Julie McDowall

Fond memories. Facebook tells me it's three years since my husband I re-enacted Threads up on the moors above Sheffield.

Not a soufflé but in the same spirit as your initial conclusion, here's a comical poster about a french dish of cheese (specifically tomme, thus the pun with atom) and mashed potatoes

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You can read the French civil defence booklet here. Free to view.

Atomic Hobo: France, Part One I have the 1965 French civil defence booklet, and you can view it on Patreon here. I've made it free to read, but do consider subscribing for more content and extra pod episodes! www.patreon.com/at...

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The French civil defence booklet from 1965, kindly sent to me by @jeremycartier.bsky.social I've uploaded it here and it's free to view.

I would love to see it. If possible, can you e-mail it to me at julie.ariel1212 AT gmail.com ? I only have basic school-level French but will make an attempt at reading it!

Atomic Hobo: Germany's Emergency Alert System How will Germany alert its population to a nuclear attack? And why isn't the British warning system as good as theirs? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Get more from Atomic Hobo on Patreon creating a podcast and a book

Extra pod episodes, interviews and nuclear archive material from £1 a month.

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I've got a 12-hour long podcast episode, examining every detail of THREADS. You can buy it here. No ads!

Twelve Hours of Threads

#Threads

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Atomic Hobo: When The Wind Blows, Part 13 Jim lets the vampire, Fallout, cross the threshold! Join me on Patreon for more episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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When The Wind Blows, Part 13

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Thanks Frank. Welcome to the podcast.

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One of my patrons sent me this. A Soviet cartoon from 1983 which uses wee stop-motion matchsticks to warn about nuclear war.

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A scan of the civil defence booklet discussed in today's pod. Free for everyone to view.

PS they're under the Collections tab. Or you can find them just by searching the Patreon page. Let me know if a specific one is missing.

They're all on Patreon. I've also gathered them all together on the front page of Patreon as a group. Do you see them?

Atomic Hobo: The Bell and Light System The Bell and Light alert system, used in America in the early Cold War.I discuss the booklet A Realistic Approach to Civil Defense, from 1966.You can view the civil defence booklet, and get extra e...

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Atomic Hobo: When The Wind Blows, Part 12 "All dead..." Jim tries the TV, the radio, the phone...but there's nothing. "All dead..." he keeps saying.Get the latest Four Minutes of The War Game over on Patreon at www.patreon.com/atomichobo H...

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Four Minutes of The War Game, Part 9

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ENOLA GAY
#Hiroshima

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Atomic Hobo: Interview with Dr Richard Lawson on the "suicide pill" question In 1983, a GP from a village near Bristol was so worried about the prospect of nuclear war, and how it would leave him unable to effectively treat his patients, that he called a public meeting and ...

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An interview with the British GP who, in 1983, proposed su1cide pills for his patients in the event of nuclear war.

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Thank you.

A copy of Attack Warning Red! By Julie McDowall, and Protecting the People - The Central Office of Information and the Reshaping of Post-War Britain 1946-2011 by David Welsh, open on the page showing the cover of Protect and Survive.

Don’t want to be watching all that misery on BBC Four when I’ve got books to read….

(Incidentally, Attack Warning Red! by @nuclearwar.bsky.social is a fantastic read)

Tonight!

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

Sad news. Writer of brilliant songs, including WE WILL ALL GO TOGETHER WHEN WE GO which is sung down the phone to Jim by his drunk son in When The Wind Blows.

BBC Four - Schedules, Wednesday 30 July 2025 This is the daily broadcast schedule for BBC Four

THREADS and THE WAR GAME, BBC4, 30th July.

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A video interview with Dr Lawson, an English GP who wanted to issue suicide pills to his patients in the event of nuclear war.

How did the patients react? What plans were made? What did the govt and GMC have to say?

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"There were no tears."

I interview the doctor who, in 1984, discussed the provision of su1cide pills with his patients if nuclear war came.

The full video discussion is here for Patrons.

Atomic Hobo: Euthanasia in Nuclear War A difficult subject this week - but aren't they all? We don't do sunshine and rainbows on this pod. I look at the topic of "suicide pills" which was bravely raised by American students at Brown in ...

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A bloody dark topic this week.

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Atomic Hobo: When The Wind Blows, Part 11 "I never knew a bomb could give you a headache."The fallout descends and Jim and Hilda start to feel ill. For patrons, a new Four Minutes of The War Game episode has also been uploaded. You can get...

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"I never knew a bomb could give you a headache..."

Too right!