Heatwave

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.

• Nicholas WhiteDirector
• Nicholas WhiteWriter

• Bernard HillNarrator (voice)
• Leanne BestLoz Garrett
• Priyanga BurfordDr. Abby Granger
• Craig ConwayRoy Abbott
• Dylan FieldingMondi Richardson
• Bernard GallagherBill Collins
• Sarah HadlandPippa Connors
• Emma HitchingMichelle Hodges
• Graham PaddenDr. Matthew Hooper
• Jacqueline de PezaEva St. Claire
• Richard RycroftBrian Lancashire
• Malcolm ScatesDavid Hodges