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    1. Are You a Racist?

    1986-01-06 · 60m

    Horizon presents a documentary about how white racists and black victims of racism volunteered to spend time in an isolated house living and talking about their prejudices.

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    2. Genesis

    1986-01-13 · 60m

    This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.

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    3. Bitter Cold

    1986-01-20 · 60m

    Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.

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    4. The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe

    1986-01-27 · 60m

    Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.

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    5. Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould

    1986-02-03 · 60m

    In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?

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    6. Science...Fiction?

    1986-02-17 · 60m

    Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.

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    7. The Children of Eve

    1986-02-24 · 60m

    Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.

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    8. The New Face of Leprosy

    1986-03-03 · 60m

    This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.

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    9. Hi-Tech à la Française

    1986-03-10 · 60m

    Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.

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    10. In the Wake of HMS Sheffield

    1986-03-17 · 60m

    Will the new strategies and weapons introduced because of the Falklands war be a match for the next generation of weapons? Horizon presents this documentary to answer that question.

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    11. AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus

    1986-03-24 · 60m

    Horizon looks at the virus that causes AIDS and the research into vaccines and drugs being developed to counteract the devastating disease of the immune system.

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    12. The Case of the Frozen Addict

    1986-04-07 · 60m

    In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.

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    13. Nice Guys Finish First

    1986-04-14 · 60m

    In the interview by Horizon, Richard Dawkins discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favours co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.

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    14. The Men Who Bottled a Cow

    1986-04-21 · 60m

    This is an interesting Horizon presentation on decoys that look and smell like cows to the tsetse fly who carry a disease fatal to farm animals.

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    15. Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird

    1986-04-28 · 60m

    Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.

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    16. What Makes an Animal Smart?

    1986-05-12 · 60m

    This report by Horizon takes a look at the instinctive side of intelligence in animals that shows us that we owe more to instinct than we may care to think.

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    17. A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt

    1986-05-19 · 60m

    Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.

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    18. Uranus Encounter

    1986-05-26 · 60m

    In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.

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    19. Who Built Stonehenge?

    1986-06-09 · 60m

    Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.

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    21. Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation

    1986-06-16 · 60m

    This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.

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    22. Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain

    1986-06-23 · 60m

    This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.

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    23. Doctors to Be

    1986-06-30 · 60m

    In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.

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