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On the 8th Day

Programme from 1984 telling the story of the spare-time research which found that smoke and dust from a nuclear conflict could plunge the northern hemisphere into weeks of twilight.

First broadcast in 1984, this programme tells the story of the spare-time research in America, Russia and Britain which found that smoke and dust from a nuclear conflict could plunge the northern hemisphere into weeks of twilight and cause temperatures to drop by as much as 40掳C, with devastating consequences for plants and animals.

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