Survivors: on this day

By Rich Cross Last updated on 09 June 2019, 09:59:07

Recalling key dates in the history of Survivors

The next seven days in Survivors

6 October 200321 years ago
DVD Official release date for the first series Survivors DVD boxset on the DD Video label

7 October 201113 years ago
Cast Death of George Baker (Arthur Wormley, Genesis), aged 80

7 October 200816 years ago
Cast Death of Peter Copley (Dr Bronson, The Fourth Horseman), aged 93

Earlier this month in Survivors

1 October 194777 years ago
Cast Birth of Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant)

4 October 200420 years ago
DVD Official release date for the second series Survivors DVD boxset on the DD Video label

Later this month in Survivors

18 October 200816 years ago
Location trip The first day of the Mad Dog 2008 location trip saw participants join an organised walk through the sealed railway tunnels on the Monsal Trail

19 October 200816 years ago
Location trip The second day of the Mad Dog 2008 location trip visited locations at Monsal Dale

30 October 199925 years ago
Location trip A organised fan trip visited the filming locations for Lights of London, including the London Underground, The Oval cricket ground, BBC TV Centre and Hanwell train station

31 October 1922102 years ago
Cast Birth of Talfyrn Thomas (Tom Price, S1)

Coming up in Survivors

03 November 20159 years ago
Audio Release of the third series of original Big Finish Survivors audio adventures

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05 October 2024202121 February

Cross, R. (2021). 'Survivors: on this day,' [online] Survivors: A World Away, 21 February. Available at: https://www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/a-world-away/Survivors_on_this_day.php. Accessed on: 05 October 2024.

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