Thats it!

Think they also used parts of the low flats on the bend of Park Grange road. Or was that when Saturday comes?

Originally posted by desy
Yes it was filmed outside where I work on Carlisle Street East. It was the old Firth Brown tools officers(Now belongs to BTCV). The pub they went towas on Blonk Street and has now been pulled down and is part of the top car park below the Durham Ox

When was that please? Me and my mates were asked to be filmed walking down the street for a television programme that was being filmed in Sheffield - that name possibly rings a bell but never saw it.... was it a one off or a series?

Something else partly filmed in Sheffield is "The Last Train" which was shown on ITV, this was a series rather than a film, about some passengers on a train that when an asteroid crashed on Earth, their train de-rails and a cannister containing a freezing thing inside hits the floor of the train and they all get frozen for a loooooong time, when they wake up, they find Sheffield in ruins and the whole of the first episode was filmed in Sheffield, in fact, across the road from where I live, I actually walked through the sets just after they had finished filming, it was filmed in the grounds of Middlewood Hospital, an apt place for a dark thriller film.

sent you a pm andy :)

If you are inetrested in Sheffield music from the late 70's early 80's. There is a book which covers the majority of bands from that era and comes with a twenty+ track cd. "Beats working for a living" by Martin Lilleker. I think there is some sort of deal in some shops where you can get the book and the dvd together for thirty quid.

Originally posted by Kry10
when they wake up, they find Sheffield in ruins



Was it like Shaun of the Dead where they walk around for ages and noone even notices?

Not really, no zombies in this one, just a ruined earth with a few survivors, post-apocalyptic drama really, similar to threads in some respects.

it was meant to be ironic - post industrial sheffield - wot no steel...

:cool:

Threads (http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=681257&p=55&g=70&pa=gencs) Critically acclaimed but chilling story of a nuclear strike on Britain. Through the eyes of two Sheffield families we witness the immediate after-effects of the attack...the shock, grief, radiation sickness, hypothermia and starvation...

Maybe a mod should make this a stickie to avoid many a future questions on this topic :)

Hope this doesnt effect the value of my original copy!

Threads was excellent, where is it available? as my friends (who are alas too young to have seen it) would love it

In one part of the film, theres a protest out side the city hall, and in the crowd theres a very young looking me...:heyhey:
the area that was used to film the destrustion shown after the bomb went off, was where the HLC is now, and one shot of a milk float, lying in the ruines...... thats my old home...:heyhey: the price of fame.......

wow, just found this thread, havent got time to read all the responses, but i remember 'THREADS' i was young but scared life outta me, i hope someone has found it, cause i'm interested.
Also thanks for reminding me about the title of that series,The last Train, that was a brilliant series, but not many people seem to have seen it. I hope they rerun it.

Originally posted by madowl
In one part of the film, theres a protest out side the city hall, and in the crowd theres a very young looking me...:heyhey:
My wife was part of that protest too, haven't spotted her though.

The plot of "Last Train": A group of rail travellers are trapped in the tunnel between Chesterfield and Sheffield after a meteor impacts in Zambia. One of the passengers is a "girl-in-the-know" scientist in a minor position in the secret "Ark" project to save a nucleus of Humanity. She is carrying a cannister of cyrogenic gas which leaks and freezes the group (a policeman, criminal, pregnant girl, runnaway wife and children, failed businessman, solid kind of Yorkshire bloke and a good-looking girl to add sexual tension) for 50 plus years. When they've thawed out, they don't realise this and go about the aging ruins of Sheffield in the belief that have been "asleep" for a few days at most!?! They then get the idea from a grave stone that 14 years have alapsed. They manage to get an old van started (after 50 years??); explained by it being a Mercedes!?! Then go on a quest to find "Ark"; which is a giant hi-tec cryogenic complex located under a disused power station in Scotland. They spend most of the time arguing and fighting each other whilst running from aggressive natives who turn-out to be the children of the original "Ark" survivors. They discover the truth when they come across a late middle-aged couple who say they were only five when the great winds came.
In the end; they find "Ark" and discover that the girl scientist's boss and former lover, a ninety year-old, having lived there in solitude for thirty-five years. She ends his mania by smothering him with a cushion. I had this series on VCD; but gave it away. Sorry, if I still had it, I'd have sent you a copy! Kevin.

