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Survivors: A World Away

Survivors: A World Away

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The Unofficial and Unauthorised guide to the BBC's remake of Survivors - by Rich Cross

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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, 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.

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.

Survivors: A World Away blog

Original series discussed in Guardian article on Survivors remake May 28, 2020
“I COULDN’T WATCH that first season again. It’s too harrowing,” says Adrian Hodges of the remake of Survivors shown on BBC One in 2008. “It’s so close to what we’re going through now.” In an interview in the Guardian, with genre journalist Steve O’Brien, Hodges looks back at the reception and impact of his remake … Continue reading "Original series disc […]
Lucy Fleming reads ‘Posting’ letter on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme May 4, 2020
LUCY FLEMING READ an extract from a letter that her mother Celia Johnson sent to her father Peter Fleming just after VE Day on BBC Radio 4’s flagship news progamme Today this morning (4 May 2020). The Today show is featuring a number of different readings this week, as part of the wider BBC shedule … Continue reading "Lucy Fleming reads ‘Posting’ letter […]
Entertainment Focus enjoys a full rewatch of Survivors May 2, 2020
TWO JOURNALISTS FROM Entertainment Focus have recently been enjoying a full rewatch of all 38 episodes of Survivors from all three series of the show, and sharing their thoughts, criticisms and observations in a series of linked articles in the online magazine. Good-humoured, interesting, sometimes contentious, but usually well-informed, Greg Jameson and Sam […]
Carolyn Seymour joins New Counter-Measures audios April 29, 2020
CAROLYN SEYMOUR RETURNS to the world of Big Finish audios, in two adventures from The New Counter-Measures series that have just been released. These two instalments were recorded back in June 2019, several months after the completion of Seymour’s work on the ninth and final series of Survivors audio box sets. Seymour reprises the role … Continue reading […]
Roger Marshall, scriptwriter of Survivors episode “Parasites”, has died April 4, 2020
ROGER MARSHALL, THE well-respected genre TV scriptwriter, who penned the series two Survivors episode “Parasites” has died at the age of 86. Born in Leicester in 1934, Marshall began a career in television after graduating from Cambridge University. He quickly found his niche as a prolific scriptwriter, and would go on to write scripts for … Continue reading […]
Carolyn Seymour to appear at Nottingham’s EM-Con, 18-19 July 2020 January 26, 2020
CAROLYN SEYMOUR WILL be a guest at both days of the upcoming Nottingham EM-Con 2020 convention, being held at the city’s Motorpoint Arena on 18-19 July. Seymour will be offering both autographs and ‘photoshoot’ opportunities for visiting fans, both of which can be booked in advance. We’re happy to welcome Carolyn Seymour to our guest … Continue reading […]
Celebration of Big Finish’s Survivors audios in new Divergent Wordsmiths eBook November 25, 2019
A NEW eBOOK published today by the Divergent Wordsmiths team, celebrating twenty years of creative audio work by Big Finish, includes a chapter on the company’s acclaimed nine series of original Survivors adventures. Written by Rich Cross, the editor of the Survivors: A World Away site, the short chapter recounts the development, release and reception … Cont […]
Denis Lill on tour in The Lady Vanishes October 20, 2019
DENIS LILL IS out and about “treading the boards” once more in a national touring production of The Lady Vanishes, a new adaptation of the classic 1938 Alfred Hitchcock big-screen thriller. Very appropriately, this latest live version has been brought to the stage by the Classic Thriller Theatre Company. Lill plays the role of Charters, … Continue reading […]
Cultbox publishes review of ninth series of Big Finish’s Survivors audios July 20, 2019
MY REVIEW OF the ninth and final series of the current run of Big Finish’s original full-cast Survivors audios has now been published on the Cultbox site. The review concludes: There’s still great potential here, as the UK begins to emerge from the dark ages of The Death, for more stories set in this uniquely … Continue reading "Cultbox publishes review […]
Each episode of series nine of Big Finish’s Survivors audios reviewed July 13, 2019
REVIEWS OF EACH of the four episodes of the final series of Big Finish’s full-cast Survivors audios have now been published on the S:AWA Big Finish mini-site. The Farm (Jane Slavin)Living under the rule of the Protectorate can be hard, even more so when your true purpose is hidden from you… Hearts and Mines (Christopher … Continue reading "Each episode […]

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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 […]
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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
Comment on Survivors remake series one finale was broadcast ten years ago this week by Janet Johnson
I was looking for it on Netflix today, where I had already watched it twice, and it was gone. This really was one of the best TV shows for me; still sad they cancelled it. Can't afford the DVDs but may buy them anyway!
Janet Johnson
Comment on Ten years since the first episode of the Survivors remake premiered on BBC One by Malcolm Edeson
I suspect like many fans of the original series I was a little disappointed in this series at the time of airing. It was 'good' but a bit 'too different'. By the end I was a fan and of course devastated when it was canned. I have since re-watched it 2 or 3 times and am now of the opinion this was a masterpiece of TV. Yes, it was promoted […]
Malcolm Edeson
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by JOHN MELVILLE
Television companies make these great series, The Tripods, Survivors, Utopia, then decide to cancel and leave us hanging in mid air. Personally I feel let down, cheated perhaps, and this kind of action certainly destroys loyalty to the BBC, Channel 4 or whoever it is. They could at least have the decency and respect for their viewers to draw the story to som […]
JOHN MELVILLE
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Barry
08/09/2018 I just watched series 1 on Wednesday 05/09/2018 on DVD box set and I enjoyed it so much as I wanted to see this remake as I watched the original series back in the 70s and I surf the net for any more seasons of the remake as I enjoyed it so much and I found season 2 on DVD set and bought it right away I only just finished watching the whole 2nd se […]
Barry
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by James
I Loved the 1970 s series, But felt they should of made 1 more to see what would of Happened to them, then they made a Remake watched , Loved it then after 2 series they cancelled that as well, Gutted there were at Least 2 series Left before it Ran its course, been 10 years jimmy the Hat
James
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by denizhan turmaz
Such a shame survivors was cancelledand what a cliff hanger to end on.what a great series need to do 3rd and 4rd
denizhan turmaz

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