Threads - 1980's Drama

[nightporter]

Threads - 1980's Drama  is on TV tonight.
BBC Four, 10.20 pm. Only the fourth ever screening since it premiered in 1984. 

Watched at the time as a teenager, scared the crap out of me.

[drfchound]

I remember watching that too, it was really well made and also as you say, very scary.
I might watch it again later if I can stay awake long enough.

[Donnywolf]

It was the name I chose for my Wife's business ( Dressmaking and Market Stall ) It eventually folded but my name of Threads wasn't at fault

We were only "reserves" on.Thorne Market so had to turn up on.each day hoping to get on

Returning to the real world .. holy s*** ..
 I remember Threads being scary as he'll

Was it based around Sheffield or did I.misremember that
 

[drfchound]

It was all filmed on location in Sheffield Wolfie.

[Glyn_Wigley]

It was all filmed on location in Sheffield Wolfie.

And they got a lot of Uni and Poly students to volunteer for the crowd scenes, so I'm in there somewhere!

[scawsby steve]

It was all filmed on location in Sheffield Wolfie.

And they got a lot of Uni and Poly students to volunteer for the crowd scenes, so I'm in there somewhere!

They got away with one there, Glyn. They should have paid you all for being part of a crowd scene, and you no longer need an Equity card, since the banning of the closed shop.

[Prez]

As a kid growing up in the 80s, i was always scared of nuclear war. I watched threads when it came out and it literally gave me nightmares for years to come. I tried to watch it again only 4 years ago but ended up turning it off after the bomb went off.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Still to this day not been able to bring myself to watch the second half.

[drfchound]

As a kid growing up in the 80s, i was always scared of nuclear war. I watched threads when it came out and it literally gave me nightmares for years to come. I tried to watch it again only 4 years ago but ended up turning it off after the bomb went off.

I watched it for the second time and found myself more concerned than I did forty years ago.  When, at the start, the voice over talked about the Russians invading Iran me and Mrs Hound looked at each other with raised eyebrows.
I think the reason I felt differently this time was perhaps being a bit older or maybe thinking about how my son and the grandkids would fare if we were to ever have to suffer a nuclear war.
When the dates kept coming up at the start it was very worrying that from things escalating to the bombs being sent was something like seven weeks and that was particularly scary when I thought about how quickly it happened.

[tyke1962]

Scared the crap out of me 40 years ago and just as much the other night .

The thing is I thought the same in 1984 as I do today , if it ever happens God forbid I sincerely hope I don't survive the initial attack .

Surviving that and having to live in a world of utter devastation is way worse in my opinion .

[Filo]

More chance of us round here surviving now than then, our Nukes are no longer at Finningley

[Janso]

In all honesty, I wouldn't want to survive a nuclear war.

[Bentley Bullet]

Our only hope would be when they survey the UK for a potential nuclear attack they zoom in on Scawsby - They'll think someone's beaten them to it.

[River Don]

What I don't really get, is the thought of nuclear Armageddon terrifies people. Threads is horrific.

When it comes to the climate though, and the terrible future that's in-store, people aren't bothered, they don't engage.

Try watching, The Road. It's equally horrific, well not quite up to Threads dramatic standards but that future is exactly where we are heading.

The human psyche is a weird thing.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I think it's the timescale thing RD.

Nuclear war is sudden, cataclysmic and inescapable. The world changes in literally a microsecond. That's terrifying.

Climate change is a relatively slow motion disaster. I agree the outcomes can be equally cataclysmic. But the change is orders of magnitude slower. I think many people just assume that "something will turn up" (as Dickens said) or we'll learn to adjust. It's the only explanation I can find for why we, collectively aren't horrified by climate change.