60 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestDominic Sandbrook explores the late 1970s and 1980s, an era when the end of the world seemed a very real possibility and leaders crusaded against the threat of nuclear war.
BBC Two history series on Britain and the Cold War, looking at the period from the end of the 1950s to the mid-1970s.
Writing
Sandbrook's deliciously dry wit makes Armageddon weirdly cozy.
Production
Glorious archival footage of Brits being alarming about everything.
Creator
Dominic Sandbrook
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series resurrects the infamous 'Protect and Survive' public information films, which were so bleak the BBC refused to broadcast them until the 1980s.
Sandbrook argues that British pop culture's obsession with the apocalypse — from 'The War Game' to 'Threads' — wasn't pessimism but a weird national coping mechanism.
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