Much of the supporting cast of Threads were people from the Sheffield area One of the most terrifying programmes ever shown on British television, Threads is the nuclear apocalypse drama-documentary ...

I REMEMBER viewing the original TV broadcast of Threads like it was yesterday, sitting cross-legged in front of my parents’ telly, wide-eyed and jaw ajar as the simple part-drama part-documentary tale ...

A television drama about a fictional nuclear attack on the city of Sheffield had a profound effect on many who watched it in the 1980s. Now it has aired once again, we spoke to some first and ...

Warp Films – which recently produced Netflix hit Adolescence – has picked up the rights to develop Threads into a series. The company said: “Renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of a fictional ...

It is nearly 40 years since viewers were first exposed to Threads, the apocalyptic Sheffield drama about a nuclear attack, but many remain traumatised. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

A film depicting a nuclear apocalypse set in Sheffield has been relisted on BritBox after it was removed at the outset of the Russian invasion. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, ...

BRITBOX pulled nuclear disaster film Threads from its platform ahead of the Ukraine war after it gave viewers nightmares. The apocalyptic drama left people so terrified it was rarely repeated on 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 ...

The grimly fascinating story of Threads dates back to 1965, when the BBC commissioned another infamous docudrama, The War Game, which examined the effects of a nuclear attack on Britain. Made for “The ...

Inspired by the leaked “Protect and Survive” films, in 1984 a BBC team set out to create a relentlessly accurate vision of an atomic bomb landing on Sheffield. Here’s how they did it. By Jude Rogers ...

One of the most terrifying programmes ever shown on British television, Threads is the nuclear apocalypse drama-documentary that continues to haunt people’s nightmares 40 years on. Ahead of a rare new ...