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Release: July 28, 2026

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First aired on BBC, then US TV, this acclaimed docudrama depicts nuclear war's devastating impact on the working-class city of Sheffield, England. THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE 3 DISC COLLECTION INCLUDES 7 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES & BONUS DOCUMENTARY SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS On Sunday September 23rd, 1984, THREADS was broadcast on BBC2. Written by novelist/playwright Barry Hines (KES) and directed by BAFTA winner Mick Jackson, the film depicted the effects of a thermonuclear attack on the working-class city of Sheffield. Four months later, the film was shown on American cable TV. In both countries, the graphic horrors of detonation, societal collapse and nuclear winter were indelibly seared into tens of millions of homes. Over four decades it has remained "brilliant" (The Guardian), "unsensationally grim" (CineSavant) and "piss yourself terrifying" (The A.V. Club). For the first time ever, THREADS is now scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A/B rolls with 7 hours of Special Features produced by Severin Films. This collection also includes a Bonus Disc of Craig Ian Mann & Robert Nevitt's new documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS that explores the untold stories of the film's impact on the people of Sheffield and throughout UK culture. Special Features Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar Auditioning For The Apocalypse - Interview With Karen Meagher Shooting The Annihilation - Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn Destruction Designer - Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS - Feature Documentary On The Production Of THREADS And Its Effect On The People Of Sheffield Immediate And Real - Interview With Julie McDowall, Author Of Attack Warning Red! How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War And More! Bonus Materials Audio Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory Audio Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar Auditioning For The Apocalypse – Interview With Karen Meagher Shooting The Annihilation – Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn Destruction Designer – Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS – Feature Documentary On The Production Of THREADS And Its Effect On The People Of Sheffield, England Immediate And Real – Interview With Julie McDowall, Author Of Attack Warning Red! How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War U.S. Trailer Protect & Survive (1980) – Replica Of The Government-Issued Public Information Pamphlet Cast & Crew Actors: Karen Meagher Reece Dinsdale David Brierly Director: Mick Jackson Producer: Mick Jackson Producer: Graham Massey Producer: John Purdie Producer: Peter Wolfes

Release: July 28, 2026

$6.99

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First aired on BBC, then US TV, this acclaimed docudrama depicts nuclear war's devastating impact on the working-class city of Sheffield, England. THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE 3 DISC COLLECTION INCLUDES 7 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES & BONUS DOCUMENTARY SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS On Sunday September 23rd, 1984, THREADS was broadcast on BBC2. Written by novelist/playwright Barry Hines (KES) and directed by BAFTA winner Mick Jackson, the film depicted the effects of a thermonuclear attack on the working-class city of Sheffield. Four months later, the film was shown on American cable TV. In both countries, the graphic horrors of detonation, societal collapse and nuclear winter were indelibly seared into tens of millions of homes. Over four decades it has remained "brilliant" (The Guardian), "unsensationally grim" (CineSavant) and "piss yourself terrifying" (The A.V. Club). For the first time ever, THREADS is now scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A/B rolls with 7 hours of Special Features produced by Severin Films. This collection also includes a Bonus Disc of Craig Ian Mann & Robert Nevitt's new documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS that explores the untold stories of the film's impact on the people of Sheffield and throughout UK culture. Special Features Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar Auditioning For The Apocalypse - Interview With Karen Meagher Shooting The Annihilation - Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn Destruction Designer - Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS - Feature Documentary On The Production Of THREADS And Its Effect On The People Of Sheffield Immediate And Real - Interview With Julie McDowall, Author Of Attack Warning Red! How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War And More! Bonus Materials Audio Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory Audio Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar Auditioning For The Apocalypse – Interview With Karen Meagher Shooting The Annihilation – Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn Destruction Designer – Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS – Feature Documentary On The Production Of THREADS And Its Effect On The People Of Sheffield, England Immediate And Real – Interview With Julie McDowall, Author Of Attack Warning Red! How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War U.S. Trailer Protect & Survive (1980) – Replica Of The Government-Issued Public Information Pamphlet Cast & Crew Actors: Karen Meagher Reece Dinsdale David Brierly Director: Mick Jackson Producer: Mick Jackson Producer: Graham Massey Producer: John Purdie Producer: Peter Wolfes

