Heatwave (2005)

Name: Heatwave
Released: 2005-05-11
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Bernard Hill, Leanne Best, Priyanga Burford, Craig Conway, Dylan Fielding

1h 29m English Released

Director: Nicholas White

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.