Sunday, 28 June 1 airing
19:00
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Heatwave: Summer of '76
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The story of the 1976 drought, when gardens burned, communities depended upon communal standpipes for their water, and Brits were urged to 'bath with a friend'. For government, industry and the elderly, the drought had deadly ramifications, but for those who were young, the memories remain halcyon and hedonistic