Episode
Horizon: The Intelligence Man
Overview
Sir Cyril Burt died in 1971, the most eminent psychologist of his age. Within two years the most bitter and disturbing scientific controversy since Piltdown Man saw Burt accused of lifelong faking and manipulation of phoney data. How and why was Burt allowed to get away with this?
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1984-01-09
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Intelligence Man is Episode 1 in 1984 of Horizon. It aired on 1984-01-09. The runtime is 60 min.
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