Originally posted by kev21662
The plot of "Last Train": A group of rail travellers are trapped in the tunnel between Chesterfield and Sheffield after a meteor impacts in Zambia. One of the passengers is a "girl-in-the-know" scientist in a minor position in the secret "Ark" project to save a nucleus of Humanity. She is carrying a cannister of cyrogenic gas which leaks and freezes the group (a policeman, criminal, pregnant girl, runnaway wife and children, failed businessman, solid kind of Yorkshire bloke and a good-looking girl to add sexual tension) for 50 plus years. When they've thawed out, they don't realise this and go about the aging ruins of Sheffield in the belief that have been "asleep" for a few days at most!?! They then get the idea from a grave stone that 14 years have alapsed. They manage to get an old van started (after 50 years??); explained by it being a Mercedes!?! Then go on a quest to find "Ark"; which is a giant hi-tec cryogenic complex located under a disused power station in Scotland. They spend most of the time arguing and fighting each other whilst running from aggressive natives who turn-out to be the children of the original "Ark" survivors. They discover the truth when they come across a late middle-aged couple who say they were only five when the great winds came.
In the end; they find "Ark" and discover that the girl scientist's boss and former lover, a ninety year-old, having lived there in solitude for thirty-five years. She ends his mania by smothering him with a cushion. I had this series on VCD; but gave it away. Sorry, if I still had it, I'd have sent you a copy! Kevin.

Ok, ok, this is sounding good..... so, who could trade me a copy of the DVD for something else...?

The 80's were a great time for films made in Sheffield. Let's face it, we were all pretty obsessed with the thought of a nuclear war and its after effects.

What better place to film the aftermath of a nuclear war than Sheffield? They probably didn't even have to spend that much on special effects.

Hi there. The series "The Last Train" has been shown twice in the last couple of months on the Sci-Fi channel on sky tv. It will probaby be repeated again shortly. I will keep my eye out for it and post you if it comes back on.

Originally posted by buffy
Hi there. The series "The Last Train" has been shown twice in the last couple of months on the Sci-Fi channel on sky tv. It will probaby be repeated again shortly. I will keep my eye out for it and post you if it comes back on.

Thanks very much for that Buffy - I haven't got the Sci-Fi channel.

I eagerly await your post!

In case you just want to borrow it, Broomhill library have the VHS and central have the DVD. Others might have it too, the library catalogue is linked to from the sheffield government homepage

IS a creepy film though the ending section goes on too long and there are a few too many cheesy moments (the stable scene for one). It was as if they didn't really know how to finish it.

Originally posted by Damon
You'd have to include 'Tales From A Hard City', the documentary about 4 Sheffield 'dreamers' (for which read 'mad people') made in 1994 - it's chokingly funny, though makes Sheffield look like a city of deluded nutters. And maybe it is.

Occasionally appears on late night Channel 4. It will make your jaw hit the floor and your sides will split.

Apologies to anyone on this forum who might actually be one of the 4 main people in the movie. Especially if you're the actor who can't drive who tries to get a sponsored car from Skoda. **** I REMEMBER THAT REMEMBER THE MAD BALD GUY FROM THE WYBOURN PS NOT SHOUTING BUT FORGOT TO TAKE CAPS LOCK OFF:rolleyes:

when saterday comes!!

I have been trying to think of the name of this movie for weeks so I am glad to have seen this. I can't remember much about it apart from the scene with the mushroom cloud where the woman wets herself. I will have to try and get a copy too to show the family.

http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/cctv30217&bklist=<venda_bklist1>

Cheaper at Play.com - £14.99 and free delivery!

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=R2&title=681257

It's £10.99 on this site but the RRP is wrong so not sure if they've cocked up the price - I'll prob try ordering any way.

dvdpopcorn.com/DVDDetails.asp?ProductID=59168

Wanted this for ages!

thanks for the links :thumbsup: will definately be buying it, although I may have to pluck up the courage to watch it again. Probably the most terrifying and upsetting piece of drama I have ever seen. and being filmed in Sheffield, even more poignant.

(there are new sealed videos for sale on Amazon - can't post link cos I am a newbie :blush: )

years ago i borrowed it from the video library at surrey street. if it's not there now it's nowt to do with me 'cos i took it back in 1989!

i watched it one depressing afternoon at kelvin flats. the day before i watched "when the wind blows".

nowadays i stick to norman wisdom.

by the way i once saw barry hines at a bus stop at broomhill. i was too shy to strike up a conversation about "kes", but i did once enjoy his talk on threads at the anvil in 1986.

Is it possible to get hold of a copy of Tales From A Hard City? Just had a quick search on the net and could only find reviews.

Just sat and watched threads tonnight for the first time in 15 years. Absolutely cracking and its definately very well made film, if a little dated.

Pretty weird looking at sheffield how it looked in the 1970's too.

If anyone would like to watch it, just drop me a pm.

Al x

try enquiring at hillsborough school i know some of the film was made there....

Plot Outline: A dramatisation of the probable consequences of a full scale nuclear war on an English community.

Check out Internet Movie Database - to read the review of Threads, the movie has a very young Reece Dinsdale.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/

if i remember right, there were some great shots of hyde park flats, including the empty interioir of one, which two of the kemp family are due to move into before the bomb drops (but i'm spoiling the plot!)

Originally posted by Kristian
Cheaper at Play.com - £14.99 and free delivery!

