WTF Wednesdays series are terrified to present THREADS (1984) – the BAFTA-winning BBC drama that shocked the nation, and continues to impact worldwide audiences decades later with its brutally-realistic depictions of societal collapse in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
Directed by Mick Jackson from a screenplay by novelist/playwright Barry Hines, THREADS has been called “the most terrifying and honest portrayal of nuclear war ever filmed” [The Guardian] and is repeatedly held-up as being just as masterfully & sadly relevant as the day it premiered.