- Equinox (television)
Infobox Television
show_name = Equinox
caption = "Equinox"title card
format =Science ,Education al
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runtime = 60 min
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country = UK
network =Channel 4
first_aired = 1988
last_aired = 2001
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tv_com_id ="Equinox" is a long-running
Channel 4 popularscience and documentary programme. The series has been running since 1988 and originally aired on a weekly basis.The number of films per series fell over the years, from eighteen one-hour films a year originally to twelve by the late 1990s. The last regular series was shown in 2001, with six films. Since that date one-off films have occasionally been aired under the title "Equinox Special".
ee also
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Horizon (BBC TV series) comparableBBC2 strand, on air since 1964.
*Q.E.D. (BBC TV series) more populistBBC1 science documentary series, which ran from 1982 to 1999.
*Nova (TV series) documentary series on PBS in the United States, which often bought in and re-voiced Equinox and Horizon films.External links
* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/7311 Equinox] ,
British Film Institute . List of films, with dates.
* [http://equinox.virtek.com An Equinox episode guide] (incomplete), with links to more detailed information about some of the films.
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