• Air date: 05 Jan '76 32 episodes
      Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
  • List of Episodes (32)
    • 1. The Transplant Experience

      05 Jan '76
      Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
    • 2. Intimate Strangers

      12 Jan '76
      This episode of Horizon is about symbiosis - the close association between two or more species for their mutual benefit.
    • 3. A Fair Share of What Little We Have

      19 Jan '76
      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.
    • 4. The Incredible Machine

      26 Jan '76
      This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
    • 5. King Coal Revived

      02 Feb '76
      Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
    • 6. A Question of Trust

      09 Feb '76
      In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.
    • 7. The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

      16 Feb '76
      Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
    • 8. The Lords of the Labyrinth

      23 Feb '76
      Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
    • 9. Inside the Shark

      01 Mar '76
      This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
    • 10. The Chemical Dream

      08 Mar '76
      Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.
    • 11. The Edelin Affair

      15 Mar '76
      This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.
    • 12. The World of Margaret Mead

      22 Mar '76
      This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.
    • 13. The Pathway from Madness

      29 Mar '76
      Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
    • 14. Geronimo's Children

      05 Apr '76
      This report by Horizon investigates the aggressive and oppressive history of the Mescalero and Chiricuhua Apache Indians of New Mexico in the USA.
    • 15. The Vision of the Blind

      12 Apr '76
      This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
    • 16. A Lesson for Teachers

      26 Apr '76
      Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
    • 17. Why Did Stuart Die?

      03 May '76
      This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain.
    • 18. The Planets

      10 May '76
      Horizon outlines the latest discoveries of the formation of the planets by space craft visiting Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter.
    • 19. The Children of Peru

      17 May '76
      Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.
    • 20. Dying

      24 May '76
      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.
    • 21. The Great British Drought

      31 May '76
      This report by Horizon explores the drought crisis of 1976.
    • 22. A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children

      07 Jun '76
      Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.
    • 23. What's Wrong With the Sun?

      14 Jun '76
      In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.
    • 24. The Bull's Eye War

      25 Oct '76
      Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
    • 25. The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

      01 Nov '76
      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.