By Rich Cross Last updated on 13 June 2026, 08:35:30
Recalling key dates in the history of Survivors
The next seven days in Survivors
16 June 197650 years ago TelevisionOver the Hills, the twelfth episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 8.84m viewers
18 June 197551 years ago TelevisionLaw 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 TelevisionLong 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 TelevisionParasites, 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 TelevisionStarvation, 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 TelevisionPower, 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 TelevisionNew 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 TelevisionSpoil 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 TelevisionNew World, the thirteenth and final episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.98m viewers
25 June 197551 years ago TelevisionThe 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
Cite this web page
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.
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
Pete Wallbank
ILLUSTRATOR AND ARTIST Pete Wallbank designed the covers for the Sovereign Video VHS release of series one of Survivors.
THE RESPECTED CHARACTER actor Morris Perry, who died on 19 September 2021 at the age of 96, enjoyed a long and diverse career on television and on the stage.
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.
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.
