A film that shocked a generation is available to watch on BBC iPlayer. Threads was first aired on BBC2 in 1984 and again in 1985 on BBC1, before disappearing off television screens for years.

The 1984 movie showed Sheffield in the aftermath of a nuclear attack on South Yorkshire – including a missile blitz on the ...

It was the year a nation watched aghast as Sheffield was reduced to rubble by a nuclear attack in the terrifying BBC drama ...