Survivors
The Classic British Post-Apocalyptic BBC Series - Series One / 1975
Published on 17. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
380 pages
978-1-9193863-0-0 (ISBN)
Description
Premiering in April 1975 on BBC1, Survivors presented viewers with the starkest premise imaginable: that only a tiny number of people had emerged unscathed from a deadly global pandemic, into a devastated, dangerous and unrecognisable world. Created by Terry Nation, the first thirteen episodes of Survivors explored how these few individuals band together to confront the daunting challenges of survival.
Featuring new interviews, original source material and previously unpublished photographs, this comprehensive and meticulous study explores all aspects of the first series of an exemplary post-apocalyptic BBC TV series from what's now celebrated as a golden era of British genre television.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrated throughout with black-and-white images
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
818 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9193863-0-0 (9781919386300)
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Person
RICH CROSS has published widely in the genre press about Survivors, Doomwatch, The Day of the Triffids, Planet of the Apes, The Guardians and many other dystopian and genre TV shows. In the 1990s, he wrote extensively for the emerging Survivors fan press, contributing features, news and reviews to Whitecross Calling and Over the Hills. He moderated the DDHE DVD commentaries for the Survivors episodes "Lights of London, Part 2" and "Mad Dog", and appeared in the New World Rising documentary on the making of Survivors' third and final series. He maintains web sites on the original Survivors series (1975-1977), the remake (2008-2010) and the new audio dramas (2014-2023). He has had numerous articles, reviews and features published in SciFiNow and Action TV, and on the Cultbox platform. Having previously served as the Audio Editor for Starburst magazine, he began writing the "TV Zone" column for the print edition in 2025.