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    1. The Transplant Experience

    1976-01-05 · 60m

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

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    2. Intimate Strangers

    1976-01-12 · 60m

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

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    3. A Fair Share of What Little We Have

    1976-01-19 · 60m

    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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    4. The Incredible Machine

    1976-01-26 · 60m

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

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    5. King Coal Revived

    1976-02-02 · 60m

    Horizon examines the projected expansion of the coal mining industry.

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    6. A Question of Trust

    1976-02-09 · 60m

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

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    7. The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

    1976-02-16 · 60m

    Horizon investigates the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

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    8. The Lords of the Labyrinth

    1976-02-23 · 60m

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

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    9. Inside the Shark

    1976-03-01 · 60m

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

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    10. The Chemical Dream

    1976-03-08 · 60m

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

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    11. The Edelin Affair

    1976-03-15 · 60m

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

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    12. The World of Margaret Mead

    1976-03-22 · 60m

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

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    13. The Pathway from Madness

    1976-03-29 · 60m

    Horizon investigates the developments in and the treatment of schizophrenia.

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    14. Geronimo's Children

    1976-04-05 · 60m

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

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    15. The Vision of the Blind

    1976-04-12 · 60m

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

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    16. A Lesson for Teachers

    1976-04-26 · 60m

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

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    17. Why Did Stuart Die?

    1976-05-03 · 60m

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

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    18. The Children of Peru

    1976-05-17 · 60m

    Horizon looks at food production in Peru today.

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    19. Dying

    1976-05-24 · 60m

    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.

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    20. A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children

    1976-06-07 · 60m

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

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    21. What's Wrong with the Sun?

    1976-06-14 · 60m

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

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    22. The Bull's Eye War

    1976-10-25 · 60m

    Horizon looks at today's precision guided weapons.

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    23. The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

    1976-11-01 · 60m

    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.

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    24. Billion Dollar Bubble

    1976-11-08 · 60m

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

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    25. The Selfish Gene

    1976-11-15 · 60m

    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.

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    26. A Child of Our Own

    1976-11-22 · 60m

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

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    27. Secrets of a Coral Island

    1976-11-29 · 60m

    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.

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    28. The Long Valley

    1976-12-06 · 60m

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

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    29. Half-Way to 1984

    1976-12-13 · 60m

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

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    30. The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table

    1976-12-20 · 60m

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

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