1. BBC Four - Mick Jackson Remembers... Threads
Director and producer Mick Jackson looks back to 1984 and shares the story behind the creation of the BBC's apocalyptic drama Threads.
Director and producer Mick Jackson looks back on the BBC’s 1984 apocalyptic drama Threads.
2. BBC nuclear apocalypse film Threads 40 years on | Movies | The Guardian
15 sep 2024 · A timely re-airing of Mick Jackson's famously bleak, rarely seen docudrama, its director recalls why he unleashed a mushroom cloud on Sheffield in 1984.
Ahead of a timely re-airing of Mick Jackson’s famously bleak docudrama, its director recalls why he unleashed a mushroom cloud on Sheffield in 1984
3. Threads at 40: Director Mick Jackson on his disturbingly realistic portrayal ...
19 sep 2024 · The film depicts the effects of a nuclear attack on the city of Sheffield, England, as well as the harrowing long-term consequences of atomic armageddon.
Forty years ago, a film aired on the BBC that depicted the devastating consequences of a nuclear attack. Director Mick Jackson joins Q guest host Talia Schlanger to discuss the film’s legacy and why he wanted to scare his audience with the truth.
4. Threads: How the nuclear bomb drama horrified Sheffield extras - BBC
9 okt 2024 · Threads is the nuclear apocalypse drama-documentary that continues to haunt people's nightmares 40 years on.
One of the most terrifying programmes ever shown on British television, Threads is the nuclear apocalypse docudrama that continues to haunt people’s nightmares 40 years on.
5. Mick Jackson Remembers... Threads (2024) — The Movie Database ...
Ahead of a rare rescreening of the BBC's apocalyptic drama Threads, director and producer Mick Jackson looks back to 1984 and shares the story behind the ...
See AlsoCast From The One Spring NightAhead of a rare rescreening of the BBC’s apocalyptic drama Threads, director and producer Mick Jackson looks back to 1984 and shares the story behind the creation of this acclaimed vision of Britain suffering the effects of nuclear war. Taking Sheffield as the focal point for the aftermath, the film was highly praised for its examination of the social, economic and environmental damage that such a war would bring and has been described as one of the most haunting and unforgettable dramas of the 1980s.
6. 40 years of Threads, the BBC's traumatising TV movie | BFI
17 sep 2024 · Broadcast on BBC2 in 1984, Threads dramatised the fallout from a nuclear attack on Sheffield with harrowing realism.
Broadcast on BBC2 in 1984, Threads dramatised the fallout from a nuclear attack on Sheffield with harrowing realism. We look back on a TV movie that scarred a generation of viewers for life.
7. Mick Jackson Remembers... Threads (2024) - Trakt
Ahead of a rare rescreening of the BBC's apocalyptic drama Threads, director and producer Mick Jackson looks back to 1984 and shares the story behind the ...
Ahead of a rare rescreening of the BBC’s apocalyptic drama Threads, director and producer Mick Jackson looks back to 1984 and shares the story behind the creation of this acclaimed vision of Britain suffering the effects of nuclear war. Taking Sheffield as the focal point for the aftermath, the film was highly praised for its examination of the social, economic and environmental damage that such a war would bring and has been described as one of the most haunting and unforgettable dramas of the 1980s.
8. Why Threads is still the most terrifying film ever made | The Spectator
9 okt 2024 · Yet when novelist Barry Hines and a director with the BBC's science department, Mick Jackson, collaborated on Threads, they created what is ...
For its 40th anniversary this year, Threads is being aired by the BBC for the first time in decades tonight at 10.15 p.m. on BBC Four.
9. THREADS - 40th anniversary - David Moody
23 sep 2024 · Tonight marks the 40th anniversary of the first broadcast of THREADS. If you've spent any time loitering around here, you'll likely have ...
Tonight marks the 40th anniversary of the first broadcast of THREADS. If you’ve spent any time loitering around here, you’ll likely have read how much the film affected and influenced me. As a kid I had – and still have – an unhealthy fascination with all things apocalyptic. Back then, at the age of 13, […]
