Threads.
- Date:
- 1984
- Videos
About this work
Description
An acclaimed drama about what would happen if a nuclear bomb was dropped on Sheffield. The first half of the drama weaves a plausible series of events culled from genuine news archive as normal people carry on their day-to-day lives. Almost exactly half-way through, the bomb drops and the catastrophe unfolds and the 'threads' of civilisation unravel. The bomb dropping and the appalling after-effects are truly harrowing (the DVD release has a '15' certificate); later in the DVD, as time passes, further consequences reveal themselves.
Publication/Creation
United Kingdom : BBC, 1984.
Physical description
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
Notes
Distributed by BBC/Simply Media
This film won 4 BAFTAs including 'Best Single Drama'.
Creator/production credits
Directed by Mick Jackson, Written by Barry Hines. Cast: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazlegrove, Henry Moxon, June Broughton, Slyvia Stoker, Harry Beety, Ruth Holden, Ashley Barket.
Copyright note
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores5303D