'If you go outside...you may die': The BBC script prepared in event of nuclear attack revealed for the first time

Daily Mail 3rd October 2008

Had Britain been hit with a nuclear bomb in the 1970s, terrified survivors would have huddled around their radios listening for a message from the Government.

And the chilling transcript of that pre-recorded announcement, contained in records from the National Archives, has been released.

The tapes, the work of Cabinet officials and the BBC, were kept at the broadcaster's wartime studios Wood Norton, to be played in an emergency by the engineer in charge - should he survive.

Radio silence: The tapes of a Government broadcast that would have been played had Britain been hit with a nuclear bomb were kept secret until now

Instructing civilians not to flee their homes, this is how the message would have sounded to a panic-stricken population:

'This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service.

'This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known.

'We shall bring you further information as soon as possible. Meanwhile, stay tuned to this wavelength, stay calm and stay in your own homes. Remember there is nothing to be gained by trying to get away.

'By leaving your homes you could be exposing yourselves to greater danger. If you leave you may find yourself without food, without water, without accommodation and without protection.

'Radioactive fall-out, which follows a nuclear explosion, is many times more dangerous if you are directly exposed to it in the open.

'Roofs and walls offer substantial protection. The safest place is indoors. Make sure gas and other fuel supplies are turned off and that all fires are extinguished. If mains water is available, this can be used for fire-fighting.

'You should also refill all your containers for drinking water after the fires have been put out, because the mains water supply may not be availablefor very long.

'Water must not be used for flushing lavatories: until you are told they may be used again, other toilet arrangements must be made. Use your water only for essential drinking and cooking purposes. Water means life. Don't waste it.

'Make your food stocks last: ration your supply, because it may have to last 14 days or more. If you have fresh food in the house, use this first to avoid wasting it: food in tins will keep.

'If you live in an area where a fallout warning has been given, stay in your fall-out room until you are told it is safe to come out. When the immediate danger has passed the sirens will sound a steady note.

'Do not, in any circumstances, go outside the house. Radioactive fallout can kill. You cannot see it or feel it, but it is there.

'If you go outside, you will bring danger to your family and you may die. Stay in your fall- out room until you are told it is safe to come out or you hear the 'all clear' on the sirens.'

UK Lockdown point of view
The BBC are nothing more than a government propaganda outlet and only project the version of events that has been authorised by the government, the government have proven themselves over and over again to be untrustworthy during peacetime, so why should we trust them during wartime ?