Horizon
1976
197630 episodes
Episode 1
The Transplant Experience
Jan 5, 19761h
Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
Episode 2
Intimate Strangers
Jan 12, 19761h
This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.
Episode 3
A Fair Share of What Little We Have
Jan 19, 19761h
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 4
The Incredible Machine
Jan 26, 19761h
This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
Episode 5
King Coal Revived
Feb 2, 19761h
Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
Episode 6
A Question of Trust
Feb 9, 19761h
In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.
Episode 7
The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
Feb 16, 19761h
Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
Episode 8
The Lords of the Labyrinth
Feb 23, 19761h
Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
Episode 9
Inside the Shark
Mar 1, 19761h
This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
Episode 10
The Chemical Dream
Mar 8, 19761h
Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.
Episode 11
The Edelin Affair
Mar 15, 19761h
This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.
Episode 12
The World of Margaret Mead
Mar 22, 19761h
This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.
Episode 13
The Pathway from Madness
Mar 29, 19761h
Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
Episode 14
Geronimo's Children
Apr 5, 19761h
This report by Horizon investigates the aggressive and oppressive history of the Mescalero and Chiricuhua Apache Indians of New Mexico in the USA.
Episode 15
The Vision of the Blind
Apr 12, 19761h
This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
Episode 16
A Lesson for Teachers
Apr 26, 19761h
Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
Episode 17
Why Did Stuart Die?
May 3, 19761h
This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain.
Episode 18
The Children of Peru
May 17, 19761h
Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.
Episode 19
Dying
May 24, 19761h
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 20
A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children
Jun 7, 19761h
Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
Episode 21
What's Wrong with the Sun?
Jun 14, 19761h
In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.
Episode 22
The Bull's Eye War
Oct 25, 19761h
Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
Episode 23
The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
Nov 1, 19761h
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 24
Billion Dollar Bubble
Nov 8, 19761h
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 25
The Selfish Gene
Nov 15, 19761h
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 26
A Child of Our Own
Nov 22, 19761h
This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.
Episode 27
Secrets of a Coral Island
Nov 29, 19761h
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 28
The Long Valley
Dec 6, 19761h
This is a Horizon documentary about six people who have each lost someone very close, as they describe their progress through grief.
Episode 29
Half-Way to 1984
Dec 13, 19761h
Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse.
Episode 30
The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table
Dec 20, 19761h
This Horizon episode is about the actual King Arthur's Round Table, which hangs in the Hall of Winchester Castle, Hants, Britain.