I love the way Briggs uses comedy in this play. I was laughing at the “commuters”, Jim’s mangling of abbreviations and their utter ignorance. It’s practically Shakespearean, especially when it’s in a tragedy.
The end is coming for each of us, and eventually the universe itself will end. The effects of nuclear fallout only enhance and accelerate our fates. Morbid curiosity is just a natural part of our psychology. Don’t get too hung up. There’s a time for everything. Focus on life now, and the rest will take care of itself when it does.
I remember when in 1948, I was playing with my ventriloquist dummy which I had gotten for Christmas and I heard the soldiers coming in the Piñata store in Atlanta Georgia and I hid the dummy in the attic..🤾🏼♀️👲💃🏼⛄
As much as I liked John Mills voice for James in the original film it does make me wonder what the film could have been if they did get Peter Sallis who did his voice in this audio play
I remember when this was first broadcast. I'd been to a couple of CND public meetings, and they were very sobering experiences. Coupled with the showing of 'The War Game' (originally made but banned in 1965), and 'Threads' it was a very worrying time indeed...
I remember when I was a kid, living in England during last decade of the so called "cold war". intreasting times to be a kid😱. Anyways I was around 1 of my best friends house, watching this cartoon.I asked my friends father "dave" , who was ex army. What's the best advice, if you know there's going to be a nuclear strick on uk? We lived in Portsmouth (well we lived in a place called gosport, which is nxt to Portsmouth. that had loads of armed forces bases dotted around Gosport Portsmouth) dave said "he would just go out into the bck yard with few deck chairs & drink glass full off whiskey start smoking again & watch the nuclear explosions. Because there's nothing you can do but except it's the end. 20yrs later I learnt that Soviet union had upto 6 to 7 nuclear missiles targets were for gosport and Portsmouth because of naval yards ammo stockpiles and other naval bases dotted around area. So basically you couldn't hide from what's coming? These things end up happening vary quickly. That's why even know not alot scares me because if you lived through the cold war? U knew at bck of your mind that your life could change for the worse. So you just had to live your life the best you could do. ✌️
I feel as if they were both the perfect picks. They are both the perfect voices for both Jim and Hilda. They made me feel terrible for both Jim and Hilda, nearly on the level that the comic did.
Normal people living ordinary lives tortured by Eton educated elites who know what's best for us. I expect James and Hilda and their ilk were calculated as acceptable losses. Couldn't happen today.
All of us are enslaved to a system designed to benefit the rich and powerful We're consumers We're impelled to live on saccharine media and hollow lifestyles The worst part is that there is no escape This short, distracted and blunted life is all that we have
If trump gets back in....i fear this scenario... I remember being in the police in the 80s and the nuclear training...if the bomb dropped you had to go to the nearest police station to report for duty...madness
The alternative is no more favorable. A corrupt old politician who barely knows who he is, and a VP with the temperament of a Maury guest. Disaster can and will come from either "side."
did anyone ever see threads in the 80s??!! not the best special effects but non the less a pretty alarming show…watch it if you’ve not seen…it’s what would happen if bomb dropped on industrial city…sheffield was chosen due to its manufacture of steel :(
I love the way Briggs uses comedy in this play. I was laughing at the “commuters”, Jim’s mangling of abbreviations and their utter ignorance. It’s practically Shakespearean, especially when it’s in a tragedy.
Why do I continue to torture myself with stories of nuclear armageddon 😢
The end is coming for each of us, and eventually the universe itself will end. The effects of nuclear fallout only enhance and accelerate our fates. Morbid curiosity is just a natural part of our psychology.
Don’t get too hung up. There’s a time for everything. Focus on life now, and the rest will take care of itself when it does.
Because this way we're better prepared, one thing I learnt from this story is underestimating the threat is disastrous
Say whatever you want, I for one enjoy it
To keep yourself ready at all times.
@@somerandom7672 LET ME SAY THANKS for reminding me of this dread
James and Hilda in this play remind me of my aunt and uncle when I was very young.
I listened twice to this because it was superby performed. It squeed my heart. So tragic so sad
. Thank you so much for sharing this gem
I’m worried…
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I can’t bear it when it pops!
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I remember when in 1948, I was playing with my ventriloquist dummy which I had gotten for Christmas and I heard the soldiers coming in the Piñata store in Atlanta Georgia and I hid the dummy in the attic..🤾🏼♀️👲💃🏼⛄
Thanks , times they are a changing x
As much as I liked John Mills voice for James in the original film it does make me wonder what the film could have been if they did get Peter Sallis who did his voice in this audio play
What great acting. The end brought tears to my eyes.
Oof this one hit me a little more different than the movie.
27:31 Oh dear! I’ve left the oven on!
The cake will be burnt!
Now I know what character they referenced for Wallace in the animated series, Wallace and Gromit.
The movie seems to be more of an adaptation to this radio drama than the book it was based on, since the two has the state propaganda woven into it
I remember when this was first broadcast. I'd been to a couple of CND public meetings, and they were very sobering experiences. Coupled with the showing of 'The War Game' (originally made but banned in 1965), and 'Threads' it was a very worrying time indeed...
00:27:18 Golly, What's Eating Wallace?
1:01:53 I can’t bear it anymore!
1:02:34 - When there's no cheese left
I saw this at the cinema, David Bowie sang the title track, it depressed the heck out of me.
BRILLIANT
58:44 does this white noise segment have a specific name or number or something
Who knew sitting in math class that one day our protractor would be a life safer? Personally, I have no interest in surviving a nuclear war.
Not even if it’s _the correct thing_ ??
27:35 The Cake will be Burned!
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Best get prepping!
I remember when I was a kid, living in England during last decade of the so called "cold war". intreasting times to be a kid😱. Anyways I was around 1 of my best friends house, watching this cartoon.I asked my friends father "dave" , who was ex army. What's the best advice, if you know there's going to be a nuclear strick on uk? We lived in Portsmouth (well we lived in a place called gosport, which is nxt to Portsmouth. that had loads of armed forces bases dotted around Gosport Portsmouth) dave said "he would just go out into the bck yard with few deck chairs & drink glass full off whiskey start smoking again & watch the nuclear explosions. Because there's nothing you can do but except it's the end. 20yrs later I learnt that Soviet union had upto 6 to 7 nuclear missiles targets were for gosport and Portsmouth because of naval yards ammo stockpiles and other naval bases dotted around area. So basically you couldn't hide from what's coming? These things end up happening vary quickly. That's why even know not alot scares me because if you lived through the cold war? U knew at bck of your mind that your life could change for the worse. So you just had to live your life the best you could do. ✌️
1984? The references sound like the 60’s to me.
Sounds like Wallace.
It's the same voice actor.
And the voice of Rat from Cosgrove Hall’s Wind in the Willows.
@@datprawn4850 It's also the same voice actor from Rocky Hollow 1983 and Postman Pat's Parcel of Stories
The cake will be burnt 😢
I feel as if they were both the perfect picks. They are both the perfect voices for both Jim and Hilda. They made me feel terrible for both Jim and Hilda, nearly on the level that the comic did.
Probably the saddest film of all time closely followed by watership down 😔
Still endearing tale about a couple love for each other and still as horrifying about nuclear Armageddon
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This is it.
He's no John Mills is he?
Yes he’s in the Animated Film version
and Peter Sallis in the Radio play version
@@bgoodswell6913 the guy best known for playing Wallace from Wallace and Gromit
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"The Cake will be Burned!"
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It's because they didn't have that peanut butter 😢
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5NAF Jumpscare Screams
Normal people living ordinary lives tortured by Eton educated elites who know what's best for us. I expect James and Hilda and their ilk were calculated as acceptable losses. Couldn't happen today.
Really hoping that last sentence was irony.
All of us are enslaved to a system designed to benefit the rich and powerful
We're consumers
We're impelled to live on saccharine media and hollow lifestyles
The worst part is that there is no escape
This short, distracted and blunted life is all that we have
If trump gets back in....i fear this scenario... I remember being in the police in the 80s and the nuclear training...if the bomb dropped you had to go to the nearest police station to report for duty...madness
The alternative is no more favorable. A corrupt old politician who barely knows who he is, and a VP with the temperament of a Maury guest. Disaster can and will come from either "side."
Biden will be the one to kill us all. It scares me that he has the launch codes
You're as stupid as the people depicted in this, Trump is the peace candidate
I think James and Hilda are the type to wear masks while driving 😅
So sad
Blimy.
...all rubbish , except the stars!
Ive just been seen putting some spiders eggs and pinatas in my barn 🏚️🧎🏼♀️👈
did anyone ever see threads in the 80s??!! not the best special effects but non the less a pretty alarming show…watch it if you’ve not seen…it’s what would happen if bomb dropped on industrial city…sheffield was chosen due to its manufacture of steel :(
I did and and I was 13 at the time. It's stuck with me for my entire life.
I have the dvd, I watched it yesterday ! This terrifies the hell out of me...😢
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Jim: Come back in here, you stupid
tart and get in the bloody shelter!
Hilda: Don’t you dare talk to me like that, James!
@@bgoodswell6913Wallace Sounds As If He Has Exploded With Rage.
Wallace when gromit won’t get in the fallout room
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