There was a mini-series called Jericho, which was about a coup in the USA. It began with a series of nuclear attacks on cities, and portrayed the resulting descent into inter-communal violence, gangsterism, shortages and hardship.
It wasn't anything like as scouring as Threads was. If anything it was more like a soap; they made rather light of nuclear winter and fallout.
I liked it, except the weak ending of the truncated second series.
Yes, Testament had a similar setting to Jericho but it was a lot grimmer, implying that at best the folks in the small towns would only live a few weeks/months longer than the people killed in the cities.
It amazes me the sheer quantity and variety of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic film and other material. Jericho is generously a prime time drama with a backdrop of nuclear attack.
There’s a sort of seriousness/grimness continuum from Threads and other films on one end to the cartoonish Sam Hell Comes to Frog Town on the other end.
Watched Jericho recently with my partner after telling her about it, as I'd never completed it back when it came out. Genuinely hilariously over-dramaticised, the typical American show where the directors constantly shove music and reactions in viewers' faces because they don't trust them to be smart enough to follow the narrative, but we still enjoyed it for what it was. 7/7 with rice. :)
It wasn't anything like as scouring as Threads was. If anything it was more like a soap; they made rather light of nuclear winter and fallout.
I liked it, except the weak ending of the truncated second series.