Jamie Simpson
Director
The Great Smog: Winter of '52 (2022)
Miniseries
Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmental disaster ever recorded and one of the world's worst peacetime catastrophes. 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.
Released Sept. 7, 2022
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.london-england, imdb.smog, imdb.air-pollution, imdb.death-toll, imdb.british-government + 22 more, imdb.reference-to-winston-churchill, imdb.fog, imdb.river-thames, imdb.breathing-difficulties, imdb.transport, imdb.crime-wave, imdb.emergency-services, imdb.eyewitness-account, imdb.year-1952, imdb.winter, tmdb.london-england, tmdb.fog, tmdb.death, tmdb.british-history, tmdb.coal, tmdb.sulphur, tmdb.smog, tmdb.1950s, tmdb.environmental-catastrophe, tmdb.history-and-legacy, tmdb.respiratory-failure, tmdb.air-pollution
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Darlow Smithson Productions
Network: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode 1
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.
Sept. 7, 2022, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
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.
Sept. 13, 2022, midnight
Network: 5
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 90 min.
Released: Sept. 7, 2022
Last Air Date: Sept. 13, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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