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"Hey, comrade: let us drop the nuclear bomb on our own army. Just to be seeing what happen."

 
Did you know that Yeltsin once had his hand on the key, ready to kill us all? As recently as 1995?

 
If you have a spare hour and a half, I've found an incredibly well made documentary about the complicated causes that lead to World War Three...
... Seamless blending of archive footage and modern actors. You could almost believe it was real.

 
I don't know how I've never stumbled upon this before. I certainly don't remember it from kiddyhood (must have been a bit too young to get it, even if I did see it at the time).
Enjoy.

 
I'm guessing it's 2019 and everyone wants GOT from HBO leaked early :D

Not me though, I want this



Looks amazing but also harrowing given how true the events are.

Anyway let's end on a happier note. Why shouldn't you by Ukrainian underpants? Because Chernobyl Fallout :eek:
 
I'm guessing it's 2019 and everyone wants GOT from HBO leaked early :D

Not me though, I want this



Looks amazing but also harrowing given how true the events are.

Anyway let's end on a happier note. Why shouldn't you by Ukrainian underpants? Because Chernobyl Fallout :eek:




Has anyone been watching this? You can't even attempt to understand the decisions made hours after the explosion, yiu can see why the ussr broke up a few years later.
 
Not yet, but I do plan on watching it.

Recently found a very good podcast from a Scottish lass, about the UK doom plans. She first saw Threads aged 3, and it scarred her for life (well DUH), leading to this obsession.
Her wobsite is here:
http://www.juliemcdowall.com/
Or search for "The Atomic Hobo".
 
I am watching it.
The miners! That is a sight i did not want to see.

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Just finished watching episode 3. Wow! It's a drama that plays like a horror, although very little dramatisation needed given the horror of the events.

Only downside is that an actor from my local village is in it and everytime I see him in films it just ruins the immersion
 
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It is very blunt about the affect of high dose short exposure to radiation.

I think it should be shown to every nuclear science students as a warning for the dangers of nuclear energy.

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There is a podcast on the series. Where the writer talks about how he came to writing key plot points.

Obviously, a few areas was given over artistic license. Such as the 3 divers and torches.

Also the real story of the head technician in the control is astonishing.
 
Where can i find the podcast. Sound like it would be an intresting addition to the program

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It is very blunt about the affect of high dose short exposure to radiation.

I think it should be shown to every nuclear science students as a warning for the dangers of nuclear energy.

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I think nuclear science students will be far more clued-in to the dangers of exposure to radiation than some TV producer ;)
 
Found a rather good radio 4 play about an incoming PM, who is told to sit down and write the "letters of last resort". Well worth a listen.

 
Where can i find the podcast. Sound like it would be an intresting addition to the program

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I have podcast addiction. Proper hbo podcast nice to hear, why wrote it the he did. How he listened and read multiple stories and came up with what best for.

I think the programme cam be used for up and coming scientist. As it's a lesson in listening to what others are telling you in regards to nuclear safety.
 
There is a podcast on the series. Where the writer talks about how he came to writing key plot points.

Obviously, a few areas was given over artistic license. Such as the 3 divers and torches.

Also the real story of the head technician in the control is astonishing.
Where can I read this story?
 
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