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Box Hines Papers Box 23

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Contains 9 Results:

Second draft shooting script for 'Threads', 19 October 1983

 Item — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/2
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Typed script with handwritten notes by Barry Hines.

Dates: 19 October 1983

Post-production script for 'Threads', 23 September 1984

 Item — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/3
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Script for transmission date of 23 September 1983.

Dates: 23 September 1984

BBC Information pack for 'Threads', [1984]

 Item — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/4
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Information pack including press releases and reviews.

Dates: [1984]

Letter from Neil Kinnock to Michael (Mick) Jackson and Barry Hines relating to 'Threads', 24 September 1984

 Item — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/5
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Letter from Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992, to Hines and the the film's director, Mick Jackson thanking them for making 'Threads' which he describes as 'important and impressive work'.

Dates: 24 September 1984

Material donated by Stephen Pratt of Mexborough, a miner and extra on the set of 'Threads', 1984 - 2013

 File — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/6
Scope and Contents Folder containing the following items: a. BBC registration form for extras b. Invitation from BBC to special preview of 'Threads', 23 September 1984 (plus photocopy) c. Eleven photographs taken on set of "Threads" (plus some photocopies) d. Six photographs from 'Threads' e. Copy of leaflet 'You and the bomb', produced by Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Councils, Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire County Council.[1984]. Also related newspaper article. f....
Dates: 1984 - 2013

Photocopy of journal article by Daniel Cordle, '"That's going to happen to us. It is": Threads and the imagination of nuclear disaster on 1980s television', 2013

 Item — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/7
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From the Journal of British Cinema and Television (Vol.10 (1), 2013)

Dates: 2013

Extracts of letters from Barry Hines to Eleanor Mulvey relating to 'Threads', 6 April 1984 - 8 October 1984

 File — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/8
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Photocopies of extracts of three letters dated 6 April, 31 August and 9 October 1984.

Dates: 6 April 1984 - 8 October 1984

Article by Paul Whitelaw 'End of the World Revisited' from The Scotsman newspaper, September 2009

 File — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/9
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Typescript of article plus press cutting dated 5 September 2009.

Dates: September 2009

Press cutting of article by George Bass interviewing Mick Jackson and Karen Meagher from The Guardian, 8 January 2019

 Item — Box: Hines Papers Box 23
Reference code: 389/1/THR/11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Television film first broadcast in 1984. 'Threads' is an account of of a nuclear attack set in the city of Sheffield. Won BAFTA Best Individual Drama, 1984; Broadcasting Press Guild Best Individual Drama, 1984; Special Prince Rainier Prize, Monte Carlo Television Festival, 1984. Directed and produced by Mick Jackson.

Dates: 8 January 2019