As of July 2026, Horizon Season 5 aired in 1968 with 24 episodes — streaming now on PBS. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Horizon Season 5

1968 24 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

Horizon Season 5 is currently streaming on , and it treats its subject with more rigour than the format usually demands. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 34 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Rigorous in a way documentary storytelling does not always commit to. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Horizon Season 5 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Horizon Season 5 resists the urge to oversimplify a subject that deserves better. Season 5 of Horizon includes 24 episodes. It aired from January 1968 to December 1968. Episodes include "An Ingenious Man - Sir H. It was aired in 1968. What elevates Horizon Season 5 above most documentary work is a refusal to settle for the easy version of the story. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Documentary fans who value serious storytelling will find Horizon Season 5 essential viewing. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Rigorous in a way documentary work does not always commit to. Not background viewing — it rewards your full attention.

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🎬 Horizon Season 5 — Episode Guide

E1
An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker
1968-01-02
Horizon reports on Prof. Sir John Baker who is a distinguished British engineer, tracing his career beginning from his early work on airships.
E2
Man's Best Friend
1968-01-30
This episode covers interviews with surgeons and research workers discussing the need for animal experimentation in medical work.
E3
Once a Junkie
1968-02-13
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 our system only worked when we did not have a serious addiction problem. Now we do. Does our present system make it too e...
E4
Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow
1968-02-27
Horizon explores the problem of increasing traffic in Britain.
E5
The Man Makers
1968-03-12
In this episode, Horizon looks into the advances in medical science.
E6
Man in Search of Himself
1968-03-26
This episode presents the view by G. M. Carstairs, social psychiatrist, about the pleasures and problems of life in Britain in 1968.
E7
Investigating Murder
1968-04-09
Horizon looks into modern methods of crime investigation.
E8
The Equation of Murder
1968-05-07
Horizon follows reporter Paul Ferris as he examines the causes and motitives for murder.
E9
The Lindemann Enigma
1968-09-12
This is the story of the life and career of Winston Churchill's scientific advisor, Lord Cherwell, during World War II.
E10
From Field to Factory
1968-09-19
Horizon explores "factory farming" techniques for chickens and other livestock.
E11
Comfort on Aging
1968-09-26
In this episode, Dr. Alex Comfort looks at the scientific evidence for old age and the problems caused by ageing.
E12
Experiments in War
1968-10-03
Horizon investigates how science is used to enhance weapons of war, tactics, and strategy.
E13
Medecine in Russia
1968-10-10
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 that were necessary to build a Health Service in the country with the largest share of the earth's surface were vast. Th...
E14
African Medicine
1968-10-17
In this episode, Horizon looks into controversial medicine practices in Nigeria.
E15
The Broken Bridge
1968-10-24
This episode by Horizon is about Irene Kassorlas, who's new treatment for autism has produced positive results with mute children.
E16
Children Without Words
1968-10-31
Horizon reports on speech and comprehension disorders in children, and how to educate them.
E17
The Computer Revolution
1968-11-07
Horizon explores how computers are changing our way of life.
E18
Doctor's Dilemma
1968-11-14
Horizon reports on the effects of the birth control pill on the body and how the pill can effect the changes in glucose metabolism.
E19
In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel
1968-11-21
This is the fictional drama about the evidence for and against the charges that Dr. Alfred Noble misused his invention of dynamite.
E20
Wheels Within Wheels
1968-11-28
Horizon explores the possibility that our civilization as a whole can be viewed as a pattern based on the wheel.

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