Unlike The War Game, there is neither narration nor statistical inserts. 
 The ordinary characters caught up in the holocaust illustrate the

fate of the nation. It all starts out traditionally enough with a thriving city(Sheffield) being targeted by nuclear missiles, and the panic which ensues when the blast hits. There afterthings take on a grim realism never before portrayed in similar scenarios.There is no hopeful ending to the story told here. No heros or New Dawns. Simply a slow, grinding breakdown into horror, deprivation and savagery.

Written during the final feverish years of the 'Cold War' when 'Rocket Ronnie' Reagan oversaw the proliferation of sinister new nuclear weapons, THREADS illustrated what many feared could easily happen at any moment. Thankfully it didn't, and it is to be hoped that THREADS acted as a warning which swayed public opinion away from missile-rattling in the world.

 

 (IRT considers THREADS unsuitable for anyone other than the strongest  mentally constituted viewer. No bad language and no significant sexual  sequences.)