E1 - Are You a Racist?

Aired: January 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.

E2 - Genesis

Aired: January 13, 1986

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

E3 - Bitter Cold

Aired: January 20, 1986

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

E4 - The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe

Aired: January 27, 1986

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

E5 - Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould

Aired: February 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?

E6 - Science...Fiction?

Aired: February 17, 1986

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

E7 - The Children of Eve

Aired: February 24, 1986

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

E8 - The New Face of Leprosy

Aired: March 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.

E9 - Hi-Tech à la Française

Aired: March 10, 1986

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

E10 - In the Wake of HMS Sheffield

Aired: March 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.

E11 - AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus

Aired: March 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.

E12 - The Case of the Frozen Addict

Aired: April 07, 1986

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

E13 - Nice Guys Finish First

Aired: April 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.

E14 - The Men Who Bottled a Cow

Aired: April 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.

E15 - Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird

Aired: April 28, 1986

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

E16 - What Makes an Animal Smart?

Aired: 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.

E17 - A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt

Aired: May 19, 1986

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

E18 - Uranus Encounter

Aired: 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.

E19 - Who Built Stonehenge?

Aired: June 09, 1986

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

E21 - Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation

Aired: June 16, 1986

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

E22 - Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain

Aired: June 23, 1986

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

E23 - Doctors to Be

Aired: June 30, 1986

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