Editing Threads (1984 film) (section)

==Release history==
===Broadcast===
''Threads'' was a co-production of the [[BBC]], [[Nine Network]] and Western-World Television, Inc. It was first broadcast on [[BBC Two]] on 23 September 1984 at 9:30&nbsp;pm, and achieved the highest ratings on the channel (6.9&nbsp;million) of the week.<ref name="offthetelly"/> The cast and around six hundred<ref name=bbc40th>{{cite web |last1=McKevitt |first1=Greg |title=Brutal lessons of 1984 nuclear bomb drama Threads |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/crl8nj3xxp7o |website=[[BBC Online|BBC Archive]] |access-date=10 October 2024 |date=9 October 2024}}</ref> extras from the Sheffield area were invited to a private screening at the [[Fiesta Nightclub (Sheffield)|Fiesta Nightclub]] ahead of the official broadcast.<ref name="newstatesman2018"/> It was repeated on [[BBC One]] on 1 August 1985 as part of a week of programmes marking the fortieth anniversary of the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]], which also saw the first television screening of ''[[The War Game]]'' (which had been deemed too disturbing for television in the 20 years since it had been made). ''Threads'' was not shown again on British screens until the [[Digital Video Broadcasting|digital]] channel [[BBC Four]] broadcast it in October 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Threads – BBC Film Review |last=Bunn |first=Mike |date=23 June 2010 |publisher=Suite 101 }}</ref> It was also shown on [[U%26Eden|UKTV Documentary]] in September 2004 and April 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476| title= Sheffield film 'Threads' |website= sheffieldforum.co.uk| date= 14 March 2003 |access-date=4 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180304231748/https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476| url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2018, nuclear history journalist Julie McDowall led a distributed viewing of the film, encouraging the audience to share their reactions on [[Twitter]] under the [[hashtag]] #threaddread, as part of a campaign to ask the BBC to show the film for the first time since 2003.<ref name="newstatesman2018" /> A new BBC broadcast, again on BBC Four, eventually took place on 9 October 2024 to mark the film's fortieth anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/15/threads-nuclear-apocalypse-bbc-tv-drama-40-years-on-mick-jackson-interview|first=Jude|last=Rogers|title=The most horrific, sobering thing I've ever seen': BBC nuclear apocalypse film Threads 40 years on| work= [[The Guardian]] | date= 15 September 2024 |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref><ref name=bbc40th />

''Threads'' was broadcast in the United States on cable network [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|Superstation TBS]] on 13 January 1985,<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/01/11/threads-nightmare-after-the-holocaust/ |title='Threads': Nightmare After the Holocaust |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=11 January 1985 |last=Clark |first=Kenneth R. |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227161742/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-01-11/features/8501030030_1_nuclear-winter-nuclear-war-world-war-iii |url-status=live }}</ref> with [[Ted Turner]] presenting the introduction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgNsD8iCFvA |title=WTBS introduction Threads 1985 |website=[[YouTube]] |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=26 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426051532/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgNsD8iCFvA |url-status=live }}</ref> This was followed the next day by a broadcast of an episode of BBC documentary series ''[[Natural World]]'', "On the Eighth Day", about [[nuclear winter]], and a panel discussion on nuclear war. It was also shown in syndication to local commercial stations and, later, on many [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] stations. In Canada, ''Threads'' was broadcast on [[CITY-DT|Citytv]] in [[Toronto]], [[CKVU-DT|CKVU]] in [[Vancouver]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdI_TYAT0z4 |title=Threads on CKVU 1984 |website=[[YouTube]] |date=11 August 2009 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811215146/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdI_TYAT0z4 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[CKND-DT|CKND]] in [[Winnipeg]],<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfFa-jlN22U |title=CKND - Introduction to Threads (1985) |website=[[YouTube]] |date=3 July 2009 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160811215139/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfFa-jlN22U |url-status=live }}</ref> in New Zealand on [[TVNZ]] in September 1984,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1170?page=52 | title=Classic NZ TV Listings | date=4 January 2023 }}</ref> and in Australia it was shown on the [[Nine Network]] on 19 June 1985.<ref name="SMH">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KNoqAAAAIBAJ&pg=3889,6453665 |title=Clive has a certain appeal, despite the colonial cringe |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=26 June 1985 |last=Carlton |first=Mike |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116020212/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KNoqAAAAIBAJ&pg=3889,6453665 |url-status=live }}</ref> Unusually for a commercial network, it broadcast the film without commercial breaks;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDRVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4247,5751601 |title=Threads: A Devastating Piece Of TV |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=27 June 1985 |last=Hutchinson |first=Garrie |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201115234334/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDRVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4247,5751601 |url-status=live }}</ref> many commercial outlets in the United States and Canada that broadcast the film also did so without commercial interruption, or interrupting only for disclaimers or promos.

===Home media===
''Threads'' was originally released by [[BBC Video]] (on [[VHS]] and, for a very short period, [[Betamax]]) in 1987 in the United Kingdom. The film was re-released on both VHS and DVD in 2000 on the Revelation label, followed by a new DVD edition in 2005. Due to licensing difficulties the 1987 release replaced [[Chuck Berry]]'s recording of his song "[[Johnny B. Goode]]" with an alternative recording of the song. In all these cases, the original music over the opening narration was removed, again due to licensing problems; this was an extract from the [[Alpine Symphony]] by [[Richard Strauss]], performed by the [[Dresden State Opera Orchestra]], conducted by [[Rudolf Kempe]] (HMV ASD 3173).

On 13 February 2018, ''Threads'' was released by [[Severin Films]] on [[Blu-ray]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.blu-ray.com/Threads/183183/ |title= Threads (1984)| website= blu-ray.com| publisher= | date= | access-date= October 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/t-z/threads84blu.htm |title= Threads (1984) Blu-ray| website= DVDDrive-In.com| publisher= | date= | access-date= October 11, 2023}}</ref> The programme was scanned in 2K from a broadcast print for this release, including extras such as an audio commentary with Director Mick Jackson and interviews with actress Karen Meagher, Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn, Production Designer Christopher Robilliard and film writer [[Stephen Thrower]].<ref name="Blu-ray-Cultsploitation">{{Cite news|url=http://cultsploitation.com/threads-review-severin-films-blu-ray/ |title= Threads Review (Severin Films Blu-ray)|date=15 February 2018|work=Cultsploitation|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200919222924/https://cultsploitation.com/threads-review-severin-films-blu-ray/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BR Review-ScreenAnarchy">{{cite web | url= http://screenanarchy.com/2018/01/blu-ray-review-threads-still-destroys.html | title=Blu-ray Review: THREADS Still Destroys | work=[[ScreenAnarchy]] | date=29 January 2018 | access-date=4 March 2018 | first= Michele "Izzy" |last= Galgana | archive-date=4 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172554/http://screenanarchy.com/2018/01/blu-ray-review-threads-still-destroys.html | url-status=live }}</ref>  This is also the first home video release in which the extract from the Alpine Symphony remains intact.

On 9 April 2018, Simply Media released a Special Edition DVD in the UK, featuring a different 2K scan, restored and remastered from the original BBC 16mm CRI prints, which Severin did not have access to. This also featured all the original music, for the first time on home video in the UK. The Special Edition included commentaries and associated documentaries.