By Rich Cross Last updated on 07 July 2026, 06:01:10

A new generation of survivors, who have grown up in the years since The Death, are determined to challenge their government

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

A long sought-after location from Survivors first ever episode has finally been tracked down
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 novels 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
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.
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.
THE RECENTLY REVAMPED Hampton Court web site reveals the estate's plans to open 'luxury holiday cottages' in a 'quiet part of the grounds'
A BID TO draw up plans to reinstate the rail connection between Bakewell and Buxton - which could have led to trains running across the Monsal Dale viaduct once again - has failed to attract government backing.