The Crunch
Broadcast
19th January 1964
© ATV Associated Television
A truly suspenseful piece written for ATV’s Studio 64 strand by the great Nigel Kneale, this tells the story of a south east Asian country, who have held the U.K. to ransom by holding a nuclear weapon in the basement of their London embassy, the army are called in as the ambassador is threatening to detonate it if his demands aren’t met, but does he really have a weapon?