By Rich Cross Last updated on 11 September 2025, 03:30:02
Recalling key dates in the history of Survivors
The next seven days in Survivors
15 September 20214 years ago Cast Death of Robert Fyfe (Phillipson, Gone Away, S1) aged 90
Earlier this month in Survivors
1 September 200124 years ago Location trip The third day of a four day Survivors location trip saw fans visit Ffrwdgrech House (Sloton Spencer), Penoyre House (the Toll Bar), and the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal whilst abiding by the restrictions in place due to the Foot & Mouth outbreak
2 September 200124 years ago Location trip The last day of a four day Survivors location trip allowed fans to visit some favourite series one sites, including the Hole-in-the-Wall bridge, Brockhampton Court (Waterhouse) and its surroundings, Clencher's Mill ford and Great Malvern station (Brimpsfield)
6 September 199332 years ago VHS Official release date for volumes three (1.5 and 1.6) and four (1.7 and 1.8) of the VHS release of series one of Survivors by BBC Enterprises
6 September 199728 years ago Location trip Second ever organised fan location visit (a 'Reunion') gathered at Midsummer Hill in Herefordshire to spend a day visiting Survivors filming locations, including a return to Hampton Court
7 September 199629 years ago Location trip First ever organised fan location visit (which came to be known as Reunions) gathered in Herefordshire to visit Survivors filming locations, including Hampton Court
8 September 200817 years ago Cast Death of Celia Gregory (Ruth Anderson, S2), aged 58
Later this month in Survivors
19 September 20214 years ago Cast Death of Morris Perry (Dr Richard Fenton, Mad Dog), aged 96
23 September 194976 years ago Cast Birth of Celia Gregory (Ruth Anderson, S2)
26 September 20232 years ago Audio Release of Survivors: New Dawn 4, a new and original three-part audio drama, released by Big Finish, set more than two decades on from The Death - the last Survivors audio to be produced by Big Finish
28 September 193095 years ago Crew Birth of Terence (Terry) Dudley, producer of Survivors and scriptwriter of series three opener Manhunt
Cite this web page
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Cross, R. (2025). 'Survivors: on this day,' [online] Survivors: A World Away, 10 April. Available at: https://www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/a-world-away/Survivors_on_this_day.php. Accessed on: 11 September 2025.
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
Pete Wallbank
ILLUSTRATOR AND ARTIST Pete Wallbank designed the covers for the Sovereign Video VHS release of series one of Survivors.
MYRA FRANCES, WHO played the role of Anne Tranter in two episodes of series one of Survivors, has died of cancer just weeks after her seventy-eighth birthday.
THE RESPECTED CHARACTER actor Morris Perry, who died on 19 September 2021 at the age of 96, enjoyed a long and diverse career on television and on the stage.
