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Threads: How the nuclear bomb drama horrified Sheffield extras

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First broadcast on 23 September 1984 , Threads is one of the most terrifying programmes ever shown on British television.

Rarely seen on television since its first broadcast, it's being shown again on BBC Four and iPlayer on 9 October .

Sheffield was chosen as the fictional target because its writer, Kes author Barry Hines , lived there.

Threads has since become cult viewing, although it has been rarely broadcast on the BBC in the following 40 years .

Director Mick Jackson will introduce a fresh showing on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer , at 22:00 BST on 9 October .

At the time, television critics largely approved of the decision to show Threads .

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