Carolyn Seymour pictured on the cover of her In Conversation release

News and updates

All of the latest news from the world of Survivors, including cast appearances on screen, on audio and on stage, new projects, new archival sources, interviews and other developments.

Hampton Court in Herefordshire, key series one Survivors filming location

Finding locations

Details of the very latest discoveries from across the UK, and news of the continuing search for the remaining filming locations used across three series of the show still to be tracked down.

Carolyn Seymour and Ian McCulloch pictured in first series Survivors episode Starvation

Survivors: The Basics

A one-stop beginner's guide that takes you through every aspect of the Survivors phenomenon, including a three series episode guide and details of TV screenings and VHS and DVD releases.

The cast of the 2008-2010 BBC remake of Survivors

Survivors remake

In 2008, the BBC broadcast a 'reimagining' of Survivors that reset the pandemic in the present day. Find out more about the two series Survivors remake and its journey to the small screen.

A detail from the front cover of the hardback edition of Terry Nation's 1976 Survivors novel

Survivors in print

An exploration of Survivors in print, including Terry Nation's 1976 novelisation, follow-up story Genesis of a Hero by 'John Eyers', guidebooks to the series, and academic studies of the show.

Carolyn Seymour, Ian McCulloch, Lucy Fleming and Neve McIntosh in the Big Finish studio

Survivors: on audio

Audio drama specialists Big Finish launched the first of nine boxsets of new Survivors audio dramas in 2013, set at the time of the 1970s series and featuring original cast members.

Focus on: Survivors on Britbox

ALL THREE SERIES of Survivors are available to stream, and to download for offline viewing, from the subscription-based and ad-free Britbox service.

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Survivors on Britbox

Recalling the history of Survivors


The next seven days in Survivors

 30 March 197747 years ago
 Television Law of the Jungle, the third episode of series three, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 6.72m viewers

 31 March 197648 years ago
 Television Birth of a Hope, the opening episode of series two, was broadcast on BBC1 and seen by 9.34m viewers

 1 April 193193 years ago
 Cast Birth of George Baker (Arthur Wormley, Genesis)


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Latest addition:

The location where Jenny Richards first meets Tom Price in The Fourth Horseman - the first episode of Survivors - image one

News of the discovery of a long sought-after filming location from The Fourth Horseman

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