CKND - Introduction to Threads (1985)

An introductory disclaimer for the Manitoba premiere of the BBC movie "Threads" circa 1985, with CKND-TV President D.C. Brinton.

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[electrogeek77]

A programming warning that still treats the viewers like adults...I never thought I would ever see such a thing.

[LadyMezzo]

This is about the most sensible thing I have ever heard a tv executive say.

[kevind39]

@TheBlacksmith45

Hope you have inside information to back this statement up.....

[cajjer]

Spot on mate

The Bomb doesn't even exist

Just like your brain

[TheBlacksmith45]

Fictional is right. It had NO basis in reality at all. Just shock to frighten the gullible sheep.

[SweetStout]

Any time I've felt pissed off with life, I play this film and it quickly sobers one up.

All this nearly happened in 1962, 1973 and during the premiership of Andropov.

It's easily the most chilling presentation of what nuclear war would mean for everyone. Protect and Survive...Duck and Cover.

[ashland1977]

If only every tv exec thought like this.....

[glitch4465]

Sheffield is a city.

[jazzx251]

@viewer3412

I think you're right.

It was an amazing film - extremely brave by the BBC to air it. And also to release their attack warning footage - all those government warnings are for real - in an actual attack, the people of the UK would have been listening to those exact recordings (complete with electronic musical jingles).

[jazzx251]

Wow!

No commercials - and a special disclaimer about the content.

There can be no higher praise than that!

It was a terrific programme, of course; a hard-hitting human drama set in a Northern English city that had been attacked by nuclear missiles. The first 45 minutes, at least, just let you get acquainted with the characters, while ominous media footage in the background suggests what is to come.

Then the attack ... from then, it never lets go - for the next 13 years!

So brave in 1983.

[sr71ablackbird]

I seen that movie threads, & he mentions that the day after is a walk in the park to it ? if that is so, why are there so many similarities to it ?and keep in mind, that The Day After first aired back in november of 1983 and threads aired a year after that.