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The Great Smog: Winter Of ’52, 9pm, Ch5

OVER four days in December 1952, intense air pollution, combined with unusually cold weather and a lack of wind, plunged London into a terrifying gloom. The smog left Londoners gasping for breath and brought the capital to a standstill. The official death toll is 4,000, but a far higher figure is just one of the new facts this eye-opening twopart report brings to light. Presenters Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave ask what the future holds if we don’t curtail pollution in our cities today. Concludes tomorrow.