By Rich Cross Last updated on 03 March 2026, 10:48:45
Recalling key dates in the history of Survivors
The next seven days in Survivors
5 March 199927 years ago Location trip The first day of the sixth Reunion location trip (Tanker Hill Mob) visited sites across Herefordshire
6 March 197650 years ago Production Recording of the studio sequences for Lights of London Part 2, the fourth episode of series two, at BBC TV Centre in London
7 March 199927 years ago Location trip The last day of the sixth Reunion location trip (which became known by the title of its commemorative video "The Tanker Hill Mob") which visited sites across Herefordshire
9 March 200224 years ago Location trip The Mad Dog 2002 location trip visited locations in Monsal Dale and at Ilam
9 March 199729 years ago Crew Death of Terry Nation, creator of Survivors, and scriptwriter of seven series one episodes
Earlier this month in Survivors
1 March 197551 years ago Production Recording of the studio sequences for Genesis, the second episode of series one, at BBC TV Centre in London
Later this month in Survivors
11 March 20215 years ago PublicationSurvivors: Salvation, the sequel to the novel Genesis of a Hero, both written by Peter Hill (pen name, John Eyers) published in Kindle format
12 March 197551 years ago Production Recording of the studio sequences for Gone Away, the third episode of series one, at BBC TV Centre in London
16 March 197749 years ago TelevisionManhunt, the opening episode of series three, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 7.42m viewers
17 March 197650 years ago Production Recording of the studio sequences for The Chosen, the ninth episode of series two, at BBC TV Centre in London
17 March 20224 years ago Cast Death of Peter Bowles (David Grant, The Fourth Horseman, S1) aged 85
22 March 197551 years ago Production Recording of the studio sequences for Corn Dolly, the fourth episode of series one, at BBC TV Centre in London
23 March 197749 years ago TelevisionA Little Learning, the second episode of series three, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 4.55m viewers
30 March 197749 years ago TelevisionLaw of the Jungle, the third episode of series three, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 6.72m viewers
31 March 197650 years ago TelevisionBirth of a Hope, the opening episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 9.34m viewers
Cite this web page
03 March 2026202510 April
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: 03 March 2026.
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
Sequel to 'Genesis of a Hero' published
AUTHOR JOHN EYERS has just published Survivors: Salvation, a long-awaited sequel to his 'cult classic' novel Survivors: Genesis of a Hero.
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.
AN AUDIO-BOOK EDITION of cultural historian Alwyn Turner's acclaimed Terry Nation: The Man Who Invented the Daleks has been released by Fantom Publishing.