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Horizon
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC Two
Episode guide
Seasons
1976
Episodes
Episode 1
The Transplant Experience
1976-01-05 · 60mHorizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
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Intimate Strangers
1976-01-12 · 60mThis 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
1976-01-19 · 60mHorizon 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
1976-01-26 · 60mThis episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
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King Coal Revived
1976-02-02 · 60mHorizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
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A Question of Trust
1976-02-09 · 60mIn 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
1976-02-16 · 60mHorizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
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The Lords of the Labyrinth
1976-02-23 · 60mHorizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
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Inside the Shark
1976-03-01 · 60mThis documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
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The Chemical Dream
1976-03-08 · 60mHorizon 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
1976-03-15 · 60mThis 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
1976-03-22 · 60mThis 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
1976-03-29 · 60mHorizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
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Geronimo's Children
1976-04-05 · 60mThis 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
1976-04-12 · 60mThis Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
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A Lesson for Teachers
1976-04-26 · 60mHorizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
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Why Did Stuart Die?
1976-05-03 · 60mThis 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
1976-05-17 · 60mHorizon looks at food production in Peru today.
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Dying
1976-05-24 · 60mThis 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
1976-06-07 · 60mHorizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
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What's Wrong with the Sun?
1976-06-14 · 60mIn 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
1976-10-25 · 60mHorizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
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The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
1976-11-01 · 60mHorizon 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
1976-11-08 · 60mThis 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
1976-11-15 · 60mThis 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
1976-11-22 · 60mThis 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
1976-11-29 · 60mHorizon 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
1976-12-06 · 60mThis 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
1976-12-13 · 60mHorizon 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
1976-12-20 · 60mThis 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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