Nuclear attack - Would you survive the bomb? - Thames reports

This edited down version of a 'Thames Reports' feature by respected journalist and novelist Angela Lambert focuses on how ill prepared London would be, if a nuclear attack were to happen. Reminiscent of the BAFTA award winning BBC TV drama 'Threads' (although this report was transmitted three years earlier) 'Would you survive the bomb' was first broadcast on Thames Television in 1980

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[analogueman123456787]

What a rubbish example of an 'ordinary' family that was! Only well-heeled people had houses that big to be able to take such flimsy precautions. As for the rest of us living on crappy council estates at the time, I guess the advice would have simply been "Put your heads between your legs and kiss your arses goodbye - you're all about to fry!"

[collegeman1988]

That whole "Protect and Survive" looks like it was designed with World War II in mind, before there were nuclear weapons.

[nathanhickton]

5:52 - kelvedon hatch?

[TheGodParticle]

All good clean fun.

[NODDINGCAT]

Grab that table over there andrew.

Now we're sorted

[haywardsdave]

What is that woman wearing....and her hair...and look at that wall paper..!! My god...quick...drop the bomb..!!

[CLDavi1983]

Thank goodness the Soviet Union collapsed before we ended up in a nuclear holocaust.

[Futurebobbers]

Thanks for putting this up, it's fascinating.

[granadagreg]

It might be an idea to post this as a video response to some of the clips from the BBC's 1984 docu-drama "Threads" which are on YouTube.