Comments on: It’s not the end of the world http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2006/02/12/838/ Because all the other domain names were taken Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2006/02/12/838/comment-page-1/#comment-1675 Chris Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:12:19 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=838#comment-1675 Though I'm aware of the basic plot, I missed <i>Threads</i> when it got repeated on BBC4 a couple of years ago, I might plump for the DVD of it though, if I wasn't so scared of having ongoing nightmares. From a little earlier, there was also <i>The War Game</i>, which was a 1965 production that was censored for nearly twenty years by the BBC. As for your age - I'm too much of a gentleman to comment... Though I’m aware of the basic plot, I missed Threads when it got repeated on BBC4 a couple of years ago, I might plump for the DVD of it though, if I wasn’t so scared of having ongoing nightmares. From a little earlier, there was also The War Game, which was a 1965 production that was censored for nearly twenty years by the BBC.

As for your age – I’m too much of a gentleman to comment…

]]> By: Sally http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2006/02/12/838/comment-page-1/#comment-1674 Sally Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:26:30 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=838#comment-1674 Some of the American civil defence literature of the 1950s is hilarious: "In event of nuclear attack, stay in doors and don't lose your head." Other helpful advice includes wearing a hat, or, if of the female persuasion, tights, to shield oneself for the blast. "Threads" is absolutely terrifying (and also perhaps the only film other than "The Full Monty" to be set in Sheffield) as is the American "The Day After." John Hersey's "Hiroshima" and Jonathan Schell's "The Fate of the Earth" are also profoundly grim, but terrifyingly compulsive, reads. I've been meaning to get round to Russell Hoban's post apocalyptic "Riddley Walker" too... Hey, do you remember those "Protect and Survive" ads or am I just showing my age? Some of the American civil defence literature of the 1950s is hilarious: “In event of nuclear attack, stay in doors and don’t lose your head.” Other helpful advice includes wearing a hat, or, if of the female persuasion, tights, to shield oneself for the blast. “Threads” is absolutely terrifying (and also perhaps the only film other than “The Full Monty” to be set in Sheffield) as is the American “The Day After.” John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” and Jonathan Schell’s “The Fate of the Earth” are also profoundly grim, but terrifyingly compulsive, reads. I’ve been meaning to get round to Russell Hoban’s post apocalyptic “Riddley Walker” too… Hey, do you remember those “Protect and Survive” ads or am I just showing my age?

]]> By: Jack http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2006/02/12/838/comment-page-1/#comment-1667 Jack Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:05:53 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=838#comment-1667 Scary, no? I'm writing a PhD on British Cold War civil defence - I'm terrified every day. Scary, no? I’m writing a PhD on British Cold War civil defence – I’m terrified every day.

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