BBC to air 'most brutal drama' that left 'country unable to sleep' tonight

The BBC is acceptable to aerial 1 of the astir scariest and brutal dramas successful British tv past contiguous (Wednesday 9 October) arsenic 1984 tv movie Threads volition beryllium broadcast successful a uncommon airing

One of the astir scary tv play films, Threads, volition beryllium aired contiguous (Wednesday 9 October) successful a uncommon showing connected the BBC.

The tv movie was archetypal aired successful 1984, which was dubbed 'the nighttime the state didn’t sleep', and it tells the communicative of a atomic onslaught connected Britain done the eyes of 2 families, tracing the events starring up to the warfare and the decennary of devastation that follows specifically successful Sheffield.

Threads, written by Barry Hines, who authored A Kestrel for a Knave which was adapted into 1969 movie Kes, was nominated for 7 BAFTA awards successful 1985 aft its 1984 premiere and won for Best Single Drama, Best Design, Best Film Cameraman and Best Film Editor.

On Wednesday night, to people the 40th day of its archetypal broadcast, the BBC is airing the harrowing atomic warfare drama, directed by Mick Jackson erstwhile again and it volition see a 15-minute instauration from Mick, wherever the manager and shaper looks backmost connected the BBC's apocalyptic tv film.

Taking to Twitter, present X, radical person already started talking astir the upcoming screening and reflecting connected erstwhile they antecedently watched the harrowing drama. One idiosyncratic said: "BBC Four are showing Threads contiguous astatine 10pm, successful lawsuit you wanna conscionable ruin your full f**king week!", a antithetic relationship put: "Everyone astatine schoolhouse was talking astir this aft it was on. Fearsome" portion different said: "If anyone is watching #Threads connected BBC 4 contiguous bully luck it's a gruesome movie successful places."

Elsewhere, a antithetic relationship said: "Threads is so a scary movie I judge it inactive stands up contiguous I'm amazed that it's fundamentally ne'er broadcast But it is being broadcast contiguous connected BBC Four", a antithetic idiosyncratic put: "THREADS is connected BBC Four contiguous - perchance the top tv play of each time?", different said: "Threads is re-airing contiguous connected the BBC. Probably 1 of the astir depressing, miserable and terrifying films I’ve ever seen. So there’s that" portion a antithetic relationship added: "Only its 4th clip to beryllium shown connected web tv #Threads."

Writer Charlie Brooker antecedently recalled however helium watched Threads erstwhile helium was younger and has cited it arsenic his inspiration for his deed dystopian and sci-fi bid Black Mirror.

While appearing connected BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs a fewer years ago, Charlie, 53, said: "I retrieve watching Threads and not being capable to process what it meant; not knowing however nine kept going."

Threads volition aerial astatine 10:20pm connected BBC Four connected Wednesday 9 October with an instauration from manager Mick Jackson beforehand astatine 10pm.