Horizon — 1976

Jan 19761h

Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.

Jan 19761h

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

Jan 19761h

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.

Jan 19761h

This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.

Feb 19761h

Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

Feb 19761h

In this episode of Horizon, we look at the need for confidence in the doctor to patient relationship.

Feb 19761h

Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

Feb 19761h

Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.

Mar 19761h

This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.

Mar 19761h

Horizon reports on enzymes and the way they are being put on work in the industry and medicine fields.

Mar 19761h

This is a Horizon reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin who was arrested after performing an abortion in 1973.

Mar 19761h

This Horizon reports is about Margaret Mead, who at age 74, is one of America's most influential social scientists.

Mar 19761h

Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

Apr 19761h

This report by Horizon investigates the aggressive and oppressive history of the Mescalero and Chiricuhua Apache Indians of New Mexico in the USA.

Apr 19761h

This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.

Apr 19761h

Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.

May 19761h

This episode of Horizon delves in the research into the causes for, and the methods of eradicating 'cot deaths' in Britain.

May 19761h

Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

May 19761h

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.

Jun 19761h

Horizon investigates a local authority residential home in Wandsworth, Britain, for emotionally disturbed children.

Jun 19761h

In the episode, Horizon explores the history of man's understanding of the sun's structure and observations in recent years.

Oct 19761h

Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

Nov 19761h

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.

Nov 19761h

This is an investigative report by Horizon that shows how the Equity Funding Corp. of America produced two billion dollars worth of phoney insurance.

Nov 19761h

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.

Nov 19761h

This episode of Horizon is about infertility and the state of British scientific research in this area.

Nov 19761h

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.

Dec 19761h

This is a Horizon documentary about six people who have each lost someone very close, as they describe their progress through grief.

Dec 19761h

Horizon looks at new developments in computer technology that have made mass surveillance possible, and also its political misuse.

Dec 19761h

This Horizon episode is about the actual King Arthur's Round Table, which hangs in the Hall of Winchester Castle, Hants, Britain.