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1976

Horizon

1976 Episodes

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EP 1
60m

The Transplant Experience

1/5/1976

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

EP 2
60m

Intimate Strangers

1/12/1976

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

EP 3
60m

A Fair Share of What Little We Have

1/19/1976

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.

EP 4
60m

The Incredible Machine

1/26/1976

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

EP 5
60m

King Coal Revived

2/2/1976

Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

EP 6
60m

A Question of Trust

2/9/1976

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

EP 7
60m

The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

2/16/1976

Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

EP 8
60m

The Lords of the Labyrinth

2/23/1976

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

EP 9
60m

Inside the Shark

3/1/1976

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

EP 10
60m

The Chemical Dream

3/8/1976

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

EP 11
60m

The Edelin Affair

3/15/1976

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

EP 12
60m

The World of Margaret Mead

3/22/1976

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

EP 13
60m

The Pathway from Madness

3/29/1976

Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

EP 14
60m

Geronimo's Children

4/5/1976

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

EP 15
60m

The Vision of the Blind

4/12/1976

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

EP 16
60m

A Lesson for Teachers

4/26/1976

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

EP 17
60m

Why Did Stuart Die?

5/3/1976

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

EP 18
60m

The Children of Peru

5/17/1976

Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

EP 19
60m

Dying

5/24/1976

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.

EP 20
60m

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

6/7/1976

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

EP 21
60m

What's Wrong with the Sun?

6/14/1976

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

EP 22
60m

The Bull's Eye War

10/25/1976

Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

EP 23
60m

The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

11/1/1976

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.

EP 24
60m

Billion Dollar Bubble

11/8/1976

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

EP 25
60m

The Selfish Gene

11/15/1976

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.

EP 26
60m

A Child of Our Own

11/22/1976

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

EP 27
60m

Secrets of a Coral Island

11/29/1976

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.

EP 28
60m

The Long Valley

12/6/1976

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

EP 29
60m

Half-Way to 1984

12/13/1976

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

EP 30
60m

The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table

12/20/1976

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