Back to The Great Smog: Winter of '52
Miniseries

Miniseries

2022
•2 Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1
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1. Episode 1

Sep 7, 2022
45 min

Lasting just over four days, the Great Smog plunged London into a terrifyingly murky gloom - the acrid pollution seeping into homes, leaving Londoners gasping for breath, shutting down transport and emergency services, and overwhelming hospitals and undertakers alike.

Episode 2
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2. Episode 2

Sep 13, 2022
45 min

Exploring the fear that paralysed London as the disaster entered day three, focusing on the public not knowing or understanding what was happening, the government's lack of action, to the undertakers working 24 hours a day. As the story concludes, Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave reveal why and how the smog lifted, and London metaphorically and physically began to breathe again.