Basics

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'Making of' and Guidebooks

Details of the two key guides to Survivors

December 23 2020, 14:00


An introduction to Survivors

Survivors: The Basics - An introduction to the post-apocalyptic TV drama Survivors

December 23 2020, 14:30


Corn Dolly - Goofs and Gaffes - No slowing down...

Corn Dolly - Goofs and Gaffes - No slowing down...

November 18 2018, 15:48


Fanzines and other publications

A brief history of Survivors fan publications

February 02 2021, 21:36


Reviving and remaking Survivors

News of attempts to revive or remake Survivors

December 26 2020, 11:35


Survivors Italian DVD releases

Survivors DVD releases in Italy

December 23 2020, 12:11


Survivors Region 1 DVD set

Details of the Region 1 release of a 6-disc Survivors DVD boxset in 2010

December 23 2020, 13:07


Survivors novelisations

Details of the two Survivors novels from the 1970s

December 26 2020, 11:23


Survivors on satellite & cable TV

A brief history of Survivors on non-terrestrial TV

December 24 2020, 08:48


Survivors series one on DVD

Details of the release of series one of Survivors on DVD in 2003

December 23 2020, 12:56


Survivors series three on DVD

Details of the release of series three of Survivors on DVD in 2005

December 23 2020, 13:13


Survivors series two on DVD

Details of the release of series two of Survivors on DVD in 2004

January 01 2021, 10:25


Survivors themes and plot 'arcs'

A guide to the key dramatic themes of Survivors

December 24 2020, 16:16


Survivors three-series DVD set

Details of the 2 | entertain release of a 11-disc Survivors DVD boxset in 2008

December 23 2020, 11:29


Survivors: episode guide

A three series episode guide

December 23 2020, 13:51


Survivors: main characters

An introduction to the on-screen stars of Survivors

December 26 2020, 10:04


The BBC Worldwide video release

A brief history of the first release of Survivors series one on VHS

December 23 2020, 11:21


The DD Video re-release

A brief history of the second re-release of Survivors series one on VHS

December 23 2020, 11:25


The Sovereign video re-release

A brief history of the re-release of Survivors series one on VHS

December 24 2020, 08:51


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 The hope of a sea voyage to America brings Maddie Price to the coast; but her journey will be anything but plain sailing...

 Survivors 2:1 Dark Rain

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 Months after the plague, storms batter the country. As Abby resumes the search for her son, Jackie and Daniel fight for their lives

 The Fourth Horseman location find

Jenny Richards encounters Tom Price on a rural hillside in Survivors episode The Fourth Horseman

 A long sought-after location from Survivors first ever episode has finally been tracked down

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Terry Nation's Survivors

 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

 Big Finish and the Survivors: New Dawn audio boxsets
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.

 Myra Frances (Anne Tranter, Survivors) dies at 78
Myra Frances (Anne Tranter, Survivors) dies at 78

MYRA FRANCES, WHO played the role of Anne Tranter in two episodes of series one of Survivors, has died of cancer just weeks after her seventy-eighth birthday.

 Monsal Dale and Perfect Pub Walks
Monsal Dale and Perfect Pub Walks

THE FIRST EPISODE of the new Channel 4 series Perfect Pub Walks with Bill Bailey visits several of the key Monsal Dale locations seen in the third series Survivors episode Mad Dog.

 Sequel to 'Genesis of a Hero' published
Sequel to 'Genesis of a Hero' published

AUTHOR JOHN EYERS has just published Survivors: Salvation, a long-awaited sequel to his 'cult classic' novel Survivors: Genesis of a Hero.