Episodes
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1. The Transplant Experience
5 Jan 1976 · 60 min
Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
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2. Intimate Strangers
12 Jan 1976 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.
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3. A Fair Share of What Little We Have
19 Jan 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.
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4. The Incredible Machine
26 Jan 1976 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
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5. King Coal Revived
2 Feb 1976 · 60 min
Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
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6. A Question of Trust
9 Feb 1976 · 60 min
In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.
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7. The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
16 Feb 1976 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
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8. The Lords of the Labyrinth
23 Feb 1976 · 60 min
Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
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9. Inside the Shark
1 Mar 1976 · 60 min
This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
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10. The Chemical Dream
8 Mar 1976 · 60 min
Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.
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11. The Edelin Affair
15 Mar 1976 · 60 min
This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.
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12. The World of Margaret Mead
22 Mar 1976 · 60 min
This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.
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13. The Pathway from Madness
29 Mar 1976 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
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14. Geronimo's Children
5 Apr 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.
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15. The Vision of the Blind
12 Apr 1976 · 60 min
This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
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16. A Lesson for Teachers
26 Apr 1976 · 60 min
Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
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17. Why Did Stuart Die?
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.
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18. The Children of Peru
17 May 1976 · 60 min
Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.
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19. Dying
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.
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20. A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children
7 Jun 1976 · 60 min
Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
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21. What's Wrong with the Sun?
14 Jun 1976 · 60 min
In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.
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22. The Bull's Eye War
25 Oct 1976 · 60 min
Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
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23. The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
1 Nov 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.
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24. Billion Dollar Bubble
8 Nov 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.
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25. The Selfish Gene
15 Nov 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.
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26. A Child of Our Own
22 Nov 1976 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.
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27. Secrets of a Coral Island
29 Nov 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.
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28. The Long Valley
6 Dec 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.
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29. Half-Way to 1984
13 Dec 1976 · 60 min
Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse.
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30. The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table
20 Dec 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.
Horizon 1976: quick answers
How many episodes are in Horizon 1976?
1976 of Horizon has 30 episodes, about 30 hours in total.
When did Horizon 1976 come out?
1976 premiered on 5 Jan 1976.