Horizon (1964)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
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1976x01 The Transplant Experience
05 January, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
1976x02 Intimate Strangers
12 January, 1976 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.
1976x03 A Fair Share of What Little We Have
19 January, 1976 9:00 pm
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.
1976x04 The Incredible Machine
26 January, 1976 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
1976x05 King Coal Revived
02 February, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
1976x06 A Question of Trust
09 February, 1976 9:00 pm
In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.
1976x07 The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
16 February, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
1976x08 The Lords of the Labyrinth
23 February, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
1976x09 Inside the Shark
01 March, 1976 9:00 pm
This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
1976x10 The Chemical Dream
08 March, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.
1976x11 The Edelin Affair
15 March, 1976 9:00 pm
This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.
1976x12 The World of Margaret Mead
22 March, 1976 9:00 pm
This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.
1976x13 The Pathway from Madness
29 March, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
1976x14 Geronimo's Children
05 April, 1976 9:00 pm
This report by Horizon investigates the aggressive and oppressive history of the Mescalero and Chiricuhua Apache Indians of New Mexico in the USA.
1976x15 The Vision of the Blind
12 April, 1976 9:00 pm
This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
1976x16 A Lesson for Teachers
26 April, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
1976x17 Why Did Stuart Die?
03 May, 1976 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain.
1976x18 The Planets
10 May, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon outlines the latest discoveries of the formation of the planets by space craft visiting Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter.
1976x20 Dying
24 May, 1976 9:00 pm
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.
1976x21 The Great British Drought
31 May, 1976 9:00 pm
This report by Horizon explores the drought crisis of 1976.
1976x22 A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children
07 June, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
1976x23 What's Wrong With the Sun?
14 June, 1976 9:00 pm
In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.
1976x24 The Bull's Eye War
25 October, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
1976x25 The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
01 November, 1976 9:00 pm
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.
1976x26 Billion Dollar Bubble
08 November, 1976 9:00 pm
This is an investigative report by Horizon that shows how the Equity Funding Corp. of America produced two billion dollars worth of phoney insurance.
1976x27 The Selfish Gene
15 November, 1976 9:00 pm
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.
1976x28 A Child of Our Own
22 November, 1976 9:00 pm
This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.
1976x29 Secrets of a Coral Island
29 November, 1976 9:00 pm
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.
1976x30 The Long Valley
06 December, 1976 9:00 pm
This is a Horizon documentary about six people who have each lost someone very close, as they describe their progress through grief.
1976x31 Half-Way to 1984
13 December, 1976 9:00 pm
Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse.
1976x32 The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table
20 December, 1976 9:00 pm
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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