This Day in Halloween: Award-winning TV classic "Threads" -- about nuclear apocalypse -- premieres on BBC Two in the U.K. in 1984. / Illustration by Dominic Ho
Threads premieres on BBC Two in the U.K. in 1984. The matter-of-fact nuclear apocalypse TV movie gets high ratings, critical acclaim and four BAFTA Awards. It is now considered a classic of British TV.
