BBC Four Saturday

Documentary focusing on the evolution of the weather forecast, from print via radio to TV and beyond, featuring archive footage and a look at the changing weather itself

Bernard Hill narates a dramatised documentary of a fictionalised scenario that sees Britain caught in the grip of the hottest summer on record, set in 2006. First broadcast in 2005

Recollections of the summer that saw the country swelter during the longest dry spell on record. In the same year, James Hunt won the British Grand Prix and punk music was born

Barry Paine narrates a programme looking at the crisis facing British wildlife during the summer of 1976, the driest for two centuries, asking why there were so many ladybirds

A 1976 edition examining the UK's worst drought for over 200 years, revealing the British Isles were smack in the middle of a meteorological freak that began in the early 1970s

The story of the Harris family, who were determined to go through with their summer holiday despite a series of misfortunes that befell them. First broadcast in 1976

Hyacinth buys a new suite and goes to great lengths to ensure her neighbours see the royal warrant on the delivery van. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge

Hyacinth's plans to take Daddy on a picnic soon backfire. Suburban comedy, starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes

Barry Paine narrates a programme looking at the crisis facing British wildlife during the summer of 1976, the driest for two centuries, asking why there were so many ladybirds

A 1976 edition examining the UK's worst drought for over 200 years, revealing the British Isles were smack in the middle of a meteorological freak that began in the early 1970s