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Horizon: 1976

30 episodes · premiered Jan 5, 1976

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