The Big Christmas Freeze of 1962

The most devastating weather event to hit Britain is examined

When snow began falling in the UK on Boxing Day 1962, it barely stopped for the next 10 weeks. It was the coldest recorded winter since 1739 when temperatures plummeted to minus 22 degrees. Joanna Lumley recalls her memories of being snowed in at her boarding school in Kent, while Pete Waterman, John Craven and Gloria Hunniford are among the other celebrities offering their thoughts on the event