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The Year of the Ladybirds

on BBC Two England

The great drought of 1976 has been talked of repeatedly in past weeks as Britain's water reserves dwindle in the sun. That year a plague of ladybirds heralded a season of extraordinary phenomena: rivers turned green, trees withered and alien plants appeared overnight.
For some wildlife it was a year of disaster but, as this film reveals, only we were found really wanting. Eight years later it is a story that rings as true as ever.
Narrated and produced by Barry Paine

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