Overview
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.
Cast
- Bernard Hill as Narrator (voice)
- Leanne Best as Loz Garrett
- Priyanga Burford as Dr. Abby Granger
- Craig Conway as Roy Abbott
- Dylan Fielding as Mondi Richardson
- Bernard Gallagher as Bill Collins
- Sarah Hadland as Pippa Connors
- Emma Hitching as Michelle Hodges
- Graham Padden as Dr. Matthew Hooper
- Jacqueline de Peza as Eva St. Claire