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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: How To Survive A Nuclear Bomb
Description: ‘Protect and Survive’, the UK Government’s pamphlet offering Britons advice on how to navigate the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, was published on 20th May, 1980, following a campaign in The Times.Intended for distribution in times of imminent crisis - and only alongside the broadcast of a series of related public information films - the booklet’s earnest yet chilling tone, coupled with its practical advice on makeshift shelters and fallout room essentials, variously triggered alarm, disbelief, and mockery. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly ask whether the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmame...