The War Game was made for BBC TV, but was considered too disturbing to be broadcast. (They'd rather we didn't know??) It was released in the cinema shortly after, as the people who made it were determined to get it shown. I saw it, and I didn't sleep for a week. I saw it again nine years later, when it was shown at a CND event; then it was braodcast as a "period piece" a few years back when the Beeb made an updated docu-drama about a nuclear war. I skipped it that time.

If you live in the US, it's a big place; if you head for the hills, you could conceivably survive and even thrive after a "limited" strike: this is why it's considered a viable option. In the UK you couldn't escape, as it's too small and too densely populated.

Of course, these days we only have to fear very small atacks by terrorists, say; or the fall-out from India/Pakistan or North/South Korea, or when the Israelis finally lose it and nuke the Arabs.

Oh dear, I'm starting to get ironic now: I'd better shut up!

Steve