By Rich Cross Last updated on 10 August 2026, 06:26:06

Pete Wallbank discusses his work on the video sleeve illustrations he produced for the first two series of Survivors
December 28 2020, 20:42


A brief history of the second re-release of Survivors series one on VHS
December 23 2020, 11:25

A brief history of the first release of Survivors series one on VHS
December 23 2020, 11:21

Written to accompany the (abortive) release of Survivors series two by Sovereign Video in 1998
December 20 2020, 10:22

Written to accompany the (abortive) release of series two by Sovereign Video in 1998
November 28 2020, 11:31

Rich Cross. 2026. Survivors: The classic post-apocalyptic series - Series one / 1975. Inky Hand Press. Published on 17 April 2026
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Billions of people have died across the globe. Cities are rife with secondary diseases, and the survivors attempt to make their way out of London

Wounded, split apart and fighting for their lives, the survivors discover that survival isn't everything...

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 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
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.
BRITBOX, THE STREAMING archive television platform that, in September 2020, made all three series of Survivors available to watch online through its subscription service, has now withdrawn the programme from its collection.
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.
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.