BBC's Threads

phoenix2181

Hi

Does anyone know were to get BBC's threads at a cheap price, cause on the ebay site on the inter surf thingy people are charging top dolar for it...& I've got to see it, i know it was shown on BBC3 a few weekes ago but did anyone tape it by any chance?

aidan_dunne

Is that the programme/film made in the early 1980's about a nuclear war and the subsequent effects on the survivors? I've always wanted to see that. I've only ever seen bits of it, never the whole thing, and it's at times like these I curse not having BBC3. Dammit anyway! :mad:

Sorry I can't help you with your search online for it. I know it was released on DVD a couple of years ago but I think it's very, very hard to get anywhere, online or elsewhere. Hope you manage to find it because it really is a great film (from what I've seen of it) if looking a little dated now. Though it was films like "Threads", "The Day After" and all the similar ones which were out around the early 80's when it seemed it was only a matter of "when" and not "if" there was going to be an all-out nuclear war between the US and USSR that had me terrified as a child and made me ask my father to go build a bunker in the back garden, just in case!

If you do track it down, watch out for the television and radio broadcasts about what to do in the event of an attack and, in particular, the guy doing the voiceover. "When you hear the attack warning, you and your family must take cover at once!" Sound familiar? Listen to the opening of "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Whenever I hear that bit in the opening of that song, it still brings backs memories of "Threads" and the fear that was going around at that time when I was a kid and sends a shiver down my spine.

phoenix2181

Cheers man....I've started to download it from edonkey but will proberly takes weeks (only 9k a second at best) can't wait to see it, I've seen all the rest of these sort of films but have been told by lots of people that this film is by far the best,


I don't think downloading it is illegal??? because it was shown on a FTA channel (BBC3) & I'm not making a profit or anything???

ixoy

Oh it's illegal alright. FTA means it just costs nothing to receive the station. All material broadcast is still copyrighted. The copyright lasts many a decade. And just 'coz it's not available on DVD, video, etc. easily doesn't make it any less illegal.

Dustaz

Originally posted by aidan_dunne
Whenever I hear that bit in the opening of that song, it still brings backs memories of "Threads" and the fear that was going around at that time when I was a kid and sends a shiver down my spine.

You said it.

I saw Threads when it was first made and it scared the fùcking pìss out of me. I have no seen a film since that had the effect that threads did. The Day After is tripe, nothing compared to the horror of Threads. Having said that, i havent seen it since i was about 14 so maybe it has dated significantly.