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1984: The FALLOUT From THREADS | Did You See? | Classic TV Review | BBC Archive
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20:27Now PlayingLudovic Kennedy is joined by studio guests, philosopher Mary Midgley, Edwina Currie MP and playwright Alan Plater to review Threads, the hard-hitting television film written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson, which depicts a nuclear attack on Sheffield and its aftermath.
Also covered in this edition of Did You See...? is the reaction of the press to the controversial drama, interviews with some of the extras involved, and the thoughts of various interested parties, members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the British Medical Association and military strategists.
Should Threads have been broadcast? Will it change anybody's mind about nuclear weapons?
Clip taken from Did You See...?, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 30 September, 1984.
For people based in the UK, Threads is currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer
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