Jesus Christ, They've Done It - The Threads Podcast

It's time for Threads in six scenes with Dr Vicky McMahon.You asked for her to come back and here she is! The magnificent Vicky and me choose three scenes each from this nuclear war film and dive nice and deeply into them. Will your favourite scene be included? Please tell your friends about the pod!

‘I was 11 years old and I was trying to build a nuclear bunker.’My previous guests on the pod have been Threads actors, crew members and super fans, but this time you’re getting me. This is my Threads story.

Happy Christmas from the Threads podcast.As we prepare to join Ruth and her wailing baby around the Christmas fire, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who’s listened to and supported the podcast this year.  And my Christmas gift to you is an interview with Simon Moorhead, who was Assistant Floor Manager on the film.So settle down with a mince pie or a pack of Prawn Cocktail crisps and prepare to go behind the scenes of Threads. Simon tells us about rats in taxis, a raid from the Special Branch, and the time Mick Jackson swapped two Christs and one bugger for a f**k. 

This week’s guest is a real treat. Dr Vicky McMahon is an independent scholar who specialises in body studies, 16th century literature and horror. She was 16 years old when she first watched Threads and she credits it with stoking her lifelong obsession with dystopian literature and film.She’s a committed socialist feminist, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an actor, poet playwright and director. She holds a PhD from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and her monograph, Shakespeare, Tragedy and Menopause: The Anxious Womb, was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan.In our conversation about Threads, we talk about the film’s gender politics and body horror, and she explains why Mick Jackson is a God. I think that Vicky’s depth, emotional intelligence and humanity put this conversation on another level. I hope you enjoy it too.Instagram: @AllThatChas

If you’ve watched Threads, you remember the hospital scene. It is a scene of hell. Well, this week’s guest was there! Bruce Langridge was an extra in that gory part of the film. He talks about his experience with Threads, post-nuclear activism in the 1980s, and the joy of free sandwiches.

I’m Chas Newkey-Burden and when I watched the nuclear war film Threads in 1984 at the age of 11 it terrified me and changed my life forever.I started this podcast to speak to other people whose lives have been changed by Threads, from cast and crew members, to extras, broadcasters, authors and super fans.Welcome, to Jesus Christ, They’ve Done it.In this episode we hear from Sean Judge, who started the Facebook group Threads Survivors. He also runs a nuclear YouTube channel and he makes models of the iconic Threads traffic warden.But when he first watched the film he had months of sleepless nights and threw his VHS copy in the bin. He talks about how he went from that, to becoming a Threads superfan, and how watching the film partly influenced his interesting career path.Jingle: Protect & SurviveInstagram: @AllThatChasX: @AllThatChasBluesky: @allthatchas.bsky.social