Heatwave: The Deadly Summer of '03
Sep 07 2024
•1h 7m
•Documentary
How the UK buckled under soaring temperatures in a summer like no other: over 2,000 lives were lost to heat-related incidents, fires raged, roads melted and rail tracks warped.
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