Avoiding Armageddon

Avoiding Armageddon

Available on Prime Video, BBC Select
S1 E3: During the early years of the Cold War, Britain was under constant threat of nuclear attack. Historian Alice Roberts tells the story of Britain's response to potential Armageddon. The subterranean networks from where the country would have been run following a nuclear war are explored. And the story of an upper-class spy network, passing our early nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, is revealed.