Television
Protect and Survive was adapted for television as a series of twenty short Public Information Films. These films were produced by Richard Taylor Cartoons, who also produced the Charley Says child safety films and the Crystal Tipps and Alistair children's cartoon series, and narrated by Patrick Allen. The films are similar in content to the booklets, detailing the same instructions using voice-over narration, sound effects, and simple animation. Each episode concluded with a distinctive electronic musical phrase.
The series was considered classified material that was intended for transmission on all television channels only if the government determined that nuclear attack was likely within 72 hours, although recordings were leaked to organisations like CND and press organisations like the BBC, who broadcast it on Panorama as a discussion of public affairs.
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