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This week we are joined by cold war civil defence expert Dr. Jacquelyn Arnold for her chosen subject of post-nuclear war survival. First up is L. Q. Jones’ adaptation of Harlan Ellison’s story A Boy and His Dog (1974) with its questionable morality and misogyny but likely realism. Then… deep breath… the most harrowing film ever made? Mick Jackson’s Threads (1984) (SPOILERS) is an almost fatal dose of realism in the face of the nuclear apocalypse. Watch it with a friend. We finish with Z for Zachariah (2015) love triangle between Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine, deviating from the sinister abusive dynamic of the original book. (SPOILERS for both the film and the book). Also, SPOILERS for The Book of Eli (2010) Also: Baby Don Johnson. Fallout the movie. Psychic dogs. We Happy Few. Over the hill. The Prisoner (1967). Balls the size of watermelons. BioShock. FIlms more depressing than Threads: When the Wind Blows (1986), Testament (1983). BIKINI state. On the Beach (1959). Die alone in a hole. Protect & Survive. Cars (2006) and Bagpuss (1974). A girl and her dog. Religion versus Science. Candles, how do they work? RadAway. We play a game of “Apocalypse Wow!”