Four-Minute Warning Mock

A short video showing what it might've looked like on BBC One if a nuclear attack occurred against the UK during the early 1970s. This is a fake video that is NOT genuine at all and I am not affiliated with the British Broadcasting Corporation in any way.

[@parttimealert8341]

How is this my most viewed video? For reference, this is hilariously inaccurate and I put this together in one night. Back then, in the event of a real nuclear emergency, it is most likely that apart from a (very) brief message, television would either play Protect and Survive films or go off the air immediately. This is because according to an article by Subterranea Britannica, "television would not be used as it was thought that it would divert people away from the vital national message to be carried by radio and would not be available after the attack." Hope you all enjoyed watching anyway!

[@cjmillsnun]

To be fair it wouldn't have been protect and survive as that was '80s. But it would've been the equivalent from before.

[@mrmannyman2]

One minute to panic, one minute to prepare, one minute to call your loved ones, one minute to wait.

[@Hope-un5wv]

And this announcement was 3 minutes long.....

[@LordOfTheMings1]

Nah 1 min to call family/friends 3 mins to think about stuff you have done and wait for death because death is immanent and you only survive this just to die later anyway

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@Hope-un5wv Leaving one minute to change our underwear.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@LordOfTheMings1 3 minutes trying to work out how to turn the gas off and one minute to check the use by dates on your tins of spam.

[@LordOfTheMings1]

@@zacmumblethunder7466 🤣🤣

[@jerrycoob4750]

"How we doing for time ?" "We died forty-five seconds ago!"

[@James-lm6wt]

Only fools and horses

[@TimeBunny]

The fact that I get the reference too 😅

[@bazblackadder]

We forgot Grandad...

[@dclark988]

Wayne turn that bloody siren off !!!

[@whouster]

Have you been on the funny fags again, Rodney?

[@purpleprose1967]

'Normal programming has been permanently suspended' was the most chilling part of this for me...

[@lutsi1477]

Ikr. Especially the word "permanently".

[@EASY_Scenarios]

I don’t think that really makes sense because suspension is temporary

[@GodKitty677]

The fallout would smother life on the earth like it was rapped in a death blanket. Would not matter much were in the northern hemisphere you are, death will come. So long as many of the H bombs detonate, the fallout will block out the sun and poison almost everywhere. I highly recommend pissing yourself followed by a course of praying to your impotent god. Whatever that soon to be forgotten god is. Afterwards no one will be alive to judge you. The zombie alert is another good one.

[@dylanjb4065]

@@EASY_Scenarios Discontinued would be better for that line.

[@dylanjb4065]

Why would programming be permanently suspended instead of temporarily?

[@peregrinec5477]

I work in broadcasting. I've been trained in how to deal with this kind of thing. What scares me the most is the calmness of the announcer. Clearly pre-recorded. Nobody could do that live and not crack.

[@timothy4545]

You are absolutely correct in real life, this is a scenario, but you are correct about this and of course this is a recording.

[@eff7221]

This is not pre-recorded, this is text to speech.

[@peregrinec5477]

@@eff7221 Yes. I grok. Sill, very unnerving.

[@EdwardRingwald]

Here in the USA, it would be eerie to hear The Star Spangled Banner being played over the sounds of air raid sirens going off in the distance. The Emergency Broadcast System would interrupt programming with an Emergency Action Notification of a national emergency along with the attack warning, then if the station is a non-participating national EBS station then the station would sign off.

[@michaelcrook]

Emergency Alert System is what you were shooting for, cowboy. EBS phased out in 1997.

[@shooterjenkins7089]

There would be no warning for the general public in the United States. It would just create chaos and panic. It's better to just let the general public get u unexpectedly vaporized or just blown to bits. It's for their own good.

[@Yamezzzz]

No shit, it'd be eerie for any country's national anthem to be heard over air raid sirens in that country.

[@trespire]

The final death throws of a nation.

[@bobjones-ey5gl]

The Final Minutes: Australian Nuclear Attack Warning

[@journeystarr]

God Save The Queen with the sirens going off in the background is fucking chilling

[@kevinfitz8516]

yeah its the theme tune of a mass murdering empire so it definitely would be

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

​@@kevinfitz8516 hell u on about?

[@kevinfitz8516]

@@girlsdrinkfeck you must be british, you werent taught about your glorious empire in school.

[@Trees24310]

Im proud of that empire 😊

[@kevinfitz8516]

@@Trees24310 of course you are, it was only smelly irish, Scots and brown and black people you massacred. Enjoy Brexit theres a good fash.

