Episode
Horizon: The Big Sleep
Overview
In this story, Horizon takes a look at the world's leading hibernation research projects.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1978-11-17
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Big Sleep is Episode 22 in 1978 of Horizon. It aired on 1978-11-17. The runtime is 60 min.
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