Heatwave: Summer of '76

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Monday 30 December
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Heatwave: Summer of '76

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

Heatwave: Summer of '76 airs on 5SELECT at 9:00 AM, Monday 30 December. (Subtitles.)
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