Horizon - 1976
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1976
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.4 (33 votes)
BBC Two30 Episodes
The Transplant Experience
Season 13 - Episode 1
Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
Intimate Strangers
Season 13 - Episode 2
This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.
A Fair Share of What Little We Have
Season 13 - Episode 3
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 c...
The Incredible Machine
Season 13 - Episode 4
This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
King Coal Revived
Season 13 - Episode 5
Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
A Question of Trust
Season 13 - Episode 6
In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.
The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
Season 13 - Episode 7
Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
The Lords of the Labyrinth
Season 13 - Episode 8
Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
Inside the Shark
Season 13 - Episode 9
This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
The Chemical Dream
Season 13 - Episode 10
Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.
The Edelin Affair
Season 13 - Episode 11
This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.
The World of Margaret Mead
Season 13 - Episode 12
This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.
The Pathway from Madness
Season 13 - Episode 13
Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
Geronimo's Children
Season 13 - Episode 14
This report by Horizon investigates the aggressive and oppressive history of the Mescalero and Chiricuhua Apache Indians of New Mexico in th...
The Vision of the Blind
Season 13 - Episode 15
This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
A Lesson for Teachers
Season 13 - Episode 16
Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
Why Did Stuart Die?
Season 13 - Episode 17
This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain.
The Children of Peru
Season 13 - Episode 18
Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.
Dying
Season 13 - Episode 19
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...
A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children
Season 13 - Episode 20
Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
What's Wrong with the Sun?
Season 13 - Episode 21
In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.
The Bull's Eye War
Season 13 - Episode 22
Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
Season 13 - Episode 23
Horizon makes an investigation into claims by a group of scientists who theorize that dinosaurs were not actaully cold-blooded reptiles, but...
Billion Dollar Bubble
Season 13 - Episode 24
This is an investigative report by Horizon that shows how the Equity Funding Corp. of America produced two billion dollars worth of phoney i...
The Selfish Gene
Season 13 - Episode 25
This Horizon documentary explores animal behavior. Animals do not act for the good of their own species, rather for the preservation of thei...
A Child of Our Own
Season 13 - Episode 26
This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.
Secrets of a Coral Island
Season 13 - Episode 27
Horizon reports on Pacific Ocean fishermen who are famous for their extraordinary fishing skills. They catch fish with a kite and a tassel o...
The Long Valley
Season 13 - Episode 28
This is a Horizon documentary about six people who have each lost someone very close, as they describe their progress through grief.
Half-Way to 1984
Season 13 - Episode 29
Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse.
The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table
Season 13 - Episode 30
This Horizon episode is about the actual King Arthur's Round Table, which hangs in the Hall of Winchester Castle, Hants, Britain.