Survivors episode five and six reviews round-up

Survivors (2008-2010)

Survivors is a two series (twelve episode) post-apocalyptic TV drama broadcast on BBC One and the BBC HD channel between November 2008 and February 2010. The BBC declined to commission a third series.

Brought to the screen by showrunner (and lead script writer) Adrian Hodges, the programme was a 're-imagining' of the classic end-of-the-world drama Survivors, devised by Terry Nation shown on BBC1 between 1975 and 1977, and drew its initial inspiration from Nation's 1976 Survivors novel.

All three series of the original Survivors and both series of the new Survivors are available for purchase on Region 1 and Region 2 DVD.

Both series of the new Survivors are also available for purchase through iTunes.

The cancelled show attracted renewed audience interest in the US, when both series one and series two of Survivors were licenced by the Netflix and the Amazon Instant Video streaming services.

In the UK, in 2012, the BT Vision service began to offer both series for streaming download, as part of its range of TV channel packages and on a pay-per-episode basis.

An unofficial guidebook to the original Survivors was published in 2005. An unofficial guidebook to the new Survivors was published in 2010.

Survivors – BBC HD – 2012 repeat

SERIES ONE

Episode one
17 January 2012
22:30 - BBC HD

Episode two
24 January 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode three
31 January 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode four
7 February 2012
22:30 - BBC HD

Episode five
14 February 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode six
21 February 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

SERIES TWO

Episode one
28 February 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode two
6 March 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode three
13 March 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode four
20 March 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode five
27 March 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Episode six
3 April 2012
22:00 - BBC HD

Survivors: A World Away blog

Original Survivors Mad Dog script up for auction May 10, 2013

Survivors‘ scriptwriter Don Shaw is selling off a number of original copies from his personal archive of his own TV scripts – including his own copy of his script for the series three classic Survivors episode Mad Dog. Don recently sold a signed copy of one of his Doomwatch scripts for more than £200, while a copy of an signed script from his contribution to […]

Terry Nation’s Blake’s 7 finally secures remake treatment April 14, 2013

After a series of false starts stretching over more than a decade, a remake of Survivors‘ creator Terry Nation’s science-fiction space drama Blake’s 7 (1978-81) has finally been confirmed. The BBC News site reported (10 April 2013) that, with the licensing of the project agreed with the Nation estate, a first series of thirteen episodes had been ordered by t […]

Carolyn Seymour scheduled to appear at Wales Comic Con – 28 April 2013 April 6, 2013

Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant) is scheduled to appear at the Wales Comic Con 2013, being held at Glyndwr University, Wrexham on Sunday 28 April 2013. On the Guest pages, Seymour is listed as appearing to sign autographs (but not to be part of a convention panel or to be included in official photoshoot events). Thanks to Adrian H for alerting the blog to this

Director Ray Cooney catches up with cameo guest-stars Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams March 3, 2013

As part of the promotional work to support the release of the new film adaptation of his bedroom farce Run For Your Wife, writer and director Ray Cooney catches up with Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams (two of a huge number of British actors and actresses who cameo in the film). The interview includes footage of Fleming’s and Williams’ brief appearance in the […]

Hugh Walters (Vic Thatcher, S1) to appear at London Film and Comic Con, July 2013 January 21, 2013

Hugh Walters (the second of three actors to play the role of Vic Thatcher in Survivors) is making a signing appearance at the London Film and Comic Con, being held at Earls Court 2, London between Friday 5 and Sunday 7 July 2013. Walters, who played the role of Vic Thatcher in first series episodes Revenge and A Beginning, will appear on Friday 5 July only f […]

McCulloch supports new release of Zombie Flesh Eaters on DVD and Blu-Ray December 10, 2012

Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston, Survivors) has been widely interviewed in the horror-genre press, as part of the publicity drive in support of the release of his most celebrated zombie flick Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) on DVD and Blu-Ray, in “a brand new high definition restoration of the original negative”. Arrow Films released a new DVD version and (for the […]

Denis Lill at Memorabilia event November 12, 2012

Denis Lill (Charles Vaughan, Survivors) appears, as part of an Only Fools and Horses cast reunion, at the next Birmingham Memorabilia event. The event takes place over the weekend of 24-25 November 2012, although Lill is only scheduled to appear on Saturday 24 November.

Carolyn Seymour attends Star Trek London convention, London, October 2012 November 4, 2012

Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant, Survivors) appeared at the Destination Star Trek convention, held at the Excel convention centre, London between 19-21 October 2012. The convention was celebrated for bringing together (for a rare joint UK convention appearance) all of the actors who have played the role of ship captain in all of the different TV incarnations of […]

Ian McCulloch joins ‘Zombie’ panel at Spooky Empire 2012 horror film convention November 3, 2012

Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston, Survivors

Denis Lill interviewed at Only Fools & Horses convention November 3, 2012

Denis Lill (Charles Vaughan, Survivors) was interviewed by Kugan Cassius of iFilm at the 2013 Only Fools & Horses Convention which took place recently in Peterborough. Lill played the occasional, recurring role of Alan Parry in Only Fools & Horses. Lill discusses his work in the series, his character’s view of others on the show, and refers to his mo […]