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=R2&title=681257

£11.99 and free delivery

threads is a great film more so cos it was filmed in sheffield really gets you wondering .......what if?:o

OMG! Empire has given Threads FIVE Stars in its review:

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/athome/ReviewDVDPlay.asp?AID=10761

At the time that 'Threads' was made (1984) people seeing it were justifiably frightened of what could happen in the event of a nuclear war... In October of 1962, 22 years earlier, many people who knew what could happen, were at that time almost certain that it would happen!. To avoid it, it needed the Russians to back down and agree to American demands and given the state of the Cold War at the time and previous experiences of russian aggression, this didn't seem in the least likely to a lot of people...

For details see... http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html

Ive seen threads but only because my friend was an extra in it when he was a little boy, are there recognisable places in it? from now I mean?
C x

During the latter part of my school years we read the book, "When the Wind Blows".
Basically it was an account of a couple who held out after a nuclear attack. The story was very graphic about the man and his wife showing symptoms of radiation poisoning and eventually leading them to die.

Then this bloody film came out showing a nuclear bomb going off over Sheffield. I lost of sense of worth there and then, I thought it was ineviatable that we were soon to be blown away.:loopy:

I still think it affects me now. Anyone know a good psychologist
:help:

threads is now out!

just seen in it a brochure which fell out of the radio times!

:) happy viewing

Hi i used to live where threads were made where hillsborough leisure centre is now i remember all the costumes and make up they all wore.:gag:

dvd copy of Threads arrived on Friday £10.99 incl postage from www.dvdpopcorn.com

Bought it purely based on the excitement shown on SF! Will post when I've watched it but I'm sure it'll get a :thumbsup: purely because it's local.

Wached the DVD a few days ago. Despite the poor 'special effects', and the acting is a bit northern stereotype, its still very good, and a bit scary.

K.

I bought a new VHS tape of Threads around three months ago off amazon.com ... do a search under Barry Hines Threads.
I think I paid around £17 incl package etc. Ebay was just too dear for, what could turn out to be rubbish when you actually received it.

Threads - £11.99 delivered (http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=R2&title=681257)

We watched this in school when it came out, I remember alot of news stories were about nuclear threats, tv programmes about building your own shelter, when the wind blows etc... it was quite worrying for a young kid...then school thought it would be a great idea to watch Threads... :shakes:

They have it in HMV and Silverscreen in Meadowhall but it's £19.99 and 18.99 respectively.

The main thing that concerned me at the time, was that we were told if a nuclear bomb was dropped on the city centre, we at home (living out in the sticks) would survive the bomb itself...but my dad who worked on Ecclesall Rd, would not.

We also didn't have a home telephone :(

just finished watching the dvd. compared to what we see now as special effects this poor quality but you have to remember when it was made, there is no real storyline but this was made during a period when everyone was sensitive to the possibility of a nuclear strike. having said there is no story and the effects were v.poor it still had the capacity to shock. the effect on the human body of this horrific attck will no doubt be too much for some people to watch. what makes it worse is the number of places still recognisable today, the sight of the mushroom cloud over the town hall and the graphic scenes of burning bodies

Just remember ....don't have nightmares

Originally posted by Kry10
Hi all, me yet again, I made a request last post I made, but it got lost in the midst of the rest of the threads that was made, anyways......

I am after the film Threads, that's the one with the Nuclear attack on Sheffield one, I have searched everywhere, but not had any luck so far, I am after a copy, not bothered if it is not the original and I am willing to pay for one, so easy cash for anyone who can be bothered to run a copy off.

Also, I doubt it, but might as well ask, I am after a series called The Last Train that was shown on TV some time ago, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Remember seeing Threads on telly at the time very realistic and shocking in its juxtaposition of such apocalyptic events with the mundanity of everyday life. Made even more horrific by it being made (mid-80s) when the USA and USSR were playing a game of brinkmanship above the nuclear precipice.

Last Train utter ****e...dont bother.

Watched this film the other night
Felt like slitting my wrists at the end
Even had a dream about it last night but i was holding up at meadowhall
Is it just cause its filmed in sheffield it effected me so much?
craig

I noticed a copy of this in my local library, but dont feel like repeating the experience.

Part of it was filmed in the office next to the one I worked in (ie my bosses office) in the egg box. They did it at the weekend, so we didnt see anything, just had to move and tidy a load of my bosses papers.

Originally posted by Craig7777
Watched this film the other night
Felt like slitting my wrists at the end
Even had a dream about it last night but i was holding up at meadowhall
Is it just cause its filmed in sheffield it effected me so much?
craig

i think i was 13 when it was on tv and i remember having nightmares for a few days too!

:|

ive just got it off play.com for £11.99 free postage :)

Originally posted by RPG
Anybody seen this before?

