Seasons & episodes
S13 · E1The Transplant Experience 1976-01-05 · 60 min
Horizon investigates heart transplant research and techniques perfected and currently used by Dr. Norman Shumway in Britain.
S13 · E2Intimate 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.
S13 · E3A 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.
S13 · E4The Incredible Machine 1976-01-26 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon explores what actually happens inside our bodies using new optical techniques.
S13 · E5King Coal Revived 1976-02-02 · 60 min
Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.
S13 · E6A 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.
S13 · E7The Case of the Bermuda Triangle 1976-02-16 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
S13 · E8The Lords of the Labyrinth 1976-02-23 · 60 min
Horizon traces back the origins and development of the pre-Incan Chimu civilization of Peru.
S13 · E9Inside the Shark 1976-03-01 · 60 min
This documentary by Horizon takes a look at the shark, the supreme predator of the sea.
S13 · E10The 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.
S13 · E11The 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.
S13 · E12The 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.
S13 · E13The Pathway from Madness 1976-03-29 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.
S13 · E14Geronimo'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.
S13 · E15The Vision of the Blind 1976-04-12 · 60 min
This Horizon documentary investigates the ways that the blind and partially blind are aided.
S13 · E16A Lesson for Teachers 1976-04-26 · 60 min
Horizon explores the comparative research study into progressive versus formal primary school teaching in the UK.
S13 · E17Why 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.
S13 · E18The Children of Peru 1976-05-17 · 60 min
Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.
S13 · E19Dying 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.
S13 · E20A 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.
S13 · E21What'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.
S13 · E22The Bull's Eye War 1976-10-25 · 60 min
Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.
S13 · E23The 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.
S13 · E24Billion 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.