Horizon

1The Transplant Experience

60 minJan 5, 1976

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

2Intimate Strangers

60 minJan 12, 1976

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

3A Fair Share of What Little We Have

60 minJan 19, 1976

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.

4The Incredible Machine

60 minJan 26, 1976

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

5King Coal Revived

60 minFeb 2, 1976

Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

6A Question of Trust

60 minFeb 9, 1976

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

7The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

60 minFeb 16, 1976

Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

8The Lords of the Labyrinth

60 minFeb 23, 1976

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

9Inside the Shark

60 minMar 1, 1976

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

10The Chemical Dream

60 minMar 8, 1976

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

11The Edelin Affair

60 minMar 15, 1976

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

12The World of Margaret Mead

60 minMar 22, 1976

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

13The Pathway from Madness

60 minMar 29, 1976

Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

14Geronimo's Children

60 minApr 5, 1976

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

15The Vision of the Blind

60 minApr 12, 1976

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

16A Lesson for Teachers

60 minApr 26, 1976

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

17Why Did Stuart Die?

60 minMay 3, 1976

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

18The Children of Peru

60 minMay 17, 1976

Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

19Dying

60 minMay 24, 1976

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.

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

60 minJun 7, 1976

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

21What's Wrong with the Sun?

60 minJun 14, 1976

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

22The Bull's Eye War

60 minOct 25, 1976

Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

23The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

60 minNov 1, 1976

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.

24Billion Dollar Bubble

60 minNov 8, 1976

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

25The Selfish Gene

60 minNov 15, 1976

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.

26A Child of Our Own

60 minNov 22, 1976

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

27Secrets of a Coral Island

60 minNov 29, 1976

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.

28The Long Valley

60 minDec 6, 1976

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

29Half-Way to 1984

60 minDec 13, 1976

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

30The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table

60 minDec 20, 1976

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