In 1984. the BBC produced a bizarre docudrama called Threads, playing out on the television screen the effects of a direct nuclear attack and resulting apocalypse on Thatcher's England. From Threads' ...

Thirty-five years ago this week, the BBC aired Threads, one of the most searing movies about nuclear war in TV history. The following year, the docu-drama aired on TBS and became, at the time, the ...

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the TV premiere of the British nuclear war drama – which was dubbed “the night the country didn’t sleep”. It remains brutal – but essential – viewing, writes ...

BBC film Threads was hailed as one of the most iconic films of the 1980s as it dramatised a nuclear war and its effects on Britain, specifically Sheffield. And while the film creators did their best ...

40 years ago, a BBC film showing the grim reality of a post-nuclear world terrified a generation. Jude Rogers meets its cast and crew to unravel why it still haunts so many today. It was a film that ...

A whole new generation of viewers are set to be introduced to what has been labelled the 'most disturbing TV drama of all time' as Threads is repeated on Wednesday night. When it first aired back in ...

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Back in 1984 there was one drama that had everyone talking and quaking in their boots in equal measure and that show, Threads, will air again on Wednesday night, for only the fourth time ever. Feature ...

Threads and The War Game to air on BBC Four - but maybe best not to watch them before bed 😨 Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the website including ...