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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, Amazon Instant Video and Hulu service 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. Survivors was made available on the Britbox streaming platform in March 2022.

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

In July 2013, audio-drama publishers Big Finish announced that they would be producing collections of new audio dramas based on the original (1975-1977) Survivors. The first series of new Survivors audio adventures was released (on CD and as a digital download) in June 2014.

Following an extremely positive reception, a further two series of Survivors audios were commissioned in 2014; with series two released in June 2015, and series three following in November 2015.

An audio-book of the 1976 Survivors novel (on which the 2008-2010 remake of Survivors is based), voiced by Carolyn Seymour (who played Abby Grant in the 1975 TV series) was released by Big Finish productions in December 2014.

In April 2015, series four and series five of these new Big Finish Survivors audio adventures were commissioned, for release in June 2016 and November 2016. Series six, seven and eight were released by the close of 2018, with the final ninth series being released in June 2019.

A six episode New Dawn audio series (set two decades on from the original Survivors TV series) was released in November 2021 (Part 1) and February 2022 (Part 2 ).

Vortex magazine previews Survivors New Dawn 3 audio boxset January 22, 2023
THE UPCOMING RELEASE of New Dawn 3, the latest Survivors full-cast audio boxset, is previewed in January’s edition of Big Finish’s house magazine Vortex. In the feature ‘Keep on Surviving’, writer and director Ken Bentley reflects on his experience of working on Big Finish’s Survivors audios since the first series back in 2014, and hints … Continue reading […]
Story synopses for Survivors: New Dawn 3 confirmed January 1, 2023
BIG FINISH HAVE published (31 December 2022) brief synopses for the three stories in the Survivors: New Dawn 3 audio boxset. Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant) and Lucy Fleming (Jenny Richards) star in this latest full-cast Survivors audio drama. The New Dawn series is set more than 15 years on from The Death, in a country … Continue reading "Story synopses f […]
Big Finish announce release of ‘New Dawn 3’ Survivors audio boxset December 9, 2022
BIG FINISH HAVE today (9 December) announced that a new full-cast Survivors audio boxset – the third in the ‘New Dawn’ series – will be released in February 2023. Survivors: New Dawn 3 will again star Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant) and Lucy Fleming (Jenny Richards). All three episodes in the new boxset have been written … Continue reading "Big Finish anno […]
Big Finish offer time-limited discount on New Dawn audios November 27, 2022
BIG FINISH HAVE announced a time-limited discount on the CD and digital download versions of both of the Survivors: New Dawn audio boxsets. Survivors: New Dawn 1 and Survivors: New Dawn 2 are available for £19.99 (CD + download) or £16.99 (download only). The two-part series, which stars Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant) and Lucy Fleming … Continue reading " […]
Big Finish podcast confirms again that more Survivors audios are planned November 15, 2022
THE LATEST BIG Finish podcast includes further confirmation that the company is planning new Survivors audio dramas – following on from the release of nine full-cast boxsets, three audiobooks and the six story New Dawn series. In the ‘Listeners Emails’ section of the 13 November 2022 Big Finish podcast, co-hosts Nick Briggs and Benji Clifford … Continue read […]
Big discounts on Big Finish Survivors audio dramas – until 20 November November 14, 2022
BIG FINISH HAVE announced a seven-day sale on the six most recent Survivors audio drama boxsets – offering reduced prices on series four to series nine, available in CD and digital download formats. There are also discounts on each of the nine individual Survivors boxsets, and the audiobook of Terry Nation’s 1976 Survivors novel, narrated … Continue reading […]
Carolyn Seymour to appear at MCM Comic Con, Birmingham, 11-13 November 2022 November 10, 2022
CAROLYN SEYMOUR (ABBY Grant, Survivors) will appear at the MCM Comic Con convention taking place in Birmingham, UK between 11-13 November 2022. Seymour will be taking part in the convention from Friday to Sunday, and will be offering autograph and photo sessions across all three days. At 16:15 on Saturday 12 November, Seymour will appear … Continue reading […]
Ian McCulloch to appear at Connecticut Horrorfest September 15, 2022
IAN MCCULLOCH (GREG Preston, Survivors) will appear at the CT Horrorfest 2022 Convention in Connecticut this weekend (16-17 September 2022). McCulloch is best know in horror circles for his three post-Survivors roles in Italian horror movies, and outlines his interest in meeting fans of his work in a brief promotional video for the event. Scottish … Continue […]
Keith Jayne (Mick, Corn Dolly) to appear at Whooverville 2022 August 24, 2022
KEITH JAYNE, WHO memorably played the role of Mick in the first series Survivors episode Corn Dolly, will be one of the guests at the Whooverville convention in Derby on 3 September 2022. Whooverville 13 is, as the name suggests, a Doctor Who themed event, celebrating all the different eras of the show. Keith played … Continue reading "Keith Jayne (Mick […]
June Hudson joins Fantom Events ‘Signing Spectacular’ – 27 August August 23, 2022
COSTUME DESIGNER JUNE Hudson is appearing at a signing event in London on 27 August 2022. June joined the production team on Survivors in its first year and designed the clothing for the show’s leading series one characters. During her career at the BBC, June worked extensively on Doctor Who and Blake’s 7 amongst other … Continue reading "June Hudson jo […]

Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Taylor
I once watched this show years ago in Netflix. Then it was removed from Netflix. Now, given the times, I wanted to rewatch the series. There are more people today interested in this genre. I so wish they would have continued the show. Worst decision to cancel it.
Taylor
Comment on SFX reflects on the Survivors remake with cast and crew by dtasker72
I loved this, I have it and keep it and watch it once or twice a year. One of long time favourites I was so disappointed when it was cancelled.
dtasker72
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Melvyn Exton
Melv exton.it is not the only time the bbc have done this they didn’t finish the original 1970s survivors with ian macculloch either i found the new version better and different and am sure someone out there could finish off the series with the original actors and make a success of it.
Melvyn Exton
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Tim Lister
This never would've happened now. BBC1's "flagship" sci-fi show Doctor Who regularly gets under 4 million viewers and remains on the air. They should've just moved it to BBC2 and reduced the budget or number of episodes.
Tim Lister
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Neil Harrison
I watched the original series as a teenager in the mid 70's which was excellent ... The 2008 & 2010 series even better ... I'm not really much of a sci-fi fan at all, but I'd go as far as saying this is one of the best series the BBC have ever made. The decision to pull the 3rd series with so many open ends was pretty disgraceful and whoev […]
Neil Harrison
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Ken Bolton
In reply to Carol Fitzgerald. BBC is now run by s low caliber lot who seem to think people want to watch rubbish like Eastenders, Pointless and Victoria Derbyshire. What a waste of taxpayers money they are. Series 3 should have been made and BBC really doesn’t really have an excuse for not doing so. BBC needs a change of staff
Ken Bolton
Comment on Survivors remake episode three series two was broadcast ten years ago today by thesentinel2012
An interesting connection with Roger Lloyd-Pack appearing in both versions of Survivors. But there weren't actually many connections between the two versions, even when the same character names were used. Max Beesley played the hardened criminal convincingly, but it was a completely different character to the one played by Talfryn Thomas. In the origina […]
thesentinel2012
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Jason Harris
Found Survivors remake, thoroughly enjoyed story / characters and acting. Cliff hanger S2. Everyone’s favourite apocalyptic sociopath, good ol’ Tom steals aboard plane to save Aryn .... no Season 3. Come on. It was a great premise (revisited) and you don’t even wrap it up. Very disappointed.
Jason Harris
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Carol Fitzgerald
Do a third season and put it on net flix, you tube etc. It will be watched.
Carol Fitzgerald
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Heather Latham
Totally agree with John Melville , we are left with no logical ending , and it was a well acted series and people wanted more stories and they should have finished with a film at the end if they didn’t want another series , to tie up loose ends ..
Heather Latham

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