[@reanimationeas342]

The national anthem playing over the sirens was eerie

[@123Dunebuggy]

Watch the Threads, the most realistic nuclear war movie.

[@stevengreen4620]

Me and my father used to watch that movie going way way way back.

[@damonthaplaya8443]

Or its American counterpart, The Day After.

[@redbrick146]

Teachers should put Threads at schools, not matter, where. Maybe we should put this to Putin, huh?

[@johnyisme3287]

Threads destroys the American alternative.

[@lesliewolfe7643]

Threads shook me to my core. Holy hell

[@jaguar6519]

Yeah i am really bothered about leaving the gas and electric on when i'm just about to be blown into atoms.

[@IMMACUTMAN]

The eeriness of the national anthem playing among the air raid sirens. Good stuff!

[@paulcrisp9861]

Who wants to go out listening to one of the most depressing pieces of music ever? Surely there are better ways of calling it a day. Sept 2021 😥😥🤣😀😷🙂😅😁😆🙄🙄🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@lylarose2696]

@@paulcrisp9861 would hail to the chief be better?

[@paulcrisp9861]

@@lylarose2696 a great tune for Americans, I'm thinking paint it black by rolling stones. 🙄🙄🤣😆🤪 oct 2021

[@andylambrini5460]

@@lylarose2696 Highway to Hell ACDC

[@danielhudson5186]

You Brits would be awesome enough to play something like "Always look on the Bright side of life" when the end comes. Here in the states it'd be something maudlin

[@alexv3375]

_"THE ATTACK WARNING'S FOR BLOODY REAL!"_

[@bigmuffexpress]

"is it?!"

[@FullPlaythroughs]

@@bigmuffexpress Get to your stations!

[@iainwest9678]

@@FullPlaythroughs "Look, we can't sell you any timber. You'll have to see 'bosses about it. It's a bloody joinery, not a timber yard." #sirens#

[@maverickhistorian6488]

I'm a teapot! I'm a teapot! 😮

[@ftjm69]

@@FullPlaythroughs”I want every single piece of information that you can find!”

[@Glenn1967ful]

In some cases people could still have taken shelter in the nearest underground public toilet. Had a nuclear attack occured in the seventies, many city centres had these places to run to.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

By the eighties just going into one of those toilets was like enduring a nuclear attack.

[@analogueman123456787]

But would have surprised the hell out of George Michael though...

[@raymofarrell19]

@@analogueman123456787 wtf 😂

[@laurenceamspoker782]

@@zacmumblethunder7466 Lol 😆

[@adammclaughlin845]

The other day I thought I was in the public lavatory but it turned out to be Rotherham town centre.

[@Corgipon]

Instead of “permanently suspended”, it should be “suspended indefinitely”. Suspension isn’t permanent.

[@bwc1976]

I love that classic BBC1 style! They never should have given up the globe.

[@loco4loco]

@@MrEnterthehole bbc

[@martinidry6300]

We had to because we were broke. 2 world wars (benefitting America immensely) and an empire that wasn't paying its way since tge 1860's made certain of that.

[@davidallbaugh6858]

Nice to hear God Save the King as the world ends

[@anotherrandomasian]

I'm watching this home alone, at nighttime, while doing my homework. I'm probably gonna have nightmares tonight.

[@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea]

Did you have nightmares?

[@anotherrandomasian]

@@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea Not really.

[@Trainlover1995]

I'm pretty sure that if a nuclear attack were to occur on the United Kingdom, it would be after several weeks or months of conventional war. Instead of an astronomy show, BBC One would be playing "Protect & Survive" 24/7 until the bitter end.

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

That's not how it would have played out in 1983 during the Able Archer crisis - USSR was ready to go straight to nuclear attack

[@eddievhfan1984]

That's usually what was planned on. However, if there had a blitz across East Germany without warning, and it was strong enough to initially overwhelm NATO forces, a tactical nuclear strike would have been initiated, and would likely lead to a strategic escalation within days, if not hours. Though it may have been enough time for the BBC to swap over to emergency broadcasting before the four minutes.

[@olliegoria]

​@@KitCurranRadioShowOr their false alarm incident where literally one man judged whether or not to make the call

[@kellyvaters1689]

The Protect and Survive handbook and films were not produced until 1979-1980. Moreover, the Beeb would have had an actual human being read the message, rather than a digital voice.

[@invisi-bullexploration2374]

*PATRICK MOORE PLAYS THE XYLO-* [Nuclear Siren Intensifies]

[@tristan1457]

It's all fun to watch untill you take off your headphones and still hear Sirens😂

[@georgelloyd9364]

He sounds like a bedtime story presenter

[@Unknownwelle]

This is well-made!