Its the Film (made by Barry Hines of Kes fame) which shows the lives of 2 sheffield families in the aftermath of a nuclear strike on sheffield

(from IMDB: Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and it's affect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run affects of nuclear war on civilization.)
ive been waiting months for a copy and it finally arrived this morning :)

Originally posted by max
Moved, ta.

great work

having just watched the film i found it quite disturbing however,i think there's a few places on this earth tha\t would actually benifit from nuclear attack,or to put it another way the rest of the world would benifit if these places were nuked..

just come accross this http://www.btinternet.com/~pdbean/threads.html
i remembered there were posts on here about it,sorry if its a re post,havent read all the thread

Threads is available for rental from www.lovefilm.co.uk, one of those DVD rental sites.

Yeah, I watched it recently, and it depressed me to pieces. I don't think I've watched a film in my adult life that has moved me that much. Stayed awake most of the night thinking about it. Still, I think it's a great film. Not one that I'll be watching again and again though.

Yeah, I watched it recently, and it depressed me to pieces. I don't think I've watched a film in my adult life that has moved me that much. Stayed awake most of the night thinking about it. Still, I think it's a great film. Not one that I'll be watching again and again though.

I not watched it in years, since I was at school in drama class, it freaked me out and gave me sleepless nights.

Hi all, me yet again, I made a request last post I made, but it got lost in the midst of the rest of the threads that was made, anyways......

I am after the film Threads, that's the one with the Nuclear attack on Sheffield one, I have searched everywhere, but not had any luck so far, I am after a copy, not bothered if it is not the original and I am willing to pay for one, so easy cash for anyone who can be bothered to run a copy off.

Also, I doubt it, but might as well ask, I am after a series called The Last Train that was shown on TV some time ago, any help would be greatly appreciated.

have you tried ebay?

here is a bbc news article on the original public information film which appears in threads. looks like the beeb have done a story on this as part of their festival of public information films. hmmm, whatever next? the film, entitled protect and survive - action after warnings was made in 1975 (some years before threads was made). the music on this film, reminds me of threads and sends a chill down the spine.... huhhhhh!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4743384.stm

I HAVE THE ORIGINAL VIDEO OF THREADS FROM THE SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY
WHAT THEY WERE USING BEFORE THE FILM WENT PUBLIC.

AT THE BEGINING IT DOES SHOW what to do in the event of a nuclear war.

juliediane

I have just watched the film threads and noticed how much sheffield has changed since this film was made in the film they showed finningly airbase the eggbox at the town hall all now gone and the moor was packed full of shoppers if sheffield was targeted what would they target as most of the places of strategic value are no longer there

Thankfully, the thawing of the cold war has probably taken Sheffield from the targets of the 'old' enemy Russia. However, since innocent civillians are the target of the new threats from Al Quida we're still in the same boat.

was this on tv (digital?) recently? If so will it be repeated?. Are there copies available in the library?

was this on tv (digital?) recently? If so will it be repeated?. Are there copies available in the library?

im sure its out on dvd now

I downloaded it ILLEGALLY from a torrent website...

I can't see why sheffield would be a target for extremist terrorism...its hardly gonna cause an impact. you can imagine it ... people in london watching the news

"sheffield was devistated by a bombing"
"...where?"

They woudn't need a bomb, they would only have to drop a few cm of snow on Sheffield to totaly cripple it.

They woudn't need a bomb, they would only have to drop a few cm of snow on Sheffield to totaly cripple it.

How about a few of us offer to let our cars break down on Nursery Street at 3.30pm? That should do the trick. ;)


If someone wanted to get us, they'd surely go for Meadowhall, the new 'landmark' apartments and offices in town or a football match?

was this on tv (digital?) recently? If so will it be repeated?. Are there copies available in the library?

Its out on DVD definately now from play.com - thats where I bought it from for about a tenner

"sheffield was devistated by a bombing"
"...where?"
''£10.50's worth of damage was caused. The good news is Unemployment is now down by a miilion....'' :hihi:

"caught within the blast range was the up and coming chavindy band the arctic monkeys. many survivors lined the streets in celebration"


sorry...too far

Has got to be the most uplifting film I have ever seen.

Watch more films.

Has got to be the most uplifting film I have ever seen.

Edited by me - made no sense at all

But they all snuff it from radiation sickness and hypothermia!

Its very dated now, But god I do rember Sheffield when it did look like that.:thumbsup:

Has got to be the most uplifting film I have ever seen.
it was the first thing i thought of when i saw the mushroom of smoke from fletchers fire

it was the first thing i thought of when i saw the mushroom of smoke from fletchers fire

And later when all the smoke you could see from Stannington was laid over the whole area - very eerie :suspect:

It's uplifting in that it never happened and we're all still alive. Next stop, bird flu...

makes sheffield look as grey as it often is

Havent heard much recently about bird flu.

Havent heard much recently about bird flu.


That's because it's summer. Flu's in abeyance over the summer. In the 1918 pandemic, there was a batch of it in the first winter, then it went away, then the next winter it stormed the world.

the director, IIRC, was Barry Hines, who directed "Kes"

It was filmed in and around sheffield in 1980/81. I was in an amateur dramatic society, as an actress, at the time, and auditioned for a part in the film, and I had definitely left school by that time.

it really played with my head, that film. I don't know if it was the fact that is showed our own city being destroyed, that made it all the more horrific....

