Quick Summary
The BBC has finally broadcast its harrowing nuclear war drama Threads again, which is also available to watch on BBC iPlayer for the first time.
It's a brutal tale set around the devastation of nuclear war and the fallout soon after.
As prosperous as life was for some in Britain in the 80s, for others it was fairly bleak. Mass unemployment, mine and steel mill closures, and the arrival of new diseases, like AIDS, somewhat took the shine off the polyester shell suits many wore.
