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Horizon

Season 21 · Episode 14

A Cruel Inheritance

0.01h 0mApril 30, 1984

Horizon reports on new medical techniques to diagnose the inherited diseases; sickle cell anaemia and cystic fibrosis.

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Episode 12The Mind of a Murderer: The Case of the Hillside Strangler
Episode 13The Mind of a Murderer: The Mask of Madness
Episode 14A Cruel Inheritance
Episode 15The Malvern Link
Episode 16Contented Cows and Other Animals
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