Peter Watkins directs Dick Graham, Michael Aspel and Kathy Staff in this docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.

Harrowing stuff. Mainly replicating what has happened in previous mass bombings of the 20th century and relocating it in Home Counties Britain. The government and the BBC stopped this from airing. You can absolutely see why. The nightmare conjured up is gruesome, inescapable and all too plausible. The dystopia we flirted dangerously with right up until I was a kid.

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Perfect Double Bill: Culloden (1964)