[@theiqoniq3607]

OMG! Lost Voice Guy does the 4 minute warning! Great video though :)

[@ToastedHeadcrab]

What’s the name of the siren that plays in these old warnings same with the protect and survive series since I really like that sound of them sirens

[@willthebro135yt8]

When I know EAS pop up Me: I’m littely gonna die

[@nigelbenn4642]

why the fuck would you want to survive a nuclear attack?

[@fritzfxx]

The looting, bro It was always about the loot

[@freddiegaming7204]

God can't save the Queen now

[@TheMarioExpertMan]

What's the episode title for The Sky At Night? Been trying to find it

[@paulwalker9014]

Now go watch the Vulcans scramble in response.

[@Ashavgeek]

Think they had been replaced by the early 70s by ICBMs?

[@iana6713]

Those things were barely airworthy by the time of the Falklands conflict in '82. I have read accounts of parts being scavenged from scrap dumps to keep them going. Imagine that if the Cold War had gone hot?

[@Ashavgeek]

@@iana6713 a museum I used to work at had the RAF visit and take the refuelling probe from their recently donated Vulcan and only through persistence by the museum management did they not take the Vulcan back into service after giving it to a museum! (this was at the very beginning of the Falklands conflict)

[@Coaster_Railfan]

this feels so real in the uk

[@re9279]

I wouldn't stay at home. Id be straight down the bakerloo esculators. Vending machines galore too!

[@paulcunninghamw00dlandph0t0]

One minute to get pissed.

[@derekgreenwood9672]

Challenge accepted. Hold my beer...

[@Literarydilettante]

That's way too long. Today it would just be your phone yelling at you to "RUUUUUUUUUUUN BIIIIISSSHHH"

[@freedomvigilant1234]

World War 3 would break out during my favourite programme, The Sky At Night.

[@PatrickTCAPIreland]

Yesh as other commenters have said, they’d really be showing Protect and Survive if war was imminent, but it’s a cool video!

[@scottskidmore8976]

By Jove, he makes it sound so formal. Good show lad! Stiff upper lip what!

[@mikehobart]

There'll always be an England. Oh wait .....

[@chrishenniker5944]

I can't believe you used the robotic voice, rather than Peter Donaldson's pre-recorded message. An Actor would be more period correct.Also, they'd cut right into the warning message.

[@cleverhardy5230]

Also, there wouldn't be enough time to play the anthem. They could start the vinyl, but before you can say "God save our gracious Queen, " the EMP would short that out, alongside transmitters and tellies. Also, four minute warnings can be useless, as the warhead can hit in 3 or 2 minutes.

[@diggledoggle4192]

Is there actually a full version of the warning message (not the post-attack message) available online anywhere?

[@chrishenniker5944]

@@diggledoggle4192 Good question, but the warning message hasn’t been published. Any accidental or malicious playback and transmission of it could create a mass panic, even in jest.

[@diggledoggle4192]

@@chrishenniker5944 I heard an excerpt from a video about Peter Donaldson (which you also commented on). I suppose there is no warning system in place these days and the contents of the message are quite outdated, but still believable

[@chrishenniker5944]

@@diggledoggle4192 You’re right, they’re dated. Geopolitics has changed since the messages were recorded.

[@user-gb2et7no5o]

Imagine hearing this at 3 AM

[@OldFossil]

Just sleep through it, it’ll be over soon

[@Thecrazyvaclav]

The time of these graphics, the BBC wouldn’t have been broadcasting tv at 3 am

[@anukiran1735]

Plot twist: The sort of thing happened in an alternate history in 1970 ,except the BBC1 COLOUR test card was on the air for 3 days until Monday 11th May and the WBS service was introduced on black screen ,not on the ident which closed down with sirens and the national anthem. WW3 began soon after and the democratic side (Led by USA ,and having other countries susch as India ,Mozambique ,Kenya ,Nigeria ,Thailand and Indonesia to name but a few) won the war with the USSR being divided amongst the victorius powers such as Britian (Capital Salekhrad) ,USA (Capital Yekaterinburg) ,Unified Germany (Capital Smolensk) ,France (Capital St.Petersburg) ,and Italy (Capital Irtutsk)

[@andrewscungio3200]

Did it really happen?

[@andrewscungio3200]

Because it wasn't world War 3. that didn't happen just yet. I think this was during the cold war.

[@brentsummers7377]

The Queen would have put all the Corgis into the most solid looking royal coach.😂

[@samuelmount4006]

Wow, I was convinced, this seemed totally real!

