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Series SeasonSeason 13 episodes1976

Horizon

1976

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Episode 160 min1976-01-05

The Transplant Experience

Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.

Episode 260 min1976-01-12

Intimate Strangers

This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.

Episode 360 min1976-01-19

A Fair Share of What Little We Have

Horizon reports on the country of Tanzania, a country that spends only one dollar per person on health services, and more than half of all children born there die before the age of five.

Episode 460 min1976-01-26

The Incredible Machine

This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.

Episode 560 min1976-02-02

King Coal Revived

Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

Episode 660 min1976-02-09

A Question of Trust

In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.

Episode 760 min1976-02-16

The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

Episode 860 min1976-02-23

The Lords of the Labyrinth

Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.

Episode 960 min1976-03-01

Inside the Shark

This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.

Episode 1060 min1976-03-08

The Chemical Dream

Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.

Episode 1160 min1976-03-15

The Edelin Affair

This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.

Episode 1260 min1976-03-22

The World of Margaret Mead

This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.

Episode 1360 min1976-03-29

The Pathway from Madness

Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

Episode 1460 min1976-04-05

Geronimo's Children

This report by Horizon investigates the aggressive and oppressive history of the Mescalero and Chiricuhua Apache Indians of New Mexico in the USA.

Episode 1560 min1976-04-12

The Vision of the Blind

This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.

Episode 1660 min1976-04-26

A Lesson for Teachers

Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.

Episode 1760 min1976-05-03

Why Did Stuart Die?

This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain.

Episode 1860 min1976-05-17

The Children of Peru

Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

Episode 1960 min1976-05-24

Dying

This is a Horizon documentary on how a widow faces the last day of her husband's life and the story of three other people who know they only have a short time to live.

Episode 2060 min1976-06-07

A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children

Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.

Episode 2160 min1976-06-14

What's Wrong with the Sun?

In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.

Episode 2260 min1976-10-25

The Bull's Eye War

Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

Episode 2360 min1976-11-01

The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

Horizon makes an investigation into claims by a group of scientists who theorize that dinosaurs were not actaully cold-blooded reptiles, but hot-blooded, like mammals.

Episode 2460 min1976-11-08

Billion Dollar Bubble

This is an investigative report by Horizon that shows how the Equity Funding Corp. of America produced two billion dollars worth of phoney insurance.

Episode 2560 min1976-11-15

The Selfish Gene

This Horizon documentary explores animal behavior. Animals do not act for the good of their own species, rather for the preservation of their own genes.

Episode 2660 min1976-11-22

A Child of Our Own

This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.

Episode 2760 min1976-11-29

Secrets of a Coral Island

Horizon reports on Pacific Ocean fishermen who are famous for their extraordinary fishing skills. They catch fish with a kite and a tassel of spiders webs.

Episode 2860 min1976-12-06

The Long Valley

This is a Horizon documentary about six people who have each lost someone very close, as they describe their progress through grief.

Episode 2960 min1976-12-13

Half-Way to 1984

Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse.

Episode 3060 min1976-12-20

The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table

This Horizon episode is about the actual King Arthur's Round Table, which hangs in the Hall of Winchester Castle, Hants, Britain.

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