Episodes
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1. Are You a Racist?
6 Jan 1986 · 60 min
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.
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2. Genesis
13 Jan 1986 · 60 min
This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
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3. Bitter Cold
20 Jan 1986 · 60 min
Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
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4. The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
27 Jan 1986 · 60 min
Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
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5. Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
3 Feb 1986 · 60 min
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?
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6. Science...Fiction?
17 Feb 1986 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
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7. The Children of Eve
24 Feb 1986 · 60 min
Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
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8. The New Face of Leprosy
3 Mar 1986 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
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9. Hi-Tech à la Française
10 Mar 1986 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
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10. In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
17 Mar 1986 · 60 min
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.
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11. AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
24 Mar 1986 · 60 min
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.
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12. The Case of the Frozen Addict
7 Apr 1986 · 60 min
In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
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13. Nice Guys Finish First
14 Apr 1986 · 60 min
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.
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14. The Men Who Bottled a Cow
21 Apr 1986 · 60 min
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.
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15. Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
28 Apr 1986 · 60 min
Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
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16. What Makes an Animal Smart?
12 May 1986 · 60 min
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.
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17. A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt
19 May 1986 · 60 min
Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
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18. Uranus Encounter
26 May 1986 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
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19. Who Built Stonehenge?
9 Jun 1986 · 60 min
Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
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21. Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
16 Jun 1986 · 60 min
This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
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22. Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain
23 Jun 1986 · 60 min
This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
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23. Doctors to Be
30 Jun 1986 · 60 min
In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.
Horizon 1986: quick answers
How many episodes are in Horizon 1986?
1986 of Horizon has 22 episodes, about 22 hours in total.
When did Horizon 1986 come out?
1986 premiered on 6 Jan 1986.