About this season
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Episodes (30)
1. The Transplant Experience
Aired 5 January 1976 • 60 min
Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
2. Intimate Strangers
Aired 12 January 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 19 January 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 26 January 1976 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
5. King Coal Revived
Aired 2 February 1976 • 60 min
Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
6. A Question of Trust
Aired 9 February 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 16 February 1976 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
8. The Lords of the Labyrinth
Aired 23 February 1976 • 60 min
Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
9. Inside the Shark
Aired 1 March 1976 • 60 min
This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
10. The Chemical Dream
Aired 8 March 1976 • 60 min
Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.
11. The Edelin Affair
Aired 15 March 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 22 March 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 29 March 1976 • 60 min
Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
14. Geronimo's Children
Aired 5 April 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 12 April 1976 • 60 min
This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
16. A Lesson for Teachers
Aired 26 April 1976 • 60 min
Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
17. Why Did Stuart Die?
Aired 3 May 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 17 May 1976 • 60 min
Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.
19. Dying
Aired 24 May 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 7 June 1976 • 60 min
Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
21. What's Wrong with the Sun?
Aired 14 June 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 25 October 1976 • 60 min
Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
23. The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
Aired 1 November 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 8 November 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 15 November 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 22 November 1976 • 60 min
This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.
27. Secrets of a Coral Island
Aired 29 November 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 6 December 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 13 December 1976 • 60 min
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
Aired 20 December 1976 • 60 min
This Horizon episode is about the actual King Arthur's Round Table, which hangs in the Hall of Winchester Castle, Hants, Britain.