An extract from my upcoming book's audiobook. This is taken from the book's final chapter, 'Nuclear War at the BBC', and looks at the controversy surrounding The War Game. We go from the glitzy 1967 Oscar ceremony to panicked talk of mass suicides if the film made it to British television.

I hope you enjoy it.

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How balloons have been used in nuclear spying, testing and protesting.

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Another four minutes of Threads!

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Julie

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First in a new series looking at nuclear-themed pop music. This week, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes by Ultravox.

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Julie

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We look into my civil defence archive and find a thin yellow leaflet from the 60s called Civil Defense Training for Business and Industry.

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Julie

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Radioactive refugees, rats and regret. It's all here in Part 23!

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Julie

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The United States Postal Service and its plans to keep delivering the mail after nuclear war.

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Julie

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"Buggered if I'll be shot by a traffic warden!"

One minute of Threads, devoted to the moment when the iconic traffic warden appears, and tickets our hearts and minds!

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"Finally, I am sorry, that I failed you, your crew and the country."

Listeners sent me their letters of last resort: what would they write if they were the British PM?

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First in a new series looking at British PMs and the Bomb. We talk decisions, submarines and madness, and whether her letters ever actually got out to sea.

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