It was shown around 1982/3, on tv, (it is usual for films to have been on release for 2-3 years before they go to tv, unless they arespecifically a "made-for-tv movie)

PT

Finally got this on DVD.
PS It was made in late 1983 and first shown on the BBC on 23rd September 1984, repeated in 1985. There was no gap between production and tv screening as it WAS made for tv.

watched it again yesterday and it scared the crap out of me. amazingly powerful even now.

Finally got this on DVD.
PS It was made in late 1983 and first shown on the BBC on 23rd September 1984, repeated in 1985. There was no gap between production and tv screening as it WAS made for tv.

I don't think it was quite that late, as I remember having to take my sister along to the audition, and my mother was still alive then. so I'm thinking filmed late 82..? (she had her brain haemmorhage in May of 1982)

I don't think it was quite that late, as I remember having to take my sister along to the audition, and my mother was still alive then. so I'm thinking filmed late 82..? (she had her brain haemmorhage in May of 1982)

According to the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/threads.shtml), it was first shown in 1984.

I remember watching it when it was first shown and it really made me think about what I'd want to do if the worst did happen. Scared the life out of me as well.

My mates mum married Barry a few years ago, I might ask him if he'll consider doing a remake. :hihi:

Is your mates mum.s first name Jean?

According to a pretty accurate looking fansite (and trainspottery types who run these are usually sticklers for accuracy) it was filmed in late 1983 which makes sense if it was shown a year later.
It probably therefore also makes sense that the auditions were about a year before that ie in late 1982 like you say.

My mum and dad used to go on about it all the time and i finally watched it last year I was sooooo scared lol think it was cos it all looked so familiar.
Can't go on the moor now without thinking about the film lol

My mates sisters teacher was in it, he played the beardy guy in the basement of the town hall that died. Her exact words not mine.

I remember watching it at school in RE :)

My mates sisters teacher was in it, he played the beardy guy in the basement of the town hall that died. Her exact words not mine.

You borrowed my DVD of it. ;)

I think mums borrowed it now.

Its an ace film though.

eerie film- yes I remember it being on tv and would love to see it again- they ought to show it on film4

it scares me to death !!!!!

You borrowed my DVD of it. ;)

I think mums borrowed it now.

Its an ace film though.

When are you gettin when the wind blows back so i can borrow that and scare my little love monkey rigid?

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476&highlight=Threads+film

Theres loads of film threads on SF...Which one do you mean exactly?



















Sorry, couldn't resist. :D

The film from the 80s in which Russia drop a nuclear bomb on Sheffield... Just wondered which area or landmark you would or would'nt miss if this became reality?

I wouldn't miss anything. Chances are I'd be dead.

Swillsborough

hopefully russia would miss....and hit rotherham :)

arf

hopefully russia would miss....and hit rotherham :)

arf

Reckon you would get change from a fiver to repair damage!

my school teacher was in that, ohhh showing my age now!!

my school teacher was in that, ohhh showing my age now!!

Who did she play?

Swillsborough

Bramall Lane! :D

Silly troll! :rant: :loopy:

my school teacher was in that, ohhh showing my age now!!

My friend took part in the crowd scenes at the town hall.

i'm 32 babes and have had many a drunken night since then, i cant remember what i did yesterday let alone which part my teacher played 15/20 years ago!!!:confused: she was in it briefly looking for someone that had gone missing i think, she was my drama teacher, fantastic woman

i'm 32 babes and have had many a drunken night since then, i cant remember what i did yesterday let alone which part my teacher played 15/20 years ago!!!:confused: she was in it briefly looking for someone that had gone missing i think, she was my drama teacher, fantastic woman

She didn't wet herself on the Moor then? Does anyone know her shes classic!

Oh dear, no but i think i may have to watch it again just to see that!!!

:hihi: Its by far the best bit!

By the sounds of it, Iran aren't far from threatning us lot with their Nukes. :help:

By the sounds of it, Iran aren't far from threatning us lot with their Nukes. :help:

Hopefully we will nuke them first!:thumbsup:

well with the big thing about russia threatening to aim nukes at europe if the us go ahead witht heir missile defence plan, that means fylingdales would be a target as that will be a main radar centre in the plan, and thats quite close to whitby

*sets off running*

Hopefully we will nuke them first!:thumbsup:

If I had my way, I'd line the fockers up in a straight line and pop 'em off one by one.

If I had my way, I'd line the fockers up in a straight line and pop 'em off one by one.

After you had scalpeled all their eyes out I take it?

The choc shop on Broomhill.

If I had my way, I'd line the fockers up in a straight line and pop 'em off one by one.

Funny that. I have a friend who is half Iranian. Would you like to begin with him?

