Threads is a 1984 apocalyptic war drama television film jointly produced by the BBC, Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc.
Written by: Barry Hines, him of Kes fame, and directed by Mick Jackson (The Bodyguard)
A movie that was so scary and frightening at the time that it left a lasting affect on anyone who saw it in the 1980s, such was the realistic portrayal of the long-term effects of global thermonuclear war, going into weeks, months, years, even decades.