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“The closest you'll ever want to come to nuclear war.”
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
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Cast
55 people
Karen Meagher
Ruth Beckett
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Reece Dinsdale
Jimmy Kemp
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David Brierly
Mr. Kemp
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Rita May
Mrs. Kemp
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Nicholas Lane
Michael Kemp
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Jane Hazlegrove
Alison Kemp
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Coronation Street
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Henry Moxon
Mr Beckett
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June Broughton
Mrs Beckett
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The Full Monty
Sylvia Stoker
Granny Beckett
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Village Hall
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Harry Beety
Clive Sutton
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Jonny Briggs
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Ruth Holden
Marjorie Sutton
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Mick Jackson Director · Barry Hines Writer Andrew Dunn Cinematographer
Budget $420K · United States release February 13, 2018 · Produced in Australia, United Kingdom
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Budget
$420,000
Production
Western-World Television Inc.
Production
BBC
Production
Nine Network Australia
Production
Nine Network
Production
BBC Film
Studio
Australia · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 23, 1984
TV · BBC Two
United States · February 13, 2018
Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
United States
January 13, 1985 · TV · TBS
Australia
June 19, 1985 · TV
Austria
August 8, 1985 · TV
Germany
July 22, 2022 · Physical
Ireland
September 23, 1984 · TV · BBC Two
Italy
August 7, 1985 · TV · RAI 1
Portugal
October 8, 1984 · Physical
Switzerland
August 6, 1985 · TV
United Kingdom
September 5, 2005 · Physical · DVD
December 17, 2018 · Physical · Blu-ray
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