Episode guide
Horizon: 1986
22 episodes · premiered Jan 6, 1986
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- Episode 1: Are You a Racist? Jan 6, 1986 · 1h Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.
- Episode 2: Genesis Jan 13, 1986 · 1h This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
- Episode 3: Bitter Cold Jan 20, 1986 · 1h Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
- Episode 4: The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe Jan 27, 1986 · 1h Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
- Episode 5: Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould Feb 3, 1986 · 1h In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?
- Episode 6: Science...Fiction? Feb 17, 1986 · 1h Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
- Episode 7: The Children of Eve Feb 24, 1986 · 1h Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
- Episode 8: The New Face of Leprosy Mar 3, 1986 · 1h This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
- Episode 9: Hi-Tech à la Française Mar 10, 1986 · 1h Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
- Episode 10: In the Wake of HMS Sheffield Mar 17, 1986 · 1h Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.
- Episode 11: AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus Mar 24, 1986 · 1h Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.
- Episode 12: The Case of the Frozen Addict Apr 7, 1986 · 1h In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
- Episode 13: Nice Guys Finish First Apr 14, 1986 · 1h In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat…
- Episode 14: The Men Who Bottled a Cow Apr 21, 1986 · 1h This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.
- Episode 15: Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird Apr 28, 1986 · 1h Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
- Episode 16: What Makes an Animal Smart? May 12, 1986 · 1h This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.
- Episode 17: A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt May 19, 1986 · 1h Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
- Episode 18: Uranus Encounter May 26, 1986 · 1h In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
- Episode 19: Who Built Stonehenge? Jun 9, 1986 · 1h Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
- Episode 21: Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation Jun 16, 1986 · 1h This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
- Episode 22: Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain Jun 23, 1986 · 1h This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
- Episode 23: Doctors to Be Jun 30, 1986 · 1h In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.