Horizon: 1968
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Horizon Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker
Jan 2, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airships.
Man's Best Friend
Jan 30, 1968 · 60 min
This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.
Once a Junkie
Feb 13, 1968 · 60 min
In England addicts get their heroin, and often cocaine, on the National Health Service: our system has prevented the growth of a drug-based criminal world, but Americans say that o
Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow
Feb 27, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.
The Man Makers
Mar 12, 1968 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.
Man in Search of Himself
Mar 26, 1968 · 60 min
This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.
Investigating Murder
Apr 9, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.
The Equation of Murder
May 7, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.
The Lindemann Enigma
Sep 12, 1968 · 60 min
This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.
From Field to Factory
Sep 19, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.
Comfort on Aging
Sep 26, 1968 · 60 min
In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.
Experiments in War
Oct 3, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.
Medecine in Russia
Oct 10, 1968 · 60 min
In 1917, Russia had fewer than twenty doctors for every million of her people. Today, the figure is over 2,000: almost twice as many as in this country. The organisational changes
African Medicine
Oct 17, 1968 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.
The Broken Bridge
Oct 24, 1968 · 60 min
This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.
Children Without Words
Oct 31, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.
The Computer Revolution
Nov 7, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.
Doctor's Dilemma
Nov 14, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.
In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel
Nov 21, 1968 · 60 min
This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.
Wheels Within Wheels
Nov 28, 1968 · 60 min
Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.
Black Man, White Science
Dec 5, 1968 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon investigates the study of science by african americans.
The Hidden World
Dec 12, 1968 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon reports on the exploration and survey of the oceans of the world.
The Talgai Skull
Dec 19, 1968 · 60 min
Prof. N.W.G. MacIntosh investigates the origin of the Talgai Skull found in Australia in 1886.
Phantasmagoria or The Story of the Magic Lantern
Dec 24, 1968 · 60 min
In this episode of Horizon, Michael Balfour invites us to share in the mystery and magic of the "Magic Lantern".