Synopsis
Charlotte Smith and Tom Heap are on the River Severn to find out how living with the constant threat of floods is affecting rural communities and how climate change could make things worse.
- Programme: Countryfile
- Episode: River Severn
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2022
- Geography
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