Horizon - 1986
1 - Are You a Racist?
Air Date: January 6, 1986
Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.
2 - Genesis
Air Date: January 13, 1986
This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
3 - Bitter Cold
Air Date: January 20, 1986
Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
4 - The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
Air Date: January 27, 1986
Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
5 - Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
Air Date: February 3, 1986
In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?
6 - Science...Fiction?
Air Date: February 17, 1986
Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
7 - The Children of Eve
Air Date: February 24, 1986
Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
8 - The New Face of Leprosy
Air Date: March 3, 1986
This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
9 - Hi-Tech à la Française
Air Date: March 10, 1986
Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
10 - In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
Air Date: March 17, 1986
Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.
11 - AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
Air Date: March 24, 1986
Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.
12 - The Case of the Frozen Addict
Air Date: April 7, 1986
In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
13 - Nice Guys Finish First
Air Date: April 14, 1986
In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.
14 - The Men Who Bottled a Cow
Air Date: April 21, 1986
This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.
15 - Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
Air Date: April 28, 1986
Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
16 - What Makes an Animal Smart?
Air Date: May 12, 1986
This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.
17 - A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt
Air Date: May 19, 1986
Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
18 - Uranus Encounter
Air Date: May 26, 1986
In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
19 - Who Built Stonehenge?
Air Date: June 9, 1986
Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
21 - Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
Air Date: June 16, 1986
This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
22 - Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain
Air Date: June 23, 1986
This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
23 - Doctors to Be
Air Date: June 30, 1986
In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.