Creativity[33]" | 5 December 1967 (1967-12-05) | 7 |
"The World of Ted Serios" | 12 December 1967 (1967-12-12) | 8 |
"Professor in Toyland[34]" | 24 December 1967 (1967-12-24) | 9 |
"An Ingenious Man, Sir H. John Baker[35]" | 2 January 1968 (1968-01-02) | 10 |
"Man's Best Friend[36]" | 30 January 1968 (1968-01-30) | 11 |
"Once a Junkie[37]" | 13 February 1968 (1968-02-13) | 12 |
"Town Traffic and Tomorrow[38]" | 27 February 1968 (1968-02-27) | 13 |
"The Man Makers[39]" | 12 March 1968 (1968-03-12) | 14 |
"Man in Search of Himself[40]" | 26 March 1968 (1968-03-26) | 15 |
"Investigating Murder[41]" | 9 April 1968 (1968-04-09) | 16 |
"The Equation of Murder[42]" | 7 May 1968 (1968-05-07) | 17 |
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"Lindemann Enigma[43]" | 12 September 1968 (1968-09-12) | 1 |
"From Field to Factory" | 19 September 1968 (1968-09-19) | 2 |
"Comfort on Ageing" | 26 September 1968 (1968-09-26) | 3 |
"Experiments in War" | 3 October 1968 (1968-10-03) | 4 |
"African Medicine" | 17 October 1968 (1968-10-17) | 5 |
"The Broken Bridge[44]" | 24 October 1968 (1968-10-24) | 6 |
"Children Without Words[45]" | 31 October 1968 (1968-10-31) | 7 |
"Computer Revolution[46]" | 7 November 1968 (1968-11-07) | 8 |
"Doctor's Dilemma[47]" | 14 November 1968 (1968-11-14) | 9 |
"In the Matter of Dr Alfred Nobel[48]" | 21 November 1968 (1968-11-21) | 10 |
"Wheels Within Wheels[49]" | 28 November 1968 (1968-11-28) | 11 |
"Black Man – White Science[50]" | 5 December 1968 (1968-12-05) | 12 |
"Hidden World[51]" | 12 December 1968 (1968-12-12) | 13 |
"The Talgai Skull[52]" | 19 December 1968 (1968-12-19) | 14 |
"Phantasmagoria, The Magic Lantern[53]" | 24 December 1968 (1968-12-24) | 15 |
"Inside Every Fat Man...[54]" | 2 January 1969 (1969-01-02) | 16 |
"If Only They Could Speak[55]" | 9 January 1969 (1969-01-09) | 17 |
"The Miraculous Wonder, The Human Eye[56]" | 16 January 1969 (1969-01-16) | 18 |
"The Year of the Locusts" | 23 January 1969 (1969-01-23) | 19 |
"The Gifted Child[57]" | 30 January 1969 (1969-01-30) | 20 |
"The Last of the Polymaths[58]" | 6 February 1969 (1969-02-06) | 21 |
"Music and the Mind" | 13 February 1969 (1969-02-13) | 22 |
"Report on V.D.[59]" | 20 February 1969 (1969-02-20) | 23 |
"The Drift from Science[60]" | 6 March 1969 (1969-03-06) | 24 |
"Powers of Persuasion[61]" | 13 March 1969 (1969-03-13) | 25 |
"The View from Space" | 20 March 1969 (1969-03-20) | 26 |
"The Unborn Patient[62]" | 27 March 1969 (1969-03-27) | 27 |
"King Solomon's Garden[63]" | 10 April 1969 (1969-04-10) | 28 |
"Muck Today – Poison Tomorrow[64]" | 24 April 1969 (1969-04-24) | 29 |
"Shark" | 1 May 1969 (1969-05-01) | 30 |
"Technology and Self Determination[65]" | 15 May 1969 (1969-05-15) | 31 |
"After Apollo[66]" | 22 May 1969 (1969-05-22) | 32 |
"Discovery" | 29 May 1969 (1969-05-29) | 33 |
"Machines and People[67]" | 5 June 1969 (1969-06-05) | 34 |
