Our Guests
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Frank Johnson—researcher for Chris White's Ancient Aliens Debunked documentary and writer for the Ancient Aliens Debunked website (https://www.ancientaliensdebunked.com/)
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Mark Campbell—creator of the Bowler or Fez Film Review channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSokpkLnhiQ65-AJK8Ru3kQ)
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Antony Rotunno—podcasts: "Glass Onion : On John Lennon" (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/glass-onion-on-john-lennon/id1473867166); "Film Gold" (https://anchor.fm/filmgold); "Life and Life Only" (https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/)
Threads (1984) and The War Game (1966)
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Threads is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and currently (November 2024) on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
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Frank watched Threads via Tubi in the US. It seems to be unavailable that way here in the UK. If you can watch it that way, do be aware that it will have adverts.
- The War Game by Peter Watkins is currently available on Amazon Prime to buy.
Key Resource
- Julie McDowall, Attack Warning Red : How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War, The Bodley Head, Penguin / Random House (2023). [JC: I highly recommend this book. It's well researched and well written.]
TMR podcasts mentioned
Items consulted for / relevant to the Roundtable
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The War Game (1966) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059894/)
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A Guide to Armageddon (1982) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085630/)
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Protect & Survive via Imperial War Museum (https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022098)
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The Day After (1983) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085404/)
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The Road (2009) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/)
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Words & Pictures (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_and_Pictures_(TV_programme))
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The Strath Committee (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strath_Committee)
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"Python" (codename) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(codename))
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UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Warning_and_Monitoring_Organisation)
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Lucy Ball, "Memories of Sheffield's Controversial 'egg box' ", The Star (27 February 2020)
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Alex Moss, "Threads: Film's traffic warden found after plea by documentary makers", BBC (16 May 2024)
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Carl Sagan et al, "Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions", Science (23 December 1983)
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Robert Jay Lifton (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jay_Lifton)
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Bryan Gardiner, "Inside the Nuclear Bunker Where America Preserves Its Movie History", Wired (07 July 2015)
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Packard Campus, US National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Virginia
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Nuke Map (https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/)
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"2024 Doomsday Clock Statement", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/)
- "I Sandwich", Corbett Report (https://corbettreport.com/i-sandwich/)
Acknowledgements
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Podcast theme music: Moment of Green by Antony Raijekov (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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Podcast image: By United States Department of Defense (either the U.S. Army or the U.S. Navy) derivative work: Victorrocha (Operation_Crossroads_Baker_(wide).jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; cropped, resized
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