One of the most terrifying programmes ever shown on British television, Threads is the nuclear apocalypse ... First broadcast on 23 September 1984, anyone who tuned in to BBC Two on that Sunday ...

Made in 1984 at the height of cold war paranoia, when it felt more a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ global annihilation would arrive courtesy of the atomic bomb, Threads was a uniquely gripping, ...

When it first aired back in September 1984, the near two hour length TV movie sent shockwaves across ... attack that is at ...