Threads is a 1984 apocalyptic war drama television film jointly produced by the BBC, Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc. Written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson, it is a dramatic account of nuclear war and its effects in Britain, specifically on the city of Sheffield in Northern England. The plot centres on two families as a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union erupts. As the nuclear exchange between NATO and the Warsaw Pact begins, the film depicts the medical, economic, social and environmental consequences of nuclear war. Shot on a budget of £400,000, the film was the first of its kind to depict a nuclear winter. It has been called "a film which comes closest to representing the full horror of nuclear war and its aftermath, as well as the catastrophic impact that the event would have on human culture." It has been compared to The War Game produced in Britain two decades prior and its contemporary counterpart The Day After, a 1983 ABC television film depicting a similar scenario in the United States. Threads was nominated for seven BAFTA awards in 1985 and won for Best Single Drama, Best Design, Best Film Cameraman and Best Film Editor. Plot In the industrial English city of Sheffield, a young couple, Ruth Beckett and Jimmy Kemp, plan to marry after learning of Ruth's unplanned pregnancy. Their families aren’t supportive at first due to the economic recession that the country was experiencing but the young couple are optimistic about their future. Radio broadcasts indicate that this is a time of escalating tensions in Iran, which has been invaded by the Soviet Union in response to a U.S.-backed coup against the Iranian government. The U.S responds aggressively to the invasion and tensions reach a breaking point after the disappearance of a U.S submarine. The United States mobilizes its own forces and occupies the southern part of Iran to protect the Iranian oilfields, and the Soviet Union moves nuclear warheads into a military base in the Iranian city of Mashhad, further escalating tensions. The head of the Sheffield city council is instructed to start making preparations for a nuclear war and informed that all control of Sheffield and the surrounding area after a nuclear attack will be passed on to him and other local officials should the central government be destroyed. Ruth and Jimmy pay little attention