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"Science on Safari" | 15 September 1969 (1969-09-15) | 1 |
"A True Madness" | 22 September 1969 (1969-09-22) | 2 |
"The Problem of Pain" | 29 September 1969 (1969-09-29) | 3 |
"Four Fast Legs and a Nose" | 6 October 1969 (1969-10-06) | 4 |
"Father of the Man" | 13 October 1969 (1969-10-13) | 5 |
"Master of the Microscope" | 20 October 1969 (1969-10-20) | 6 |
"CERN" | 27 October 1969 (1969-10-27) | 7 |
"Cancer" | 10 November 1969 (1969-11-10) | 8 |
"There's a Rhino in My Sugar" | 17 November 1969 (1969-11-17) | 9 |
"Fit to Live" | 24 November 1969 (1969-11-24) | 10 |
"Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs" | 1 December 1969 (1969-12-01) | 11 |
"How Much Do You Drink?" | 8 December 1969 (1969-12-08) | 12 |
"A Game of War" | 15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) | 13 |
"Bread" | 22 December 1969 (1969-12-22) | 14 |
"For the Safety of Mankind" | 29 December 1969 (1969-12-29) | 15 |
"Just Another World" | 5 January 1970 (1970-01-05) | 16 |
"Henry Royce, Mechanic" | 12 January 1970 (1970-01-12) | 17 |
"A Disease of Our Time, Stress" | 19 January 1970 (1970-01-19) | 18 |
"A Disease of Our Time, Heart Attacks" | 26 January 1970 (1970-01-26) | 19 |
"Sex and Sexuality" | 2 February 1970 (1970-02-02) | 20 |
"Whose Coast?" | 16 February 1970 (1970-02-16) | 21 |
"A Much Wanted Child" | 23 February 1970 (1970-02-23) | 22 |
"The Expert Witness" | 2 March 1970 (1970-03-02) | 23 |
"After the Iron Age" | 9 March 1970 (1970-03-09) | 24 |
"Let the Therapy Fit the Crime" | 16 March 1970 (1970-03-16) | 25 |
"The World Outside" | 23 March 1970 (1970-03-23) | 26 |
"In the Beginning Was the Word" | 30 March 1970 (1970-03-30) | 27 |
"Drifting of the Continents" | 13 April 1970 (1970-04-13) | 28 |
"A Case of Priority" | 20 April 1970 (1970-04-20) | 29 |
"The Fretful Elements[68]" | 27 April 1970 (1970-04-27) | 30 |
"One Man's Meat" | 11 May 1970 (1970-05-11) | 31 |
"Only Skin Deep" | 6 July 1970 (1970-07-06) | 32 |
"Wolves and Wolfmen" | 13 July 1970 (1970-07-13) | 33 |
"A Measure of Uncertainty" | 10 August 1970 (1970-08-10) | 34 |
"The Manhunters" | 17 August 1970 (1970-08-17) | 35 |
"Don't Get Sick in America" | 24 August 1970 (1970-08-24) | 36 |
"Crown of Thorns" | 31 August 1970 (1970-08-31) | 37 |
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"Noah's Ark in Kensington" | 7 September 1970 (1970-09-07) | 1 |
"Virus" | 14 September 1970 (1970-09-14) | 2 |
"Water, Water..." | 21 September 1970 (1970-09-21) | 3 |
"All Creatures Great and Small" | 28 September 1970 (1970-09-28) | 4 |
"Child for a Lifetime" | 5 October 1970 (1970-10-05) | 5 |
"Something for Our Children" | 12 October 1970 (1970-10-12) | 6 |
"Million Ton Tanker" | 2 November 1970 (1970-11-02) | 7 |
"The Insect War" | 9 November 1970 (1970-11-09) | 8 |
"The Savage Mind" | 16 November 1970 (1970-11-16) | 9 |
"Tanks" | 23 November 1970 (1970-11-23) | 10 |
"Mind the Machine" | 30 November 1970 (1970-11-30) | 11 |
