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

Giss’un! This week we hear from Marcus Lund, who played Gaz in Threads.In the closing scenes of the film, two boys called Gaz and Spike appear in the desolate farm building where Jane is hiding and demand she gives them her dead rabbit. Marcus talks about what it was like behind the scenes of Threads, the film’s destruction of memory and how to find the beauty in life.Read more about what Marcus is up to now:Custodia BorealisCrowdfunder to To establish a Magic & Occult Museum in the NorthCustodia Borealis on Facebook Folk, Myth and Magick on Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Chas Newkey-Burden and when I set out on this podcast odyssey six months ago, my biggest dream was to interview Mick Jackson, the director of Threads.Well, sometimes dreams come true. The other day I spent an hour chatting to Mick about Threads, his life and much more besides.Enjoy!Follow me on Insta: @AllThatChas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I speak with Catherine Taylor, who was an extra in Threads.She’s written about her experiences on the set in her memoir The Stirrings – Coming of Age in Northern Time. It’s a story about a young woman’s experiences, and about the place and time that shaped her: the north of England in the 1970s and 80s.We chat about the film, its lasting legacy and why it’s a metaphor for Thatcher’s own attack on northern cities like Sheffield.PS - if you were involved in Threads, please get in touch. I'd love to chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.This week I interview Dave and Pank, the hosts of the brilliant podcast “Bang! 101 Songs about Nuclear War from the 1980s.” They talk about how Threads influenced the 1980s music scene, which moments scared them most and which character they’d be in the film. Give their pod a listen - you’ll love it!Jingle: Protect & SurviveInstagram: @AllThatChasX: @AllThatChasBluesky: @allthatchas.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I have a chat with the glorious matriarch of Threads: Rita May, who played Mrs Kemp. The mother of Jimmy, Alison and Michael, Mrs Kemp is one of the film’s most iconic characters.For me, watching as a child from comfortable south-west London, she was a revelation. She was bold, working class and Sheffield to her core. Yes, she was a work of fiction, but she felt more authentic than most of the people I’d met in real life.I chatted with Rita on the phone and she told me about the laughs she had on set, the tears she cried when she first watched the finished film, and the nuclear nightmares she had afterwards.Jingle: Protect & SurviveInstagram: @AllThatChasX: @AllThatChasBluesky: @allthatchas.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.