Survivors:
The Basics

A brief history of the second re-release of Survivors series one on VHS

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The DD Video re-release

In parallel with the release of Survivors series one on DVD in 2003, DD Video issued the first series on PAL VHS - the third time in ten years that series one had been made available on sell-through video.

The videos were issued as three VHS double-packs, with each cassette containing two episodes (and the sixth and final tape offering the concluding three episodes of the series).

The double-packs were made available individually, and also as a box-set of six cassettes (in a plain-black cardboard container).

By 2003, interest in the sell-through video format was already fast waning, and this third VHS release for Survivors first series was inevitably overshadowed by the parallel DVD release (which was accompanied by a full-cover booklet and a range of special features; neither of which the video release offered).

By the following year, when series two of Survivors was released on DVD, there was no parallel VHS release - confirmation of how modest the previous year's VHS sales had been. DD Video's re-release of the first series on VHS brought to an the decade-long life of Survivors on retail video.

Like the original series one VHS release (by BBC Worldwide) and the first series one re-release (by Sovereign Video), copies of the series one DD Video release regularly appear on online auction sites - although the DD Video release is the rarest of the three.

An introduction to Survivors Episode guide Themes and plot 'arcs' Survivors: main characters Survivors on satellite & cable TV The BBC Worldwide video release The Sovereign Video re-release The DD Video re-release Survivors series one on DVD	Survivors series two on DVD Survivors series three on DVD Survivors three series DVD box-set Survivors Italian DVD releases Survivors Region 1 DVD box-set Survivors novelisations 'Making of' and Survivors Guide Books Fanzines and other publications Reviving and remaking Survivors

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