BBC screens 1984 nuclear bomb drama

Bruce Kent. Image ICN/JS

Source: BBC,Westminster J&P, ICN

The late Mgr Bruce Kent, a key figure in anti-war campaigning nationally for many decades, is interviewed in this report on the 1984 nuclear disaster drama 'Threads', which is being re-released on BBC4 and iplayer at 10.20pm tonight.

The television review programme 'Did You See' sought a range of views from people with a professional interest in the subject.

Bruce Kent, Catholic priest, and leader of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at the time, said: "at the end it could have given people a bit more positive direction about the sorts of things they could actually do".

Westminster Justice and Peace will be focusing on peace and nuclear disarmament throughout the coming year as we approach the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in August 2025.

Pope Francis has called for the world to put a 'cancellation of debts and a cancellation of war' at the heart of the 2025 Holy Year commemorations.

The BBC report follows:

BBC to Show 'Threads' - 9 October 2024

One of the most terrifying programmes ever shown on British television, Threads is the nuclear apocalypse drama-documentary that continues to haunt people's nightmares 40 years on. Ahead of a rare new showing on the BBC, here's a look at how the drama still has the potential to terrify people.

First broadcast on 23 September 1984, anyone who tuned in to BBC Two on that Sunday evening would experience a bleak and unforgettable depiction of a massive nuclear bomb attack on a British city and its aftermath...
To read on see: www.bbc.co.uk/articles/crl8nj3xxp7o

Watch Threads at 10.20pm here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02kgkkg
After the broadcast it wll be on BBC Iplayer.