[@mergieismoronic]

@@JesuIsTheOnlyWayToSalvation it says “mock” in the fucking title lmao

[@drummerboy2215]

Carter, Castle Castings and Gents Air Raid Sirens going off.

[@stevegordon5689]

This is what I most feared growing up. now the younger generations fear is that little yellow triangle!

[@redbrick146]

Yellow triangle - not my nightmare

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

Yeah, it was always "When" not "If" there was a nuclear war. It's no wonder society has turned out the way it has.

[@BurnTheTeddy]

What triangle are you talking about? I dont get it :(

[@stevegordon5689]

@@BurnTheTeddy it shows in the corner of your device when youve no internet access or it used to!

[@BurnTheTeddy]

@@stevegordon5689 oh lol I get it, I thought it was something related to an actual catastrophic scenario ajahjahahaja

[@satanofficial3902]

The heavens declare the glory of the Bomb, and the firmament showeth Its handiwork. Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. May the Blessings of the Bomb Almighty, and the Fellowship of the Holy Fallout, descend upon us all. This day and forever more. Amen.

[@nicholasjones7312]

Planet of the Apes quote?

[@nody31]

By the time this had got halfway through it would all be over!!!

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

A national broadcaster won't say "normal programming has been permanently suspended". They will just say it's "suspended during this crisis" and that news & information will still be broadcast on TV & radio. If the incoming fireworks are few and small, the Govt. will need the Beeb to resume and keep the populace informed.

[@dcarbs2979]

Being British, they wouldn't call it a 'crisis' either. Probably an 'event' or 'scenario'. At least in the 80's when this is set.

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

@@dcarbs2979 I've just re-read "when the wind blows" to clarify things. OK it's not an authentic source but it's all I have. I learnt one thing... in the 4 minute warning, the Beeb won't be making the populace linger around... whatever they say will be brief and very too the point... as there'll be nobody listening to any second line. 04:00 03:59 03:58 03:57 ... 😉

[@BattleBound]

"The powers that be will get to us in the end."

[@sheldonswheeler]

Why did they not play protect and survive instructions

[@locutus155]

They were classified until the 1980's and even then not officially released, but used as set dressing in the 1984 docudrama "Treads." It wasn't until the 21st century that the full series came out on home media.

[@johnbull9195]

That is exactly how we should go out, to the national anthem!

[@shinobitreecko8442]

Thats how we would do it in the us too most likely

[@samhart4663]

😂😂🎉

[@erikthenorviking8251]

I have accepted my inevitable fate... As a bed-sitting room.

[@bennyhill4228]

The BBC what a wonderful stage , his masters voice air raid

[@fernlew8828]

South korean, philippine and british national anthems at 1000% volume with air raid sirens going off at 1:08am is infinity times better

[@novatiberium]

Lol, Mars would be a place to go to

[@stevengermadnik3162]

I'm in my basement alive. What is an all clear?

[@bigdmac33]

Chilling.

[@billgreen576]

Well no one will see this because who watches the sky at night.

[@jsp7202]

Replace nuclear attack with tornado warning and this is any spring in the Mid-West United States.

[@Bloxdio_God]

With current UK government policy on the Ukraine this announcement might well be needed very soon.

[@paulmartin7241]

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[@nigellawson8610]

Relax and be happy. Keep calm and carry on. As well as our program, your life and the lives of your loved ones have been suspended forever. But don't worry God is in control. Now please stand up for the national anthem - cheerio! Now remember don't panic!!

[@philoshaughnessy906]

It's lost voice guy.

[@James_BAlert]

In reality, all hell would break loose in the BBC building(s)..... some may try and break in to the nearest bar cellar and have a stockpile of beer to ride out the storm, taste better than that stockpile of water!! 🍻☢️😃

[@Landncomics746]

The bbc wood do this and the ww2 alarm will be on

[@bouillonjules2]

Sorry....was distracted by the horrible turning globe. God, I remember that. Then this. Problem is the end of it the whole thing sounds like a celebration??!!

[@laurenceamspoker782]

Carter air raid siren

[@wisteela]

Great work

[@pauldoherty1702]

GamesMaster looks well

[@rovercoupe7104]

Most people would be in bed. M.

[@benconway9010]

Did this actually happen?

[@501sqn3]

..... Yes, there was a global thermonuclear war just before Christmas!,...... Didn't you know??. Jeeez' 🤦

[@Jackdrl]

Reminds me of fortnite

[@carlomikhailreid4365]

Take Cover lol

[@DudeDudeDudeDudeDude]

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[@philcooper279]

Don't worry, its inevitable .