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1984
1h 57m
7.6(374 votes)
War
Drama
Science Fiction

Overview

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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BBC
Nine Network Australia

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2 videos

Cast & Crew

54 members
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Karen Meagher

Ruth Beckett

Karen Meagher
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Reece Dinsdale

Jimmy Kemp

Reece Dinsdale
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David Brierly

Mr. Kemp

David Brierly
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Rita May

Mrs. Kemp

Rita May
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Nicholas Lane

Michael Kemp

Nicholas Lane
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Jane Hazlegrove

Alison Kemp

Jane Hazlegrove
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Henry Moxon

Mr Beckett

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June Broughton

Mrs Beckett

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Sylvia Stoker

Granny Beckett

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Harry Beety

Clive Sutton

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Ruth Holden

Marjorie Sutton

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Ashley Barker

Bob

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Michael O'Hagan

Chief Supt. Hirst

Michael O'Hagan
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Phil Rose

Medical Officer

Phil Rose
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Steve Halliwell

Information Officer

Steve Halliwell
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Brian Grellis

Accommodation Officer

Brian Grellis
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Peter Faulkner

Transport Officer

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Anthony Collin

Food Officer

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Michael Ely

Scientific Officer

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Sharon Baylis

Manpower Officer

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David Stutt

Works Officer

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Phil Askham

Mr Stothard

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Anna Seymour

Mrs Stothard

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Fiona Rook

Carol Stothard

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Christine Buckley

Woman in Supermarket

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Joe Belcher

Shopkeeper

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David Major

Boy in Supermarket

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Maggie Ford

Peace Speaker

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Mike Kay

Trade Unionist

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Richard Albrecht

Officer at Food Depot

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Ted Beyer

Policeman

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Dean Williamson

Policeman

Dean Williamson
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Joe Holmes

Mr Langley

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Andy Fenn-Rodgers

Patrol Officer

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Graham Hill

Soldier

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Nigel Collins

Soldier

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Jerry Ready

Looter

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Dennis Conlon

Looter

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Greta Dunn

Woman at Hospital

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Nat Jackley

Old Man at Graveyard

Nat Jackley
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John Livesey

Street Trader

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Victoria O'Keefe

Jane

Victoria O'Keefe
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Lee Daley

Spike

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Marcus Lund

Gaz

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Lesley Judd

Newscaster

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Colin Ward-Lewis

Newscaster

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Paul Vaughan

Narrator (voice)

Paul Vaughan
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Ingrid P. Frehley

Woman with dead baby (uncredited)

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Michael Shale

Man who has leg amputated (uncredited)

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Anne Sellors

Woman who urinates herself (uncredited)

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Lee Cambell

Dead Boy Under Gate (uncredited)

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Jonathan Harston

Survivor on the Moors (uncredited)

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Patrick Allen

Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Patrick Allen
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Ed Bishop

US President (voice) (uncredited)

Ed Bishop

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