Survivors BBC TV series



Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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I was taken by surprise by this series because I did not realize that it was on until the last episode but I had been able to catch up on the previous episodes on BBC i player.

The series follows a small plucky group of people who meet after a catastrophic virus wiped out over 99.9% of the world"s population. This happened in a matter of days so the government did not realize how serious it was until it was too late. Essential health, fire and police services quickly came to an end as well as TV and radio. So many people were lost that before they found each other, the remaining survivors did not know a living soul left alive. This was not just loved ones and friends but everybody they had ever met in local shops, through work or in the local bar etc.

Luckily, this small group of strangers met purely by chance and quickly banded together which is realistic considering how people behave in times of great loss:like in 9/11 for instance. They quickly discovered that it was not just essential services but civilization itself had simply ceased to exist. Food kept in fridges and freezers perished in a matter of hours after the power went off. Running water was cut off shortly after power because water has to be pumped using electricity. Towns and cities became unsafe because rats and unburied bodies would spread disease and would probably flood as well when drains became blocked. My town would definitely flood because it is so close to sea level that it relies on pumping stations to keep the water out.

The survivors do not seem to appreciate at first that most man made products will have been manufactured using the skills of people in a wide variety of professions and trades from all over the globe. Would anybody know how to make a candle for example? What about medical attention with hardly any doctors or nurses left. The survivors attempt to answer some of these questions by tackling every day problems head on with often amusing results, so it is not all gloom and doom.

This series is a re image of the original 70"s drama based on a book by Terry Nation.
Update:The new series starts on Tuesday 12th Jan

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