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Horizon: Dr Miller and the Islanders

on BBC Two England

In 1898, six men laid the basis for modern anthropology. A century on, Jonathan Miller visits the Torres Strait near Australia to retrace the steps of the first British anthropological venture.
In a video diary inspired by his own family connections with the early explorers, he examines the legacy of anthropology and asks whether it is really a science at all.
He meets the descendants of the original islanders, the anthropologists who study them today, and the islanders who now study the subject themselves.

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Presenter:
Jonathan Miller
Series Editor:
John Lynch

BBC Two England

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