Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Threads is of 1 hour(s) and 57 minute(s). It is Produced By: Western-World Television Inc., BBC, Nine Network Australia. It was released on 1984-09-23. It has the tagline: The closest you'll ever want to come to nuclear war. It has an average vote of 7.602 on TMDB.
Genres: WarDramaScience Fiction
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