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1976

Season 13 • 1976

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Episodes

1. The Transplant Experience

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

1976-01-0560 min

2. Intimate Strangers

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

1976-01-1260 min

3. A Fair Share of What Little We Have

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.

1976-01-1960 min

4. The Incredible Machine

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

1976-01-2660 min

5. King Coal Revived

Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

1976-02-0260 min

6. A Question of Trust

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

1976-02-0960 min

7. The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

1976-02-1660 min

8. The Lords of the Labyrinth

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

1976-02-2360 min

9. Inside the Shark

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

1976-03-0160 min

10. The Chemical Dream

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

1976-03-0860 min

11. The Edelin Affair

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

1976-03-1560 min

12. The World of Margaret Mead

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

1976-03-2260 min

13. The Pathway from Madness

Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

1976-03-2960 min

14. Geronimo's Children

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

1976-04-0560 min

15. The Vision of the Blind

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

1976-04-1260 min

16. A Lesson for Teachers

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

1976-04-2660 min

17. Why Did Stuart Die?

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

1976-05-0360 min

18. The Children of Peru

Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

1976-05-1760 min

19. Dying

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.

1976-05-2460 min

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

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

1976-06-0760 min

21. What's Wrong with the Sun?

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

1976-06-1460 min

22. The Bull's Eye War

Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

1976-10-2560 min

23. The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

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.

1976-11-0160 min

24. Billion Dollar Bubble

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

1976-11-0860 min

25. The Selfish Gene

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.

1976-11-1560 min

26. A Child of Our Own

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

1976-11-2260 min

27. Secrets of a Coral Island

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.

1976-11-2960 min

28. The Long Valley

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

1976-12-0660 min

29. Half-Way to 1984

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

1976-12-1360 min

30. The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table

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

1976-12-2060 min