The War Game
BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain
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.
- Year: 1966
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: War, TV Movie
- Studio: BBC
- Keyword: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), nuclear war, cold war, nuclear radiation, nuclear missile, state of emergency, riot, survival, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, docudrama, struggle for survival, nuclear weapons, fake documentary, mondo, firestorm, war, pseudo-documentary, docufiction, cold war era, docu-fiction, survivors, tactical nuclear warfare, nuclear deterrent policy, nuclear holocaust fiction, survival film, fallout shelters, civil defence, mondo film, voice-over, panic buying, nuclear strikes, hunger riots, armed police, v bombers, countervalue, vulcan mk ii, nuclear war aftermath, deterrence theory
- Director: Peter Watkins
- Cast: Michael Aspel, Kathy Staff, Peter Watkins, Peter Graham
