By Rich Cross Last updated on 20 May 2026, 01:44:47
Recalling key dates in the history of Survivors
This day in Survivors
20 May 1915111 years ago Cast Birthday of Peter Copley (Dr Bronson, The Fourth Horseman)
The next seven days in Survivors
21 May 197551 years ago TelevisionGarland's War, the sixth episode of series one, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 6.51m viewers
21 May 197650 years ago Production OB Recording begins at Callow Hill on the series two episode Over the Hills
22 May 200818 years ago Cast Death of Hana-Maria Pravda (Emma Cohen, S1), aged 92
23 May 199828 years ago Location trip The Mad Dog 1998 location trip, the first organised fan visit to the area, visited locations in Monsal Dale and at Ilam
26 May 197650 years ago TelevisionThe Chosen, the ninth episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 9.14m viewers
26 May 197650 years ago Production OB Recording wraps at Callow Hill on the series two episode Over the Hills
Earlier this month in Survivors
2 May 198739 years ago Cast Death of Michael Gover (Arthur Russell), aged 73
3 May 199333 years ago VHS Official release date for volumes one (1.1 and 1.2) and two (1.3 and 1.4) of the VHS release of series one of Survivors by BBC Enterprises
3 May 20224 years ago Cast Death of June Brown (Susan, Manhunt, S3) aged 95
4 May 20197 years ago Location trip The first day of the Mad Dog 2019 location trip visited locations on the Severn Valley Railway
4 May 197749 years ago TelevisionSparks, the eighth episode of series three, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.22m viewers
4 May 199828 years ago VHS Official release date for volumes one (1.1 and 1.2) and two (1.3 and 1.4) of the VHS release of series one of Survivors by Sovereign Video
5 May 20197 years ago Location trip The second day of the Mad Dog 2019 location trip visited locations in Monsal Dale and at Ilam
5 May 197650 years ago TelevisionThe Witch, the sixth episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.83m viewers
7 May 197551 years ago TelevisionCorn Dolly, the fourth episode of series one, broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 8.08m viewers
11 May 197749 years ago TelevisionThe Enemy, the ninth episode of series three, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 6.31m viewers
12 May 197650 years ago TelevisionA Friend in Need, the seventh episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 8.28m viewers
13 May 193294 years ago Cast Birth of Terry Scully (Vic Thatcher, S1)
14 May 197551 years ago TelevisionGone to the Angels, the fifth episode of series one, broadcast on BBC1 and was seen by 8.08m viewers
Cite this web page
20 May 2026202510 April
Cross, R. (2025). 'Survivors: on this day,' [online] Survivors: A World Away, 10 April. Available at: https://survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/a-world-away/Survivors_on_this_day.php. Accessed on: 20 May 2026.
Survivors is a 38-episode, three series British post-apocalyptic TV series, created by Terry Nation, and first shown on BBC 1 between 1975 and 1977
Two Survivors novel were published in the UK, USA and Italy in the seventies: Terry Nation's part-novelisation of the first TV series Survivors was published in 1976; with John Eyers' original follow-up Genesis of a Hero appearing the following year
A 12-episode, two series remake of Survivors was broadcast on BBC One between 2008 and 2010
A 36-episode, nine series run of new and original Survivors audio adventures, set in the time and place of the original programme, were released by Big Finish between 2014 and 2019
Terry Nation's Survivors novel was released as an audiobook, voiced by Carolyn Seymour, in 2014
Genesis of a Hero was reprinted and republished as a paperback and as a Kindle title in 2015
A sequel to Genesis of a Hero, entitled Survivors: Salvation, was published in February 2021
A six-episode original audio drama, Survivors: New Dawn, set two decades on from The Death was released in two three story box sets by Big Finish in November 2021 and February 2022
Hampton Court
SEVERAL MEMORABLE SERIES ONE Survivors' filming locations inside Hampton Court are now accessible to visitors to the Herefordshire stately home and its grounds, as part of a series of welcome enhancements to the popular Herefordshire tourist attraction.
Big Finish and the Survivors: New Dawn audio boxsets
BACK IN JULY 2021 Big Finish announced the release of the first three-story boxset in its new Survivors: New Dawn series. These new audio dramas would be set some two decades after The Death.
A BRAND NEW documentary on Survivors first aired on BBC4 on Tuesday 5 December 2006 at 8.30pm as part of a series of programmes celebrating the history of British literary and small-screen science fiction.
