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Season 1986
1986x1
Are You a Racist?
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Air date
Jan 06, 1986
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.
1986x2
Genesis
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Jan 13, 1986
This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
1986x3
Bitter Cold
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Jan 20, 1986
Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
1986x4
The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
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Air date
Jan 27, 1986
Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
1986x5
Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
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Air date
Feb 03, 1986
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?
1986x6
The Wrong Stuff
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Air date
Feb 10, 1986
This report by Horizon looks inside the airline cockpit and examines the alarming fact that 4 out of 5 crashes are caused by human error.
1986x7
Science...Fiction?
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Air date
Feb 17, 1986
Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
1986x8
The Children of Eve
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Feb 24, 1986
Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
1986x9
The New Face of Leprosy
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Mar 03, 1986
This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
1986x10
Hi-Tech a la Francaise
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Air date
Mar 10, 1986
Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
1986x11
In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
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Air date
Mar 17, 1986
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.
1986x12
AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
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Air date
Mar 24, 1986
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.
1986x13
The Case of the Frozen Addicts
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Air date
Apr 07, 1986
In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
1986x14
Nice Guys Finish First
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Apr 14, 1986
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.
1986x15
The Men Who Bottled a Cow
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Air date
Apr 21, 1986
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.
1986x16
Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
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Apr 28, 1986
Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
1986x17
What Makes an Animal Smart?
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May 12, 1986
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.
1986x18
A Handful of Sugar With a Pinch of Salt
Episode overview
Air date
May 19, 1986
Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
1986x19
Uranus Encounter
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Air date
May 26, 1986
In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
1986x20
Who Built Stonehenge?
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Air date
Jun 09, 1986
Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
1986x21
Battered Baby - From Generation to Generation
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Air date
Jun 16, 1986
This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
1986x22
Battered Baby - Breaking the Chain
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Air date
Jun 23, 1986
This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
1986x23 Season finale
Doctors to Be
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 30, 1986
In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.

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