Funny that. I have a friend who is half Iranian. Would you like to begin with him?

Probably!:hihi:

Funny that. I have a friend who is half Iranian. Would you like to begin with him? oy put the old handbag down and back off or we open fire :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

oy put the old handbag down and back off or we open fire :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Your right I should have had thicker skin and took it in jest.

I wouldn't want a group of yokel racist idiots with guns, they might hurt themselves ;)

Your right I should have had thicker skin and took it in jest.

I wouldn't want a group of yokel racist idiots with guns, they might hurt themselves ;)

He's not on about dropping one on his own door step, he is on about in the desert surely?

Before this 'thread':suspect: gets locked, just out of interest, where did you find a copy of it PLUMBHEAT?
I saw it first time round, but I was a lil sprog I think when it was first out.

Before this 'thread':suspect: gets locked, just out of interest, where did you find a copy of it PLUMBHEAT?
I saw it first time round, but I was a lil sprog I think when it was first out.

I lent it him

I bought it off play.com :)

Here it is

Clicky (http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/681257/Threads/Product.html)

i was gonna say, it got rereleased, finally
after so long in the wilderness and only available on pirate copies, no idea still why the original dvd version was only available for so little time :confused:

Bloomin eck, threads.
Someone on here was going to make me a copy of this film about 2 years ago but nowt came of it. I watched it last about 10 years ago and I laughed when it showed "Ray allans" of pinstone street and its legendary closing down sale that seemed to go on for about a decade.

While i was at Hurlfield school, 23-ish years ago. (OMG I'm old) a producer was looking for people to star in Threads 2 or something similar. I was picked to audition, I was dead excited at the oppurtunity to get nuked. All the people chosen attended a few meetings at the City Hall to discuss the film, then the final meeting came which was about how funding had not been granted and the film would not be made. And that is why i'm posting on the sheffield forum from Hillsborough and not Hollywood.

Bramall Lane! :D

Silly troll! :rant: :loopy:

pml you really meant hillsborough rich

I was a student in Shirecliffe College at the time they were filming. We were shocked when the first pyrotechnic 'atom bomb' was detonated. According to accounts at the time, a suspended bag of petrol was ignited creating a mushroom of flame. When filmed from the right angle, it made a convincing nuke. It certainly lit up the inside of our biology class - several students hit the deck, perhaps thinking it was for real!

Here it is

Clicky (http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/681257/Threads/Product.html)

cheers for that:thumbsup:

Some more info on it here: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads

If you have watched this then do a search on youtube for a film called 'The War Game'. It was filmed in 1965 but in a roundabout way banned by the BBC who commissioned it on the grounds that "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting".

IMHO it is just a haunting as threads but most of us on here will relate to threads easier as it was made in the 80's.

Some more info on it here: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads

If you have watched this then do a search on youtube for a film called 'The War Game'. It was filmed in 1965 but in a roundabout way banned by the BBC who commissioned it on the grounds that "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting".

IMHO it is just a haunting as threads but most of us on here will relate to threads easier as it was made in the 80's.

After searching wiki, I found a link to the entire film online....

here it is (http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488&hl=en-GB)

After searching wiki, I found a link to the entire film online....

here it is (http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488&hl=en-GB)

Thanks ash, I look forward to watching that. Not only was I a whippersnapper when it was on, I'd never been to Sheffield then. I'll be looking out for my old college mates who were extras. :)

I watched it last night. Wow, couldn't remember any of it from the first time round, other than the mushroom cloud over the Moor.

Quite hard hitting, even as dated as it is.

I just watched it on YouTube of all places,but remember seeing originally in 1984 on the BBC when I was 11.It was horrifying back then and still is grim to watch.Any recollections upon seeing this film?Was anyone involved in the production or shooting as extras or actors or do you remember seeing it being filmed?

Also available on DVD: http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/681257/Threads/Product.html

top film.

K.

I just watched it on YouTube of all places,but remember seeing originally in 1984 on the BBC when I was 11. etc. etc.

Read the forum help aboot searching first. innit, Jimmy?

Think there is already a thread (pardon the pun) on SF already about this.

Yes, I remember it - it was brilliant and shocking. But I still moved to Sheffield a year later, so it didn't put me off :hihi:

I`ve got a coy of his film! It`s very good. I remembe the filming of it also,but can`t remember why! Think I was in town on that day,but can`t see myself on any of the scenes.

I remember seeing tis when it was first screened and recently bought it on DVD. Watched it again and still find it shocking even though it is a bit dated.

Remember it? I was in it.

That's me in vomit and blood stains at the Infirmary.

I remember seeing tis when it was first screened and recently bought it on DVD. Watched it again and still find it shocking even though it is a bit dated.

I watched 4 months ago on dvd,it took me 23 years to be able to watch it again.I agree it looks dated and the acting was bad but it still had lost none of its impact.

i saw it listed on tv-links.co.uk but i dare ot open iti remember watching it first hand even now at nearly 40 i cant bring myself to watch threads

more forum reactions here - might be worth a mega merge?

