Episode
Horizon: The Spike
Overview
Documentary about epilepsy, showing epileptic fits as they occur and explaining what the onlooker should and should not do. Sufferers describe their experiences of the disease and consultant neurologist and psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Fenwick, offers a scientific interpretation.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1980-11-24
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Spike is Episode 23 in 1980 of Horizon. It aired on 1980-11-24. The runtime is 60 min.
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