Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 6th May 2026.

6th May, 2026.

I have officially woken up, this morning.

I tend to do that, a lot.

And?

I’ve woken up, switched on my computer, opened a browser and opened several tabs … 

And, in one of them … ?

I watched this trailer: 

… for a documentary called Survivors: the Spectre of Threads.

I wouldn’t mind seeing that.

The original Threads … ?

Is possibly the most powerful drama put to screen: any screen.

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Just as a 180° degree switch … ?

A neighbour asked me to burn a CD, the other day.

Which I couldn’t do: clicked the relevant “Burn Playlist to disk” option … and got a “Please Insert CD” message pop up … 

Despite having already inserted the blank CD.

It’s only yesterday I thought “Hang on … should I have put the CD in, after clicking ‘Burn’?”

It turns out that’s exactly what I should’ve done.

Ho … hum … !

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8th April 2025.

8th April, 2025.

Hmmm … 

I was at my weight management group, yesterday.

And … ?

I’m up 700 grams!

Ouch!

Remind me to lay off the potatoes.

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Oh, I’m up early: again!

As an occupational therapist from Essex County Council is due to visit, today: between nine and twelve.

Hopefully?

They will be able to persuade Clarion to do the needed work, quickly.

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Clem Burke died, yesterday.

I wouldn’t say the man was a huge influence on my life.

But?

He was the drummer in one of my favourite bands.

The world’s a smaller place, as a result.

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You watch TV, don’t you … ?

I’m assuming you do.

Or, at least, have heard about the smash Netflix hit, Adolescence.

It seems the show’s makers are to remake the bleak 1980s TV film, Threads.

I can only hope they do it well.

The 1984 original was, and is, the most powerful piece of film making I’ve ever seen.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 10-10-2024 — World Day Against the Death Penalty

10th October, 2024: World Day Against the Death Penalty.

It’s official: I still have the lurgy.

And feel I have a frog in my throat.

No, scrub that: I’ve got a hole bloody pond full!

Ouch!

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Something I know has been mentioned on Radio 4’s Today programme … ?

Is that, last night, BBC Four aired the 1984 made for TV film, Threads.

Something I reviewed, last year.

And still feel is possibly the most powerful, bleak, and terrifying, film I’ve ever seen.

I’m still going to suggest you watch it: it’s on iPlayer, and the blu-ray is on the UK, US and Spanish branches of Amazon.

It’s worth watching … but won’t be for everyone.

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Threads — A Review.

1st October, 2023: the introduction.

I have something of a confession to make.

I have not seen a film since 5th August of this year.

And I didn’t write about it.

I think I have my reasons.

The main one?

A lack of time: filling in paperwork, job hunting, nephew sitting, writing quizzes and TV review … 

Time is a resource I never learnt to manage: and one that I find slips through my fingers faster than I can catch it.

That’s always the way, I think … 

At any rate … ?

A couple of months ago, I saw a film, and didn’t review it.

Which is a shame.

1984’s Threads is possibly the most powerful film I’ve ever seen.

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