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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.

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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 … Read […]
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, … Read More → The pos […]
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 … Read More → The post Cultbox publishes review o […]
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 … Read More → The post Each episode of […]
Survivors series nine audios released – discount offers on earlier series available until end of the month June 25, 2019
THE NINTH AND concluding series of full-cast original Survivors audios has been released by Big Finish today. The fourth episode final series is available to buy (in both CD and download formats) from the Big Finish website. To celebrate the nine series’ achievement, Big Finish are offering discounts on several of the earlier series – … Read More → The post […]
Survivors series nine audios released tomorrow – preview the first fifteen minutes today June 24, 2019
THE NINTH AND final series of the current run of full-cast Survivors audio dramas will be released by Big Finish tomorrow (25 June 2019). The four episodes of series nine are available to pre-order in both download and CD formats, direct from the Big Finish web site. The first fifteen minutes of opening episode “The … Read More → The post Survivors series ni […]
Survivors series one audios in Big Finish Bookclub June 8, 2019
IN THE LATEST issue of Big Finish’s free-to-download full-colour magazine Vortex, the Bookclub feature turns the clock back to June 2014 and revisits the release of the first series boxset of original Survivors audios. As a selected Bookclub title, the first four episodes of Survivors are currently (June 2019) on offer to purchase as a … Read More → The post […]
Sydney Tafler appreciation on Network On Air site June 8, 2019
THE NETWORK ON AIR site has published a well-crafted appreciation of the screen career of Sydney Tafler, an actor who memorably appeared as Manny, the morally-dubious settlement leader, in the well-regarded two-part series two Survivors story Lights of London. In the modern world of drama production, it is commonplace for actors to move back and … Read More […]
Posting Letters to the Moon completes New York run June 6, 2019
LUCY FLEMING AND Simon Williams completed the New York run of their spoken-word production Posting Letter to the Moon earlier this week. The three week run at 59E59 Theatres was the first overseas tour for the show which offers “a romantic, funny, and touching portrait of life during the early 1940s featuring readings of wartime … Read More → The post Postin […]
Carolyn Seymour in The Prodigal Daughter (1975) June 6, 2019
IN 1975, THE year that the first series of Survivors was shown on the BBC, Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant) appeared alongside Alastair Simm and Jeremy Brett in the powerful one-hour drama The Prodigal Daughter. Produced by Anglia Television and screened on the ITV network, The Prodigal Daughter sees Seymour take on the role of a … Read More → The post Carolyn S […]

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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!
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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
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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
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Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Joe gallagher
So angry they cancelled survivors and left everybody hanging on a cliff edge we would like to see more series made so we can enjoy it more and find out what happens.
Joe gallagher
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Aly
would really like to see the series continue.For some reason the thing won't get out of my head. I think it might be because I watched the original at an impressionable age of around 12yrs. Loved it then and love it now......
Aly
Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by Jane Henson
Omg just watched series 1 and 2 of Survivors only to discover they cancelled any more plans for a 3rd series...Basically the BBC left us in limbo land ! Angry isn't the word! Never knew about it back in 2008 but 10 yrs on what a fantastic series but gutted that's it!!!
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Comment on Why was Survivors cancelled after two series? by colin flowerday
Survivors was trying to be like its Seventies Predecessor but it failed miserably as the Terry Nation original was so gripping I loved it fourty years ago and have it on Dvd. The modern version failed as it cant work its sad but Remakes don't work normally its sad but I feel that its Cancellation was bound to happen but it should have had a final episod […]
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