The Great British Drought - Horizon Special
The Great British Drought
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 programme looks at how water shortages would affect crops and food supplies and how best to conserve supplies. First broadcast in 1976
The Great British Drought - Horizon Special airs on BBC Four at 11:20 PM, Saturday 13 June. (Subtitles.)
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Simon Campbell-Jones
Producer
Peter Goodchild
Editor