The Duga radar near Chernobyl which watched the skies for nuclear attack.

The Russian Woodpecker

What sweet treats lay within Britain's buffer depots?

Willy Wonka's Nuclear Factories

The 1971 film 'Sound An Alarm', looking at the work of the UKWMO.

Another short extract from the book about the health service's plans for nuclear war.

A short extract from my upcoming book. I explore an ROC Monitoring Post and describe the work of the Corps during the Blitz and the Cold War.

I spoke to the wonderful Rita May about her memories of THREADS.

I read two pages from the Civil Defence Corps chapter of my book.

Cauliflower and Plym: not a cocktail, but two unusual elements of Britain's first atomic test, Operation Hurricane.

Looking at proposals for jobs for adolescents after nuclear attack.

A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war.