"Square Pegs" | 7 December 1970 (1970-12-07) | 12 |
"Earthquakes, The City That Waits to Die" | 14 December 1970 (1970-12-14) | 13 |
"The Man Who Talks to Frogs" | 21 December 1970 (1970-12-21) | 14 |
"The Gargantuan Triumph of Science" | 28 December 1970 (1970-12-28) | 15 |
"Wildlife, The Last Great Battle" | 4 January 1971 (1971-01-04) | 16 |
"Great Ormond Street" | 18 January 1971 (1971-01-18) | 17 |
"A Bulldozer Through Heaven" | 25 January 1971 (1971-01-25) | 18 |
"Rumours of Wars" | 1 February 1971 (1971-02-01) | 19 |
"I'm Dependent, You're Addicted" | 15 February 1971 (1971-02-15) | 20 |
"Kuru, To Tremble with Fear" | 22 February 1971 (1971-02-22) | 21 |
"Due to Lack of Interest Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled" | 8 March 1971 (1971-03-08) | 22 |
"What Kind of Doctor?" | 15 March 1971 (1971-03-15) | 23 |
"A Nice Sort of Accident to Have" | 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22) | 24 |
"The Wood" | 5 April 1971 (1971-04-05) | 25 |
"The Measure of Man" | 12 April 1971 (1971-04-12) | 26 |
"Three Score Years and Then?" | 26 April 1971 (1971-04-26) | 27 |
"Darwin's Bulldog" | 3 May 1971 (1971-05-03) | 28 |
"The Secret" | 10 May 1971 (1971-05-10) | 29 |
"What Every Girl Should Know" | 17 May 1971 (1971-05-17) | 30 |
"Taste of Foods to Come" | 24 May 1971 (1971-05-24) | 31 |
"Looking for a Happy Landing" | 31 May 1971 (1971-05-31) | 32 |
"A Case of Depression" | 7 June 1971 (1971-06-07) | 33 |
"The Total War Machine" | 14 June 1971 (1971-06-14) | 34 |
"The Dinosaur Hunters" | 21 June 1971 (1971-06-21) | 35 |
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"Your Country Needs You[69]" | 27 September 1971 (1971-09-27) | 1 |
"Rheumatism" | 4 October 1971 (1971-10-04) | 2 |
"If at First You Don't Succeed... You Don't Succeed" | 11 October 1971 (1971-10-11) | 3 |
"One Liverpool or Two?[70]" | 18 October 1971 (1971-10-18) | 4 |
"Rutherford, The Cavendish Today" | 25 October 1971 (1971-10-25) | 5 |
"The Fierce People" | 1 November 1971 (1971-11-01) | 6 |
"The Men Who Painted Caves" | 15 November 1971 (1971-11-15) | 7 |
"The Crab Nebula" | 22 November 1971 (1971-11-22) | 8 |
"Can Venice Survive?" | 29 November 1971 (1971-11-29) | 9 |
"Willingly to School?" | 6 December 1971 (1971-12-06) | 10 |
"The Periscope War" | 20 December 1971 (1971-12-20) | 11 |
"Patently Absurd" | 27 December 1971 (1971-12-27) | 12 |
"The Missing Link" | 3 January 1972 (1972-01-03) | 13 |
"Navajo The Fight For Survival" | 10 January 1972 (1972-01-10) | 14 |
"How Much Do You Smell?" | 17 January 1972 (1972-01-17) | 15 |
"Parasite of Paradise" | 31 January 1972 (1972-01-31) | 16 |
"The Day It Rained Periwinkles" | 7 February 1972 (1972-02-07) | 17 |
"Are You Doing This for Me Doctor?" | 14 February 1972 (1972-02-14) | 18 |
"How They Sold Doomsday" | 21 February 1972 (1972-02-21) | 19 |
"For Love or Money" | 28 February 1972 (1972-02-28) | 20 |
"Whales, Dolphins and Men" | 6 March 1972 (1972-03-06) | 21 |
