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1976

32 episodes · 1976

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    The Transplant Experience

    Jan 5, 197660 min

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

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    Intimate Strangers

    Jan 12, 197660 min

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

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    A Fair Share of What Little We Have

    Jan 19, 197660 min

    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.

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    The Incredible Machine

    Jan 26, 197660 min

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

  5. 5

    King Coal Revived

    Feb 2, 197660 min

    Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

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    A Question of Trust

    Feb 9, 197660 min

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

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    The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

    Feb 16, 197660 min

    Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

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    The Lords of the Labyrinth

    Feb 23, 197660 min

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

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    Inside the Shark

    Mar 1, 197660 min

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

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    The Chemical Dream

    Mar 8, 197660 min

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

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    The Edelin Affair

    Mar 15, 197660 min

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

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    The World of Margaret Mead

    Mar 22, 197660 min

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

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    The Pathway from Madness

    Mar 29, 197660 min

    Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

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    Geronimo's Children

    Apr 5, 197660 min

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

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    The Vision of the Blind

    Apr 12, 197660 min

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

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    A Lesson for Teachers

    Apr 26, 197660 min

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

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    Why Did Stuart Die?

    May 3, 197660 min

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

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    The Children of Peru

    May 17, 197660 min

    Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

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    Dying

    May 24, 197660 min

    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.

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

    Jun 7, 197660 min

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

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    What's Wrong with the Sun?

    Jun 14, 197660 min

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

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    The Bull's Eye War

    Oct 25, 197660 min

    Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

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    The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

    Nov 1, 197660 min

    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.

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    Billion Dollar Bubble

    Nov 8, 197660 min

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

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    The Selfish Gene

    Nov 15, 197660 min

    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.

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    A Child of Our Own

    Nov 22, 197660 min

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

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    Secrets of a Coral Island

    Nov 29, 197660 min

    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.

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    The Long Valley

    Dec 6, 197660 min

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

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    Half-Way to 1984

    Dec 13, 197660 min

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

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    The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table

    Dec 20, 197660 min

    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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    Half-Way to 1984

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    The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table