The War Game (1966)

04/13/1966War, TV Movie48m
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BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain

Overview

A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Michael Aspel

    Commentator

  2. Cast 1

    Kathy Staff

    Interviewee (uncredited)

  3. Cast 1

    Peter Watkins

    Documentist (uncredited)

  4. Peter Graham

    Commentator

I couldn’t decide which was the scarier prospect from this docu-drama? Finding somewhere safe to shelter from the eye-watering megatonnage of uranium enriched warheads or to emerge afterwards to a society that is truly dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest, with no power or food or water or just about anything else - except, perhaps, some semblance of a military dictatorship run by the few lucky enough to be fifty feet under the ground. This has all the trappings of a public information film. It advises us how best to seek refuge behind over-priced sand bags - even more expensive if you actuall...