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

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Another four minutes of Threads!

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

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

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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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Pinching prawn cocktail crisps and boozing in the graveyard. Things are grim in post-nuclear Sheffield!

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