Horizon

Season 11 Episode 29: The Sickly Sea

59 SeasonsNov 25, 1974TV-PG1h8.6

Sixty years ago a Dutch scientist discovered a phenomenon that overturned the electrical rule book. By cooling certain metals to incredibly low temperatures he found they could continue to carry an electric current for ever, even when the power supply was switched off. Today, developments of these metals - called superconductors-have led to trains that fly, magnets that could depollute rivers and machines that promise cheaper power.

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Season 11 Episodes:

Episode 1 An Unholy Scramble

1. An Unholy Scramble

Aired: Jan 7, 1974

This episode of Horizon explains how our body fights infections and cancers a...

Episode 4 The Other Way

4. The Other Way

Aired: Jan 28, 1974

Horizon investigates how Britain has hunted fish in the past and how improved...

Episode 6 Joey

6. Joey

Aired: Feb 11, 1974

Documentary with dramatic reconstructions about the life of Joey Deacon, a ma...

Episode 9 The Lysenko Affair

9. The Lysenko Affair

Aired: Mar 11, 1974

In this Horizon episode, we look at attempts by scientists to solve the energ...

Episode 11 The Killer Dust

11. The Killer Dust

Aired: Apr 29, 1974

Horizon looks back at the discovery and the development of anesthesia.

Episode 12 A Time to Be Born

12. A Time to Be Born

Aired: May 6, 1974

This Horizon episode is about the search for quarks, thought to be the substa...

Episode 13 The Unsafe Sea

13. The Unsafe Sea

Aired: May 13, 1974

Horizon investigates captive animal breeding to prevent extinction of animal ...

Episode 15 Project Fido

15. Project Fido

Aired: Jun 10, 1974

Documentary about the origins of life which attempts to find out what happene...

Episode 16 The Planets

16. The Planets

Aired: Jun 10, 1974

Horizon investigates the subject of sleep in Britain and the USA.

Episode 21 Brain Poison

21. Brain Poison

Aired: Jul 22, 1974

Horizon explores the technological and economic reasons for the mining reviva...

Episode 23 Benjamin

23. Benjamin

Aired: Aug 5, 1974

Horizon brings you a report by Tom Harrison on anti-nazi propaganda in Britai...

Episode 25 The Glazed Outlook

25. The Glazed Outlook

Aired: Sep 2, 1974

Horizon investigates some of the risks and problems involved in bringing oil ...

Episode 27 Strange Sleep

27. Strange Sleep

Aired: Nov 4, 1974

Horizons reviews the scientific work of Americans in the field of research in...

Episode 28 How Do You Read?

28. How Do You Read?

Aired: Nov 11, 1974

Horizon presents Dr. Schumacher's theory that use of modern technology could ...

Episode 29 The Sickly Sea

29. The Sickly Sea

Aired: Nov 25, 1974

Sixty years ago a Dutch scientist discovered a phenomenon that overturned the...

Episode 30 Happy Catastrophe

30. Happy Catastrophe

Aired: Dec 9, 1974

This story by Horizon reconstructs the true life story of Joey Deacon.

Episode 32 Cannabis

32. Cannabis

Aired: Dec 23, 1974

This documentary by Horizon reports on the development of cinematographic spe...


Info about Horizon

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary