Survivors (2008 TV series)

Survivors
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GenrePost-apocalyptic drama
Created byAdrian Hodges
Terry Nation (novel)
StarringJulie Graham
Max Beesley
Freema Agyeman
Paterson Joseph
Zoë Tapper
Phillip Rhys
Robyn Addison
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Geraldine Somerville
Nicholas Gleaves
Chahak Patel
Jack Richardson
Emma Lowndes
Sacha Parkinson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time60 minutes
90 minutes (Series 1 Episode 1)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
BBC HD
Release23 November 2008 (2008-11-23) –
23 February 2010 (2010-02-23)
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Survivors is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. It depicts the lives of a group of people who survived a virulent unknown strain of influenza which has wiped out most of the human species. According to the producers, the series is not a remake of the 1970s BBC television series Survivors (1975–1977), created by Terry Nation, but rather is loosely based on the novel of the same name that Nation wrote following the first series of the 1970s programme. Two series were produced of the new show: series 1 ran on BBC One and BBC HD in November–December 2008, and series 2 ran in January–February 2010, ending with a cliffhanger. The BBC announced on 13 April 2010 that due to poor viewing figures Survivors had been cancelled.[1]

The series premiered in South Africa on BBC Entertainment, in September 2009, in France on DTTV channel NRJ 12 on 12 January 2010,[2] on BBC America in the United States on 13 February 2010,[3] and in Australia on Channel Nine, on 21 March 2010.

  1. ^ "Survivors: Sci-fi series axed by BBC". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ "NRJ 12 s'offre une série à succès" [NRJ 12 pays for a successful TV series] (in French). metrofrance.com. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  3. ^ "U.S. PREMIERE OF SURVIVORS – FEBRUARY 13, BBC AMERICA". thefutoncritic.com. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009.