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   #1 - Are You a Racist?

   S23:E11/6/1986

   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.

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   #2 - Genesis

   S23:E21/13/1986

   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

   S23:E31/20/1986

   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

   S23:E41/27/1986

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

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   #5 - Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould

   S23:E52/3/1986

   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?

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   #6 - Science...Fiction?

   S23:E62/17/1986

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

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   #7 - The Children of Eve

   S23:E72/24/1986

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

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   #8 - The New Face of Leprosy

   S23:E83/3/1986

   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

   S23:E93/10/1986

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

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    #10 - In the Wake of HMS Sheffield

    S23:E103/17/1986

    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.

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    #11 - AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus

    S23:E113/24/1986

    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.

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    #12 - The Case of the Frozen Addict

    S23:E124/7/1986

    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

    S23:E134/14/1986

    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.

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    #14 - The Men Who Bottled a Cow

    S23:E144/21/1986

    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.

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    #15 - Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird

    S23:E154/28/1986

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

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    #16 - What Makes an Animal Smart?

    S23:E165/12/1986

    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.

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    #17 - A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt

    S23:E175/19/1986

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

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    #18 - Uranus Encounter

    S23:E185/26/1986

    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?

    S23:E196/9/1986

    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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    #20 - Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation

    S23:E216/16/1986

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

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    #21 - Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain

    S23:E226/23/1986

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

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    #22 - Doctors to Be

    S23:E236/30/1986

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

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