Horizon (1964)

1976

January 5, 1976 30 Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

The Transplant Experience

Jan 5, 1976

60 minutes

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

Episode 2

Intimate Strangers

Jan 12, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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

Episode 5

King Coal Revived

Feb 2, 1976

60 minutes

Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

Episode 6

A Question of Trust

Feb 9, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

Episode 8

The Lords of the Labyrinth

Feb 23, 1976

60 minutes

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

Episode 9

Inside the Shark

Mar 1, 1976

60 minutes

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

Episode 10

The Chemical Dream

Mar 8, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

Episode 14

Geronimo's Children

Apr 5, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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

Episode 16

A Lesson for Teachers

Apr 26, 1976

60 minutes

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

Episode 17

Why Did Stuart Die?

May 3, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

Episode 19

Dying

May 24, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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

Episode 21

What's Wrong with the Sun?

Jun 14, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

Episode 23

The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

Nov 1, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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, 1976

60 minutes

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