The War Game

BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain

A harrowing, unflinching docudrama that imagines nuclear annihilation on British soil with such graphic realism that the BBC deemed it too disturbing to broadcast.

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.