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Mad Cows and Englishmen The Making of the Beef Crisis (1996)

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  • Featuring

    Gerry Northam

  • Country

    United Kingdom

  • Year

    1996

  • Genre

    Current affairs

  • Type

    Television

  • Category

    Non Fiction

Synopsis

Traces the history of BSE in Britain, from the first outbreak in Kent, to the recent admission by the government that there may be a connection between the disease and its human equivalent, Creuzfeldt Jakob disease. Investigates the government's handling of the crisis.

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