Anatomy Of... - A House Fire

From the makers of the Sony award-winning Anatomy of a Car Crash, the last in this new series dissecting often neglected everyday dramas that change ordinary lives forever. When Clive Tempest and his daughter Sarah set off from their Gloucestershire home on Halloween almost eighteen months ago to visit their sister who was in hospital, it seemed perfectly natural to leave Anna Tempest at home with a fire burning in the grate. How could they know that ancient timbers embedded in the chimney fabric would choose that night to ignite? They returned to find flames leaping from their 17th century home. Anna was safe and fire-fighters at work, but the damage, already evident, was only beginning. The family, fire crew and those who assessed the damage talk about that evening and the weeks and months that followed as they tried to move on from the catastrophe that had engulfed them. They recall the slow process leading to the rebuilding of the family home and coming to terms with the losses both real and intangible that the fire caused. Producer: Tom Alban.