Episode

Horizon: Intimate Strangers

Name: Horizon: Intimate Strangers
Released: 1976-01-12
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Michael Mosley, Paul Vaughan, Alice Roberts, Hannah Fry, Richard Feynman

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Overview

This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.

Details

Series: Horizon
Season: Season 13
Episode: Episode 2
Air date: 1976-01-12
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

Intimate Strangers is Episode 2 in 1976 of Horizon. It aired on 1976-01-12. The runtime is 60 min.

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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.

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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.