Episode
Horizon: Iceman (Update)
Overview
This is a Horizon update to the story of the Stone Age man found frozen in an Alpine glacier in 1991.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 30
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1993-03-08
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Iceman (Update) is Episode 10 in 1993 of Horizon. It aired on 1993-03-08. The runtime is 60 min.
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