Threads The closest you'll ever want to come to nuclear war. Release date: 1984-09-23 Genres: War, Drama, Science Fiction Actors: Jane Hazlegrove, Sharon Baylis, Nat Jackley, June Broughton, Ed Bishop, Dean Williamson, Reece Dinsdale, Karen Meagher, Sylvia Stoker, Patrick Allen, Steve Halliwell, Peter Faulkner, Nigel Collins, Ruth Holden, Lee Daley, Victoria O'Keefe, Nicholas Lane, David Brierly, Ted Beyer, Rita May, Richard Albrecht, Colin Ward-Lewis, Lesley Judd, Henry Moxon, Jonathan Harston, Michael O'Hagan, Mike Kay, Graham Hill, Ashley Barker, David Major, Joe Belcher, Joe Holmes, Brian Grellis, Greta Dunn, Christine Buckley, Paul Vaughan, Phil Askham, Michael Shale, Andy Fenn-Rodgers, Fiona Rook, Michael Ely, Phil Rose, Anna Seymour, Anthony Collin, Maggie Ford, Harry Beety, David Stutt, Dennis Conlon, John Livesey, Jerry Ready, Marcus Lund, Ingrid P. Frehley, Lee Cambell, Anne Sellors Budget: $420,000Runtime: 1 h. 57 min. Score: 7.6/10 Votes: 350 Countries: Australia, United Kingdom Companies: Western-World Television Inc., BBC, Nine Network Australia Available* : Overview: Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.