This short documentary tells the story of the 1976 heatwave that gripped Britain, costing more than 2,000 lives...
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*CHAPTERS:* 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:41 - Background
► 01:52 - The 1976 Heatwave
► 09:17 - The Aftermath
*MUSIC:* 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
*SOURCES:* 📑
► "The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave" by Stephanie Brown, published by The Conversation, July 2025. Link: https://theconversation.com/the-dangers-of-romanticising-britains-1976-heatwave-260046
► "Think this is hot? Telegraph readers remember the summer of 1976" by Abigail Buchanan and Lorna Perry, published by The Telegraph, August 2025. Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/12/how-we-spent-the-sun-drenched-summer-of-1976/
► "Great Drought of 1976: what happened and what was the impact on Britain?" by Matthew Oates, published by BBC Countryfile, July 2022. Link: https://www.countryfile.com/countryfile/great-drought-of-1976-what-happened-and-what-was-the-impact-on-britain
► "The heatwave of 1976 when reservoirs dried up, mountains burned and factories shut" by Anna Lewis, published by Wales Online, June 2018. Link: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/reservoirs-dried-up-mountains-burned-14837321
► "Summer 2025 confirmed as UK's hottest on record" by Ben Rich, published by BBC News, August 2025. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c1kz18d3wjro
► "Drought and the minister for rain" published by The Telegraph, December 2006. Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1538065/Drought-and-the-minister-for-rain.html
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Runtime 00:11:08
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