1986x01 Are You a Racist?
January 6, 1986 9:00 pm
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.
1986x02 Genesis
January 13, 1986 9:00 pm
This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
1986x03 Bitter Cold
January 20, 1986 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
1986x04 The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
January 27, 1986 9:00 pm
Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
1986x05 Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
February 3, 1986 9:00 pm
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?
1986x06 The Wrong Stuff
February 10, 1986 9:00 pm
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.
1986x07 Science...Fiction?
February 17, 1986 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
1986x08 The Children of Eve
February 24, 1986 9:00 pm
Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
1986x09 The New Face of Leprosy
March 3, 1986 9:00 pm
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
March 10, 1986 9:00 pm
Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
1986x11 In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
March 17, 1986 9:00 pm
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
March 24, 1986 9:00 pm
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
April 7, 1986 9:00 pm
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
April 14, 1986 9:00 pm
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
April 21, 1986 9:00 pm
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
April 28, 1986 9:00 pm
Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
1986x17 What Makes an Animal Smart?
May 12, 1986 9:00 pm
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
May 19, 1986 9:00 pm
Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
1986x19 Uranus Encounter
May 26, 1986 9:00 pm
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?
June 9, 1986 9:00 pm
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
June 16, 1986 9:00 pm
This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
1986x22 Battered Baby - Breaking the Chain
June 23, 1986 9:00 pm
This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
1986x23 Doctors to Be
June 30, 1986 9:00 pm
In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.
