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Inside Out returns with the South East under water and illegal raves
Category: South East TV
Date: 12.09.2008
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Inside Out returns to BBC One South East on Wednesday 17 September with more surprising, space topical and relevant stories from across the South East of England.
In the first programme of the series, presented by Kaddy Lee-Preston, biogeographer Dr Geoff Meaden and John Hills from Canterbury Christ Church University create a unique flood map depicting how much of Sussex and Kent would be under water if sea levels were to rise.
The map shows that you do not even need to live by the sea to be affected.
“First we put in a one metre rise in sea level – this will happen towards the end of this century. Then a three metre rise and a five metre rise – that could occur towards the middle or the end of the next century,” says Dr Meaden.
“Climate change, and consequent sea level rise, is hard to predict but these scenarios could well become reality. Geographers and climatologists have recently gained access to the detailed height data allowing this type of mapping to be produced.”
It has been described as one of the biggest challenges to the South East. Viewers can see how they are affected by watching Inside Out and then find out more by checking out the website, bbc.co.uk/insideout, for the definitive map.
The results will be cause for concern for all residents of Kent and Sussex and even more so when the programme reveals that currently there is no Government policy for compensation for people who lose financially due to coastal erosion or flood risk management.
Representatives from the Environment Agency, Coastal Concern Action Group and civil engineers are amongst those interviewed in the programme.
Also featured in the first programme is an investigation into illegal raves.
Some people choose to live in the countryside to enjoy the peace and tranquility.
But that can be shattered when a thousand young people turn up to hold an outdoor illegal rave through the night.
They’re always on the look out for a place to party, so anyone living in the countryside could have their peace disturbed.
Inside Out asks why so many people want to dance in a field and disrupt the sleep of nearby villagers.
The programme gets exclusive access to this underground rave scene with organisers who are regular contributors to the “free party” scene in the South East.
It gathers together sleepless angry residents from the village of Lydden near Dover.
And the two sides confront each other in an unprecedented meeting which has some surprising results.
Inside Out, BBC One South East, 7.30pm, Wednesday 17 September 2008. Also available on BBC iPlayer.
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