Release Date

11 May, 2005

Runtime

01:29: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

It's summer 2006, and what began as a pleasant sunny spell has developed into a meteorological nightmare. For two weeks, Britain has been in the grip of record high temperatures - transport is in chaos, tinder-dry conditions have sparked fierce countryside fires and thousands are dying in the blistering heat. This dramatised documentary tells the sobering story of a natural disaster that has its precedent in Europe's deadly heatwave of 2003, as witnessed by ordinary people and public servants battling to contain a crisis. Bernard Hill narrates.

Original Title

Heatwave

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Actors

Bernard Hill

Leanne Best

Priyanga Burford

Craig Conway

Dylan Fielding

Bernard Gallagher

Sarah Hadland

Emma Hitching

Graham Padden

Jacqueline de Peza

Richard Rycroft

Malcolm Scates

Amber Sealey

Michael Vivian

Sarah Winnan

Sheila Brandon

Georgia Cotterell

Laurietta Essien

Roy Gaskell

Brian Hammond

Michele Heathman

Crew