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The BBC's remake of SurvivorsThe latest posts on the http://survivorsbbctv.wordpress.com blog, which documents "The BBC's revival of the classic 1970s post-apocalyptic drama by Terry Nation" are provided below. For more background information on the Survivors remake see here. Author of forthcoming Terry Nation book interviewedPosted by: Rich Cross
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:30:13 +0000
An interview with Alwyn W Turner, author of a new study of the screen work of Survivors creator Terry Nation has been added to the Survivors: A World Away site. Also added to the site (which focuses on the original Survivors [1975-1977]): * A guide to the newly accessible interior Survivors filming locations at Hampton [...]
Read the full-story >>> Survivors ‘bloopers’ on BBC One’s Outtake TVPosted by: Rich Cross
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:18:59 +0000
Four brief ‘bloopers’ from episodes of series two of Survivors feature in the 4 September 2010 edition of BBC One’s Outtake TV. The outakes are: * Julie Graham finding that her anguished facial expression is completely obscured by her hair, after she flinches from assaulting Whitaker * Max Beesley dropping the bottle of water he’s [...]
Read the full-story >>> Survivors actors share how-to ‘secrets’ with SFXPosted by: Rich Cross
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:00:42 +0000
As part of a ’200 secrets’ feature in the 200th edition of SFX (October 2010), Survivors‘ actors Max Beesley (Tom Price) and Paterson Jospeh (Greg Preston) provide answers to questions posed by the magazine. Paterson Jospeh was asked: ‘What’s the secret of playing the pain of a gunshot wound in the chest?’ (Greg was shot [...]
Read the full-story >>> Max Beesley blasts ‘dreadful’ Survivors’ cancellation decisionPosted by: Rich Cross
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:32:53 +0000
Actor Max Beesley has denounced the BBC’s cancellation decision as ‘dreadful’, during an interview with Digital Spy. He told interviewer Paul Millar: “It’s a very difficult thing, this thing that’s happening now in the business, that is showbiz. It seems to be about ratings, and sustaining a market. “Certainly Survivors, when we put that series [...]
Read the full-story >>> New study of the work of Terry NationPosted by: Rich Cross
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:03:40 +0000
A new work by author Alwyn Turner will provide a fresh perspective on the televisual works of Survivors creator Terry Nation in the 1960s and 1970s. Due for publication in the spring of 2011, The Man Who Invented the Daleks: The Strange Worlds of Terry Nation, will be the first book-length study of the writing [...]
Read the full-story >>> Survivors premiers on the PRIME channel in New ZealandPosted by: Rich Cross
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:59:12 +0000
Series one of Survivors has begun transmission on the national, free-to-air PRIME network in New Zealand on 29 July 2010. Thanks to AH for alerting the blog to this news.
Read the full-story >>> Survivors series one secures BBC HD repeat – July-August 2010Posted by: Rich Cross
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:34:55 +0000
Series one of Survivors secured a low-key late-night repeat on the BBC HD Channel in late July and early August 2010. The ninety-minute first episode was shown at 00:30 on Tuesday 27 July 2010, with episodes two to five then being shown at 01:00 between Wednesday 28 July and Saturday 31 Juy 2010. The repeat [...]
Read the full-story >>> Survivors mentions in SFX September 2010Posted by: Rich Cross
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:44:40 +0000
In a round-up of his “top five non-Who sci-fi shows from the Beeb’s history” in this month’s SFX, comedian Tony Hadoke celebrates the original Survivors (alongside Doomwatch, Quatermass, Being Human, and Torchwood: Children of Earth). Survivors Post-apocalyptic drama is great: human depravity, injustice, moral dilemmas and thrilling drama. Yes, it was occasionally a tad middle [...]
Read the full-story >>> Italian broadcaster RAI-TRE repeats Survivors series onePosted by: Rich Cross
Sun, 23 May 2010 15:24:58 +0000
Italian TV station RAI-TRE which premiered series one of Survivors in September 2009 only to suspend transmission after showing just three episodes begins a repeat showing of series one on Monday 24 May 2010 at 11.10pm. Italian Survivors fans naturally hope that this time the broadcaster will commit to showing the entire run – of [...]
Read the full-story >>> Survivors – Region 1 – DVD reviewsPosted by: Rich Cross
Mon, 17 May 2010 23:17:26 +0000
The Region 1 (US and Canada) Survivors series one and two box set is reviewed on ComingSoon.net and on the Are You Screening? blog.
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