Out of the Blue - The Long Hot Summer of 1976

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How have writers been inspired by incidents of strange weather? Wondering how the long, hot summer of 1976 affected their writing, Peggy Reynolds talks to: * Ruth Rendell * Antonia Fraser * Ian McEwan * Stephen Poliakoff * Laura Wilson * Alex Wheatle Producer: Phil Tinline First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.