Episode
Horizon: A Cruel Inheritance
Overview
Horizon reports on new medical techniques to diagnose the inherited diseases; sickle cell anaemia and cystic fibrosis.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1984-04-30
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
A Cruel Inheritance is Episode 14 in 1984 of Horizon. It aired on 1984-04-30. The runtime is 60 min.
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