Horizon - 1976
1 - The Transplant Experience
Air Date: January 5, 1976
Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
2 - Intimate Strangers
Air Date: January 12, 1976
This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.
3 - A Fair Share of What Little We Have
Air Date: January 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.
4 - The Incredible Machine
Air Date: January 26, 1976
This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
5 - King Coal Revived
Air Date: February 2, 1976
Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
6 - A Question of Trust
Air Date: February 9, 1976
In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.
7 - The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
Air Date: February 16, 1976
Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
8 - The Lords of the Labyrinth
Air Date: February 23, 1976
Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
9 - Inside the Shark
Air Date: March 1, 1976
This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
10 - The Chemical Dream
Air Date: March 8, 1976
Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.
11 - The Edelin Affair
Air Date: March 15, 1976
This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.
12 - The World of Margaret Mead
Air Date: March 22, 1976
This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.
13 - The Pathway from Madness
Air Date: March 29, 1976
Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
14 - Geronimo's Children
Air Date: April 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.
15 - The Vision of the Blind
Air Date: April 12, 1976
This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
16 - A Lesson for Teachers
Air Date: April 26, 1976
Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
17 - Why Did Stuart Die?
Air Date: May 3, 1976
This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain.
18 - The Children of Peru
Air Date: May 17, 1976
Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.
19 - Dying
Air Date: May 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.
20 - A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children
Air Date: June 7, 1976
Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
21 - What's Wrong with the Sun?
Air Date: June 14, 1976
In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.
22 - The Bull's Eye War
Air Date: October 25, 1976
Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
23 - The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
Air Date: November 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.
24 - Billion Dollar Bubble
Air Date: November 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.
25 - The Selfish Gene
Air Date: November 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.
26 - A Child of Our Own
Air Date: November 22, 1976
This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.
27 - Secrets of a Coral Island
Air Date: November 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.
28 - The Long Valley
Air Date: December 6, 1976
This is a Horizon documentary about six people who have each lost someone very close, as they describe their progress through grief.
29 - Half-Way to 1984
Air Date: December 13, 1976
Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse.
30 - The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table
Air Date: December 20, 1976
This Horizon episode is about the actual King Arthur's Round Table, which hangs in the Hall of Winchester Castle, Hants, Britain.