Killer Storms and Cruel Winters: The History of Extreme Weather - Timewatch

BBC Four HD

1:20 AM to 2:20 AM

Friday 7 March

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Documentary following solar scientist Dr Lucie Green as she reveals how some of the UK's worst and most dramatic weather disasters occurred many years ago, despite the popular belief that the brunt of climate change has been felt in the 21st-century. Considering how many people today are pre-warned about potential catastrophes due to innovations in weather prediction, the presenter learns how an 18th-century storm surge once led to a the deaths of a thousand workers in Somerset fields, a hurricane drowned a fifth of Britain's naval officers, and several brutal winters threatened to completely shut down most services in the country