Threads

Threads – by Barry Hines / BBC Television 1984

Directed by Mick Jackson

Further reading:

 A list of documents that I have written over the years on the BBC 1984 nuclear war drama-documetary, Threads:

• References and Bibliography for Threads – A detailed review of the scientific and expert literature used to inform Threads.
  • Sheffield Sources for the Study of Sheffield and the Cold War, 1945 – 1991, Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information, Sheffield Council (2013).
  • Threads Timeline
  • Threads Synopsis
  • Threads – Images
  • Video Material
• Before Threads there was “QED – A Guide to Armageddon” – this programme was instrumental in bringing Threads to life.
• Effects on Sheffield after Nuclear Attack
• Threads Map – A detailed map showing many of the locations used in the film.
  • Nuclear Britain – scans of CND Map showing targets in the UK
  • GLC Advert on Cruise Missiles
• Crewe – During the timeline of Threads, it is noted that much of the fallout that arrives on Sheffield is caused by a groundburst explosion at Crewe and the prevailing wind blows it North East. This document helps detail why.
• NHS After Nuclear War – My short assessment of the NHS after nuclear war and why Threads depiction of an overwhelmed hospital (lacking water/power/sanitation/medical supplies) was so accurate.

Civil Defence

• UK Civil Defence – My notes on Civil Defence during the Threads era.
  • Civil Defence Recruitment ads from the 1960s
  • Protect and Survive Gallery – some of the behind the scenes material created for the civil defence programme of the same name.
  • Dorset County Council Surviving Nuclear Attack – Official advice dating approx 1980/81
  • Nuclear Survival Pages from Ceefax, 1980.
  • Cleveland After a Nuclear War  – a Cleveland County Council document showing the effects of a hypothetical nuclear attack on the Borough. Available as PowerPoint Presentation or Photo Album / MS Sway
  • UK Civil Defence films