Release: January 30, 2018

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Product Description Limited Edition of Only 3500 with a Lenticular Cover The Movie That Shook the World Restored In HD For The First Time Ever. In September 1984, THREADS was aired on the BBC and shocked tens of millions of UK viewers. Four months later, it was broadcast in America and became the most watched basic cable program in history. After more than three decades, it remains one of the most acclaimed and shattering made–for–television movies of all time. Reece Dinsdale (Coronation Street):, David Brierly (Doctor Who) and Karen Meagher, in a stunning debut performance star in this "graphic and haunting" (People Magazine) docudrama about the effects of a nuclear attack on the working –class city of Sheffield, England as the fabric of society unravels. Directed by Mick Jackson (THE BODYGUARD, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE) from a screenplay by novelist/playwright Barry Hines (Ken Loach s KES) and nominated for seven BAFTA Awards, "The most terrifying and honest portrayal of nuclear war ever filmed" (The Guardian) has now been fully restored from a 2K scan for the first time ever. SPECIAL FEATURES: Audio Commentary with Director Mick Jackson, Moderated by Film Writer Kier–La Janisse and Severin Films’ David Gregory Audition For the Apocalypse: Interview with Actress, Karen Meagher Shooting the Annihilation: Interview with Director of Photography, Andrew Dunn Destruction Designer: Interview with Production Designer, Christopher Robilliard Interview with Film Writer, Stephen Thrower US Trailer Review UNSETTLINGLY POWERFUL. THREADS is certainly among the best and most harrowing dramatizations of nuclear holocaust. --The New York Times A MASTERPIECE. Realistic, terrifying and brilliantly conceived, THREADS is guaranteed to give you nightmares. --New York Daily News EXTRAORDINARY. THREADS is the scariest, most horrifying TV movie ever made. --New York Newsday

Release: July 28, 2026

$7.99

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First aired on BBC, then US TV, this acclaimed docudrama depicts nuclear war's devastating impact on the working-class city of Sheffield, England. THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE 3 DISC COLLECTION INCLUDES 7 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES & BONUS DOCUMENTARY SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS On Sunday September 23rd, 1984, THREADS was broadcast on BBC2. Written by novelist/playwright Barry Hines (KES) and directed by BAFTA winner Mick Jackson, the film depicted the effects of a thermonuclear attack on the working-class city of Sheffield. Four months later, the film was shown on American cable TV. In both countries, the graphic horrors of detonation, societal collapse and nuclear winter were indelibly seared into tens of millions of homes. Over four decades it has remained "brilliant" (The Guardian), "unsensationally grim" (CineSavant) and "piss yourself terrifying" (The A.V. Club). For the first time ever, THREADS is now scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A/B rolls with 7 hours of Special Features produced by Severin Films. This collection also includes a Bonus Disc of Craig Ian Mann & Robert Nevitt's new documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS that explores the untold stories of the film's impact on the people of Sheffield and throughout UK culture. Special Features Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar Auditioning For The Apocalypse - Interview With Karen Meagher Shooting The Annihilation - Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn Destruction Designer - Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS - Feature Documentary On The Production Of THREADS And Its Effect On The People Of Sheffield Immediate And Real - Interview With Julie McDowall, Author Of Attack Warning Red! How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War And More! Bonus Materials Audio Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory Audio Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar Auditioning For The Apocalypse – Interview With Karen Meagher Shooting The Annihilation – Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn Destruction Designer – Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS – Feature Documentary On The Production Of THREADS And Its Effect On The People Of Sheffield, England Immediate And Real – Interview With Julie McDowall, Author Of Attack Warning Red! How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War U.S. Trailer Protect & Survive (1980) – Replica Of The Government-Issued Public Information Pamphlet Cast & Crew Actors: Karen Meagher Reece Dinsdale David Brierly Director: Mick Jackson Producer: Mick Jackson Producer: Graham Massey Producer: John Purdie Producer: Peter Wolfes