Horizon: 1986
Season 23 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Horizon Season 22.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 23 Progress Shield
Are You a Racist?
Jan 6, 1986 · 60 min
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.
Genesis
Jan 13, 1986 · 60 min
This Horizon episode is about the discovery of a molecular key which may literally unlock the mystery of life for all creatures.
Bitter Cold
Jan 20, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon presents a documentary on scientists who take themselves to Antarctica in 1980 to act as physical and mental guinea pigs.
The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
Jan 27, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon explores the myth about the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
Feb 3, 1986 · 60 min
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?
Science...Fiction?
Feb 17, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the truths of science and it's theories.
The Children of Eve
Feb 24, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon explores at the latest discoveries about just where modern man came from.
The New Face of Leprosy
Mar 3, 1986 · 60 min
This episode of Horizon documents leprosy in the USA and India with a focus on medical developments for it's cure and control.
Hi-Tech à la Française
Mar 10, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon investigates the remarkable technological transformation of France over the last 25 years.
In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
Mar 17, 1986 · 60 min
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
AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
Mar 24, 1986 · 60 min
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.
The Case of the Frozen Addict
Apr 7, 1986 · 60 min
In this documentary, Horizon reports on how doctors in America found that addicts using designer drugs developed Parkinson's Disease-like symptoms.
Nice Guys Finish First
Apr 14, 1986 · 60 min
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
The Men Who Bottled a Cow
Apr 21, 1986 · 60 min
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.
Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
Apr 28, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon researches how we acquire mathematical abilities in the first place.
What Makes an Animal Smart?
May 12, 1986 · 60 min
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.
A Handful of Sugar with a Pinch of Salt
May 19, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon presents a simple, but effective, cure for diarrea in young children; sugar and salt.
Uranus Encounter
May 26, 1986 · 60 min
In this episode, Horizon brings you Voyager's encounter with Uranus and the mysteries that are being relayed back to the scientists.
Who Built Stonehenge?
Jun 9, 1986 · 60 min
Horizon presents an interview with Prof. C. Renfrew as he questions the accepted wisdom about the origins of Stonehenge in England.
Battered Baby: From Generation to Generation
Jun 16, 1986 · 60 min
This is the first part of a two-part series on battered children.
Battered Baby: Breaking the Chain
Jun 23, 1986 · 60 min
This is the second part of a two-part series on battered children.
Doctors to Be
Jun 30, 1986 · 60 min
In a unique project, Horizon follows a group of medical students into the next century.