Equinox was a long-running Channel 4

Channel 4

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 popular science

Science

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 and documentary

Documentary film

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 programme. The series ran from 1986 to 2001, 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. One-off films have occasionally been aired under the title "Equinox Special" (e.g. the 90-minute Secrets of the Psychics

Secrets of the Super Psychics

Secrets of the Super Psychics was a Channel 4 documentary special in the UK, first shown in the Equinox strand in 1997, later reformatted as a shorter The Learning Channel episode in 1998: "Viewers eager to know more about the differences between science and claptrap should tune in".The 90-minute...

first transmitted in 1997).

See also

• Horizon (BBC TV series) comparable BBC2 strand, on air since 1964.
• Q.E.D. (BBC TV series)
  Q.E.D. (BBC TV series)
  Q.E.D. was the name of a strand of BBC popular science documentary films which aired in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1999.-Format:...
  
   more populist BBC1 science documentary series, which ran from 1982 to 1999.
• Nova (TV series)
  NOVA (TV series)
  Nova is a popular science television series from the U.S. produced by WGBH Boston. It can be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries...
  
   documentary series on PBS
  Public Broadcasting Service
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   in the United States, which often bought in and re-voiced Equinox and Horizon films.

External links

• Equinox, British Film Institute
  British Film Institute
  The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
  
  . List of films, with dates.