Synopsis
Leo attempts to run in the extreme heat with a doctor on standby to monitor his levels of dehydration.
- Programme: Fierce Earth
- Series: 1
- Episode: World's Hottest
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Geography | Human and physical geography | Climate zones
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