I've never seen it, but I should probably get round to it.

Remember it? I was in it.

That's me in vomit and blood stains at the Infirmary.

Cool. I'll now try and sort out the mega-merge

MOD NOTE

Ok I've just merged a load of individual threads into one so some parts may seem a liitle disjointed.

Thanks

i saw it listed on tv-links.co.uk but i dare ot open iti remember watching it first hand even now at nearly 40 i cant bring myself to watch threads

i flicked through it the other day...................WOW its still as powerful as i remember, still makes the hairs stand on end etc.

is it really purely cos we know its in sheffield? and know the places etc or just the acton of an atomic bomb?

Both, its an amazingly powerful film even though it looks like it had a budget of £3.50

is it really purely cos we know its in sheffield? and know the places etc or just the acton of an atomic bomb?

I lived in the south east from soon after being born and didnt get back until my mid 20s so Sheffield to me was just a place i went to occasionally to visit relatives but it scared the s**t out of me when I saw it back in the 80s. Therefore IMHO it's not so much because it's filmed in sheffield but that it was filmed in a recognisable "Anytown, UK".
And in the 80s we lived perpetually knowing that it was almost likely the Threads scenario would eventually happen to us. Arguably more chance that it would happen that wouldn't happen!

I just thought i'd post this here because it's a difficult film to get hold of, Play.com have it in for £5.99 and free P&P

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/681257/-/Product.html?P36=9QMJDL&P36=9QNCP8

It scared the bejebus out of me when I was a kid!:o

It scared the bejebus out of me when I was a kid!:o

seen it lately?
it still does tbh

:)

seen it lately?
it still does tbh

:)

I watched it a few weeks ago, and I agree with you, it still does!

I just thought i'd post this here because it's a difficult film to get hold of, Play.com have it in for £5.99 and free P&P

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/681257/-/Product.html?P36=9QMJDL&P36=9QNCP8

You can torrent it for nowt :cool:

It terrified me back in the 80s and ever since seeing it as a young easily influenced teenager I sometimes get dreams including nuclear bombs and I trace it back to Threads!

I got a burnt copy of it on DVD a few years ago and only summoned up courage to watch it again a few months ago. It's still a disturbing film. I hope this never, ever happens.

Look what I found!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488

My mate was an extra and can be seen running across the Moor, before being vapourised!

Thats incredible you can even save it for you Ipod etc. All free of charge. Well done mate.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thats incredible you can even save it for you Ipod etc. All free of charge. Well done mate.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
yeah i grabbed an old OI! for england play off there the other day, was ok online but after i grabbed the mpg version...it was all out of sync :(

Can anyone remember a film shot in Sheffield called THREADS ?
I remember at the time it upset me to death as a kid and Ive just watched it again. Some good ol' Sheffield accents that you dont hear much anymore and some old landmarks too that arenyt around anymore.

I'm surprised that you weren't prompted towards the multiple threads already started about this film when you began this thread.

Yes, a film I really enjoyed. Definitely very harrowing, much more so than the supposed horror films of today. Perhaps being set in Sheffield makes it all the more real.

Reminds me how fragile society really is.

I'm surprised that you weren't prompted towards the multiple threads already started about this film when you began this thread.

Are you intimating that this particular thread is threadbare.
Threads was written by Barry Hines, and won the BAFTA award for best single drama.

Wow! I've just watched it and it is one of the most harrowing things i've seen. Very real, especially when you see the Moor getting obliterated. It really brings it home, what a danger the world is in... :S

Ive got it on dvd and think its great

I have it on DVD - We were shown it virtually every other week when I was a kid at school in the 1980's! You forget the actors who were in it too - the guy who played Joe in Corrie was the lead guy, his mam was the old lass out of Early Doors and also now in Corrie as Jack Duckworths fancy woman... Even Zach from Emmerdale is a guy who works in the egg boxes...

Wow! I've just watched it and it is one of the most harrowing things i've seen. Very real, especially when you see the Moor getting obliterated. It really brings it home, what a danger the world is in... :S

It's not about what a danger the world is in - it's about the danger we believed we were in in the 1980's... These days we are blowing the Wicker up in Four Lions, as this is the danger we see today...

do you have the full name of this carnt seem to find on internet please??

do you have the full name of this carnt seem to find on internet please??

Threads - buy it for a few quid from Amazon!

There is one on amazon (Threads), bit expencive at £60 though.

