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HORIZON: AWAKENING THE FROZEN ADDICTS
(1993)
List of alternative names
- AWAKENING OF THE FROZEN ADDICTS
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- Production start date
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- Production end date
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Production countries
- Great Britain
- Notes
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BNFVC Notes
In July 1982, a prisoner in San Jose jail in California awoke to find he could not move or talk. His `frozen' condition was apparently caused by his body's reaction to a synthetic heroin substance, which killed the brain cells that are also attacked by Parkinson's disease. The resulting research led to a revolutionary treatment for the latter condition. The...
Top five credits
- Production Company
- BBC TV
- Producer
- PALFREMAN, Jon
- Series Editor
- BENNETT, Jana