Episode
Horizon: Icon Earth
Overview
This Horizon episode is about the Earth as an icon.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 32
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1995-03-20
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Icon Earth is Episode 9 in 1995 of Horizon. It aired on 1995-03-20. The runtime is 60 min.
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