What long-running PBS series was heavily influenced by the BBC series HORIZON?
The series HORIZON has been running on BBC Two since 1964. Its link to the PBS series in question is that producer Michael Ambrosino saw HORIZON while in the UK and created a PBS series in the mid-70s with the British program in mind. Moreover, many of the PBS program’s original episodes were co-productions with the HORIZON team or BBC episodes with the narration re-voiced in American English. The PBS series has won multiple Peabody and Emmy awards.
So what is it? What long-running PBS series was heavily influenced by the BBC series HORIZON?
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