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Channel 5 - Heatwave Summer of '76 (2022)

The story of the 1976 summer 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.

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