Here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U409/qid=1064245831/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/026-1014024-2452410)

They also have this one at £4.99 free delivery, i'm guessing because it's not got the original artwork it has a lesser collector's value

here.. http://http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009S9LNK/ref=asc_df_B0009S9LNK1686351?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0009S9LNK

Sorry, not too clued up on linking websites, appears that link is broken, but if you search threads DVD on amazon it shows it

They also have this one at £4.99 free delivery, i'm guessing because it's not got the original artwork it has a lesser collector's value

here.. http://http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009S9LNK/ref=asc_df_B0009S9LNK1686351?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0009S9LNK

Sorry, not too clued up on linking websites, appears that link is broken, but if you search threads DVD on amazon it shows it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Threads-DVD-Karen-Meagher/dp/B0009S9LNK

Better still, pay Amazon £4.49 with free delivery!

Dont buy it! it kept me awake at night for ages worrying about the possibility of nuclear attack, it all seemed so real, even though the special effects are rubbish. Good film though.

you can watch the FULL FILM on YOUTUBE for free also

They showed us Threads whilst we were at school....petrified me, I spent the next 6 weeks walking around staring upwards

Yay Threads! Haven't read all this thread, but I was one of the extras on the Moor scene, with my then 18 month-old toddler (she's now 28!) It was my brown Mclaren buggy lying on it's side during that scene. The stage direction was that if your surname was between A - M you froze on the spot when the signal was given & if your surname was N - Z you ran round like crazy.
I was also in demonstration bit when the Sally Army came round the corner - that was impromptu - they just appeared. & also in the aftermath when everyone was walking round in a daze. It was funny, cos when it was being filmed, we were told to come in old clothes, & everyone came wearing afgans, duffle coats, flares etc. that had gone out of fashion over a decade before!
The best bit was watching the make-up artists painting everyone with wounds etc - fascinating. :)

What a great memory Hemlock, thanks for sharing it. :)

They showed us Threads whilst we were at school....petrified me, I spent the next 6 weeks walking around staring upwards
Sorry, but I was one of the teachers showing it.

They also have this one at £4.99 free delivery, i'm guessing because it's not got the original artwork it has a lesser collector's value

here.. http://http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009S9LNK/ref=asc_df_B0009S9LNK1686351?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0009S9LNK

Sorry, not too clued up on linking websites, appears that link is broken, but if you search threads DVD on amazon it shows it

Which is the original artwork? Mine has a mushroom cloud at the top, "Threads" in gold italic across the middle and lots of faces at the bottom.

Which is the original artwork? Mine has a mushroom cloud at the top, "Threads" in gold italic across the middle and lots of faces at the bottom.

Thats the one i have too. It must be the newer one as in small print on the back it has a copyright to 2000 Revelation Films - im guessing they re-released it in 2000?

Thats the one i have too. It must be the newer one as in small print on the back it has a copyright to 2000 Revelation Films - im guessing they re-released it in 2000?
yeah thats the reissue, i believe the dvd only came out for a very short time before then, then vanished for years, thats why it can cost so much, i was after it on dvd for years and it wasnt available, then suddenly it came out again

threads covers
later copy (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W4MH0YT0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) - the one i have
2000 one? (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KFBZHY5VL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Confused :confused:

Are you saying the "later copy" came out first?

Anybody seen this before?

Its the Film (made by Barry Hines of Kes fame) which shows the lives of 2 sheffield families in the aftermath of a nuclear strike on sheffield

(from IMDB: Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and it's affect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run affects of nuclear war on civilization.)

Reece Dinsdale & the blowing up of the Moor Woolies. Great stuff.

Downloading it via usenet now. Never herd of this before, sounds interesting.

Downloading it via usenet now. Never herd of this before, sounds interesting.
Never heard of it? :o

Nope. I'm only in my late 20's though ;-)

It's still a powerful film evoking strong reaction when people see it even today. As with all Barry Hines work, gritty and thought provoking.

I just wondered whether anyone had seen the film Threads? It's a BBC docudrama made in 1984 about the effects of a nuclear attack on Sheffield.

I won't say loads more, but I thought it was a harrowing, atmospheric, brilliant film that was difficult to watch but harder to stop watching!

It's available on Google Videos for free too (just search 'threads' and it's one of the first results) - watch if you get chance!

Anyone agree/disagree?

I think most people in the Threads megathread (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476&highlight=threads) have seen it.

I watched it last week on youtube.

They showed us Threads whilst we were at school....petrified me, I spent the next 6 weeks walking around staring upwards

My favourite bit when I watched it at school was the mushroom cloud going up over Debenhams on the Moor!!! Closely followed by the cat melting into the milk bottle... We used to watch it at least once a term, in the reign of Thatcher and Regan was over the pond... We all thought we'd be dead next week!!!

I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago via a streaming site (forget which one) and was really impressed by it. I was expecting a real shaby film with poor effects. I thought the way it was done really worked well, it was a tight budget but the lack of seeing things (like where the young boy is dead and all you see is his foot sticking up) helped to build the athmosphere of the film.

A very good film, but quite hard to watch even now.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/681257/Threads/Product.html?searchstring=threads&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&urlrefer=search

£4.99

Both Threads & The War Game can be viewed free in full on Google Videos as a single clip (unlike You Tube where they are split into many parts).