Survivors: on this day

By Rich Cross   Last updated on 13 June 2026, 07:19:54

Recalling key dates in the history of Survivors



 The next seven days in Survivors


 16 June 197650 years ago
 Television Over the Hills, the twelfth episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 8.84m viewers

 18 June 197551 years ago
 Television Law and Order, the ninth episode of series one, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 8.38m viewers


 Earlier this month in Survivors


 1 June 197749 years ago
 Television Long Live the King, the eleventh episode of series three, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 5.71m viewers

 1 June 201313 years ago
 Cast Death of Lorna Lewis (Pet Simpson)

 2 June 197650 years ago
 Television Parasites, the tenth episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 9.29m viewers

 2 June 201511 years ago
 Audio Release of the second series of original Big Finish Survivors audio adventures

 3 June 200422 years ago
 DVD Lorna Lewis, Denis Lill, Pennant Roberts and Heather Wright are reunited at central London studio to record the 'special features' for the Survivors series two DVD release.

 4 June 197551 years ago
 Television Starvation, the seventh episode of series one, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 8.48m viewers

 5 June 200323 years ago
 DVD Carolyn Seymour, Lucy Fleming, Ian McCulloch, Pennant Roberts and Tanya Ronder are reunited at a studio in central London to record the 'special features' for the Survivors series one DVD release

 5 June 201412 years ago
 Audio Release of the first series of original Big Finish Survivors audio adventures

 8 June 197749 years ago
 Television Power, the twelfth and final episode of series three, and the last ever TV episode, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.52m viewers

 8 June 199828 years ago
 VHS Official release date for volumes three (1.5 and 1.6) and four (1.7 and 1.8) of the VHS release of series one of Survivors by Sovereign Video

 9 June 197650 years ago
 Television New Arrivals, the eleventh episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.02m viewers

 9 June 201610 years ago
 Audio Release of the fourth series of original Big Finish Survivors audio adventures

 11 June 197551 years ago
 Television Spoil of War, the eighth episode of series one, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 6.77m viewers


 Later this month in Survivors


 21 June 20179 years ago
 Audio Release of the sixth series of original Big Finish Survivors audio adventures

 22 June 201016 years ago
 Crew Death of Pennant Roberts (director on Survivors, S1-S2)

 23 June 197650 years ago
 Television New World, the thirteenth and final episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.98m viewers

 25 June 197551 years ago
 Television The Future Hour, the tenth episode of series one, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.12m viewers

 25 June 20197 years ago
 Audio Release of the ninth series of original Big Finish Survivors audio adventures


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13 June 2026202510 April

 Cross, R. (2025). 'Survivors: on this day,' [online] Survivors: A World Away, 10 April. Available at: https://www.smd.urko.org.uk/a-world-away/Survivors_on_this_day.php. Accessed on: 13 June 2026.

 
   

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