Horizon: 1976

Episode 1: The Transplant Experience 1976-01-05 | 60 min Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain. Episode 2: Intimate Strangers 1976-01-12 | 60 min This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit. Episode 3: A Fair Share of What Little We Have 1976-01-19 | 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. Episode 4: The Incredible Machine 1976-01-26 | 60 min This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques. Episode 5: King Coal Revived 1976-02-02 | 60 min Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry. Episode 6: A Question of Trust 1976-02-09 | 60 min In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship. Episode 7: The Case of the Bermuda Triangle 1976-02-16 | 60 min Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle. Episode 8: The Lords of the Labyrinth 1976-02-23 | 60 min Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru. Episode 9: Inside the Shark 1976-03-01 | 60 min This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea. Episode 10: The Chemical Dream 1976-03-08 | 60 min Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields. Episode 11: The Edelin Affair 1976-03-15 | 60 min This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973. Episode 12: The World of Margaret Mead 1976-03-22 | 60 min This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists. Episode 13: The Pathway from Madness 1976-03-29 | 60 min Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia. Episode 14: Geronimo's Children 1976-04-05 | 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. Episode 15: The Vision of the Blind 1976-04-12 | 60 min This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided. Episode 16: A Lesson for Teachers 1976-04-26 | 60 min Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK. Episode 17: Why Did Stuart Die? 1976-05-03 | 60 min This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain. Episode 18: The Children of Peru 1976-05-17 | 60 min Horizon looks at food production in Peru today. Episode 19: Dying 1976-05-24 | 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. Episode 20: A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children 1976-06-07 | 60 min Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children. Episode 21: What's Wrong with the Sun? 1976-06-14 | 60 min In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years. Episode 22: The Bull's Eye War 1976-10-25 | 60 min Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons. Episode 23: The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs 1976-11-01 | 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. Episode 24: Billion Dollar Bubble 1976-11-08 | 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. Episode 25: The Selfish Gene 1976-11-15 | 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. Episode 26: A Child of Our Own 1976-11-22 | 60 min This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area. Episode 27: Secrets of a Coral Island 1976-11-29 | 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. Episode 28: The Long Valley 1976-12-06 | 60 min This is a Horizon documentary about six people who have each lost someone very close, as they describe their progress through grief. Episode 29: Half-Way to 1984 1976-12-13 | 60 min Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse. Episode 30: The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table 1976-12-20 | 60 min This Horizon episode is about the actual King Arthur's Round Table, which hangs in the Hall of Winchester Castle, Hants, Britain.