Synopsis
Footage from across the UK in February 2020, the wettest month on record.
- Programme: Britain's Wildest Weather
- Episode: Britain's Wildest Weather 2020
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Geography | Natural World | Weather and Climate | Climate Change
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