Threads: The BBC drama which affected a generation of viewers
WEBJul 12, 2023 · In the week since its launch, Facebook owner Meta has signed up more than 100 million users to new social media app Threads. However, the name of the service conjures up a rather different...
Threads: The BBC drama which affected a generation of viewers
WEBFrom a kitchen sink drama focused around a young couple in a South Yorkshire, then riven by the Miners' Strike, Threads shows society breaking down as nuclear winter sets in.
Threads app signs up 100m users in less than a week - BBC News
WEBJul 10, 2023 · Threads is rapidly acquiring subscribers. Threads, the social media app aimed at rivalling Twitter, has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days. The platform, launched by...
Threads: Meta's rival to Elon Musk's X launches in EU - BBC News
WEBDec 14, 2023 · Meta's social media app Threads has launched in the European Union, five months after its release in other parts of the world. It debuted to much fanfare as a rival to Elon Musk's X, formerly...
Threads: Twitter threatens legal action over Meta's new app - BBC
WEBJul 7, 2023 · Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads. Threads, which was launched to millions on Wednesday, is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by...
Threads at 40: Director Mick Jackson on his disturbingly realistic ...
WEB2 days ago · Mick Jackson's Threads is still just as shocking as the day it first aired on the BBC in 1984. Presented as a docudrama, the film depicts the effects of a nuclear attack on the city of Sheffield ...
Was Threads the scariest TV show ever made? - BBC
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Threads isn’t the only film from the time to represent destruction at the hands of a nuclear attack, but no other comes remotely close to its unremitting bleakness.
Threads (1984 film) - Wikipedia
WEBThreads is a 1984 British-Australian apocalyptic war drama television film jointly produced by the BBC, Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc. Written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson, it is a dramatic account of nuclear war and its effects in Britain, specifically on the city of Sheffield in Northern England.
Threads is a gripping, miserable experience - The Verge
WEBFeb 4, 2024 · Streaming as a part of Criterion Channel’s Postapocalyptic Sci-fi series, the 1984 BBC production Threads gave an unflinching (and controversial) glimpse into the effects of nuclear fallout.
'Threads': The 1984 BBC Movie That Shocked Viewers - Mental Floss
WEBThe 1984 made-for-television movie 'Threads' depicted a post-nuclear wasteland that forced some viewers to look away from the screen.