First comes the virus, then the heat, and finally chaos sets in: an all-consuming heat wave dramatically affects a Dutch neighborhood. As temperatures reach new highs and infrastructure begins to fail, people must fight for survival - and grow together in the face of climate catastrophe.
The images are all too familiar, the implications shocking: over 12 episodes, series creator Martijn Winkler's multi-award-winning series "Hitte" shows what it will look like when climate catastrophe no longer just brings new heat records to southern Europe. Based on scientific findings, he turns his Dutch homeland into hell on earth, where humanity becomes the highest good.