Episode
Horizon: Spend and Prosper
Overview
Horizon presents a portrait of the renowned economist John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge Don, and Bloomsbury intellectual.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1981-01-05
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Spend and Prosper is Episode 1 in 1981 of Horizon. It aired on 1981-01-05. The runtime is 60 min.
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