"What Is Race?" | 13 March 1972 (1972-03-13) | 22 |
"Man Made Lakes of Africa" | 20 March 1972 (1972-03-20) | 23 |
"Survival in the Sahara" | 27 March 1972 (1972-03-27) | 24 |
"Mind over Body" | 10 April 1972 (1972-04-10) | 25 |
"Out of Volcanoes" | 17 April 1972 (1972-04-17) | 26 |
"The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor" | 1 May 1972 (1972-05-01) | 27 |
"Rail Crash" | 8 May 1972 (1972-05-08) | 28 |
"Do You Dig National Parks?" | 22 May 1972 (1972-05-22) | 29 |
"The Rat Man, Sigmund Freud" | 5 June 1972 (1972-06-05) | 30 |
"Sorry I Opened My Mouth" | 12 June 1972 (1972-06-12) | 31 |
"The Ways We Move" | 3 July 1972 (1972-07-03) | 32 |
"The Life That Lives on Man" | 10 July 1972 (1972-07-10) | 33 |
"Sex Can Be a Problem" | 24 July 1972 (1972-07-24) | 34 |
"The Surgery of Violence" | 31 July 1972 (1972-07-31) | 35 |
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"Hospital, Episode 1922" | 12 October 1972 (1972-10-12) | 1 |
"When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames[71]" | 19 October 1972 (1972-10-19) | 2 |
"Making of an English Landscape" | 26 October 1972 (1972-10-26) | 3 |
"Shadows of Bliss" | 2 November 1972 (1972-11-02) | 4 |
"Billion Marsh" | 9 November 1972 (1972-11-09) | 5 |
"Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?" | 16 November 1972 (1972-11-16) | 6 |
"The Making of a Natural History Film" | 23 November 1972 (1972-11-23) | 7 |
"Fire" | 30 November 1972 (1972-11-30) | 8 |
"Alaskan Pipe Dream" | 7 December 1972 (1972-12-07) | 9 |
"Their Life in Your Hands" | 21 December 1972 (1972-12-21) | 10 |
"Navigating Europe" | 28 December 1972 (1972-12-28) | 11 |
"Epidemic" | 4 January 1973 (1973-01-04) | 12 |
"Worlds in Collision" | 11 January 1973 (1973-01-11) | 13 |
"The Military Necessity" | 18 January 1973 (1973-01-18) | 14 |
"The Curtain of Silence" | 25 January 1973 (1973-01-25) | 15 |
"When the Breeding Has to Stop" | 8 February 1973 (1973-02-08) | 16 |
"Science Is Dead, Long Live Science" | 15 February 1973 (1973-02-15) | 17 |
"And Where Will the Children Play?" | 1 March 1973 (1973-03-01) | 18 |
"Acupuncture" | 8 March 1973 (1973-03-08) | 19 |
"What Time Is Your Body?" | 22 March 1973 (1973-03-22) | 20 |
"Survival of the Weakest" | 5 April 1973 (1973-04-05) | 21 |
"Red Sea Coral and the Crown of Thorns" | 12 April 1973 (1973-04-12) | 22 |
"Lumbered... With Back-Ache!" | 26 April 1973 (1973-04-26) | 23 |
"Airport" | 3 May 1973 (1973-05-03) | 24 |
"Do You Remember the Memory Man?" | 17 May 1973 (1973-05-17) | 25 |
"What a Waste!" | 24 May 1973 (1973-05-24) | 26 |
"The Laws of the Land" | 7 June 1973 (1973-06-07) | 27 |
"Do We Really Need the Railways?" | 14 June 1973 (1973-06-14) | 28 |
"The Telly of Tomorrow" | 21 June 1973 (1973-06-21) | 29 |
"How Does It Hurt?" | 5 July 1973 (1973-07-05) | 30 |
"A Scientist Looks at Religion" | 9 August 1973 (1973-08-09) | 31 |
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