Episode
Horizon: Death of the Working Classes
Overview
Horizon investigates how those who are born into a working class family are at greater risk of dying early than if born a child of the professional classes.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 25
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1988-02-01
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Death of the Working Classes is Episode 5 in 1988 of Horizon. It aired on 1988-02-01. The runtime is 60 min.
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