Survivors’ location enjoys annual open weekend

The abandoned village of Imber on Salisbury Plain (the principal filming location for series three Survivors episode Sparks) enjoyed its annual ‘open’ weekend over the Easter holiday break; an event covered this year by an illustrated feature in The Mirror (27 March 2016).

The village of Imber was forcibly evacuated in December 1943, as the military commandeered sites that could be used to prepare troops for the street fighting that would follow the Normandy landings of D-Day. The emptied village was repurposed as a Ministry of Defence training ground. Villagers were never able to return, and the site became sealed-off from public access all year round – except for a single annual open weekend, when visitors were welcomed to view the landmark church and other buildings.

St Giles Church, the main interior and exterior location in Sparks, benefited from a £300,000 restoration project in 2008, sponsored by the Churches Conservation Trust, which prevented the building from falling into a state of complete disrepair.

Imber - open weekend - 2016

Big Finish – Survivors – series four cover art published

Audio drama specialists have revealed the cover artwork for the fourth series of original Survivors audio dramas to be released (in CD and digital download formats) in June 2016.

For the first time in the Big Finish Survivors series, this series’ cover features characters from the original TV series – Jenny Richards (Lucy Fleming) and Greg Preston (Ian McCulloch) – who are featured alongside new characters government official Evelyn Piper (Zoë Tapper) and settlement leader Theo (Ramon Tikaram).

Big Finish - Survivors - series four - audios - cover

Series four will be released in June 2016, and is available for pre-order on the Big Finish site. The first three series of Survivors audios are still available for purchase, alongside the audiobook version of Terry Nation’s 1976 Survivors novel. Series five will be released in November 2016.

Big Finish – Survivors series 4 – first trailer released


 
Audio drama specialists Big Finish have released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming fourth series of new and original Survivors audio adventures.

Series four will be released in June 2016, and is available for pre-order on the Big Finish site. The first three series of Survivors audios are still available for purchase, alongside the audiobook version of Terry Nation’s 1976 Survivors novel. Series five will be released in November 2016.

Survivors series one box sets just waiting to be snapped up
Survivors series one box sets just waiting to be snapped up