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Big Finish offer time-limited discount on New Dawn audios

Survivors: New Dawn 2

BIG FINISH HAVE announced a time-limited discount on the CD and digital download versions of both of the Survivors: New Dawn audio boxsets.

Survivors: New Dawn 1 and Survivors: New Dawn 2 are available for £19.99 (CD + download) or £16.99 (download only).

The two-part series, which stars Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant) and Lucy Fleming (Jenny Richards) is set many years on from the events of ninth audio series, and explores developments in post-Death England as the return of civilisation gathers pace – events that give rise to new challenges which could threaten the survival of this tentative new world.

The price reductions are available from the Big Finish site, when the discount code (provided on the Big Finish web page) is entered.

These box sets are now available to purchase at discounted prices until 23:59 (UK time) on 30 November 2022.

You can read reviews of the three episodes of New Dawn 1 and New Dawn 2 elsewhere on the Survivors: A World Away site.

Survivors: New Dawn 1 - cover

Big Finish podcast confirms again that more Survivors audios are planned

THE LATEST BIG Finish podcast includes further confirmation that the company is planning new Survivors audio dramas – following on from the release of nine full-cast boxsets, three audiobooks and the six story New Dawn series.

In the ‘Listeners Emails’ section of the 13 November 2022 Big Finish podcast, co-hosts Nick Briggs and Benji Clifford discuss the past and future of the company’s Survivors audios, revisiting in particular the New Dawn collections.

“I could wax lyrical about why I love Survivors all day long,” says sound designer Benji Clifford. “But if you like something that’s a little bit different to normal Big Finish offerings, go check it out.”

Asked if more Survivors audios will be commissioned, Big Finish executive producer Nicholas Briggs replies: “Yes, there will be more Survivors.”

News that more Survivors audios would be produced was first confirmed in a ‘Survivors Special‘ edition of the Big Finish podcast, back in May – but, as plans in all creative industries can change over time, it’s encouraging to have this commitment reconfirmed.

Big Finish Podcast. 2022. ‘2022-11-13 UNIT Cops’, 13 November, https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2022-11-13-unit-cops.

Big discounts on Big Finish Survivors audio dramas – until 20 November

Survivors - Big Finish audios - November 2022 CD sale

BIG FINISH HAVE announced a seven-day sale on the six most recent Survivors audio drama boxsets – offering reduced prices on series four to series nine, available in CD and digital download formats.

There are also discounts on each of the nine individual Survivors boxsets, and the audiobook of Terry Nation’s 1976 Survivors novel, narrated by Carolyn Seymour.

Survivors series four to series seven are available as a four-pack combo for £42.75 (reduced from £90.00), and at significantly reduced prices as individual boxsets.

Survivors series eight and nine are available as a two-pack combo for £22.50 (reduced from £50.00), and also at majorly reduced prices as individual boxsets.

Postage is free for the combo CD sets, all of which unlock access to the digital download versions.

Access the deals on the Big Finish site while the offer lasts.

The Survivors Big Finish sale ends 23:59 (UK time) on 20 November 2022.

Still not tempted? Check out the detailed reviews of series four, five, six, seven, eight and nine of these Survivors audio dramas elsewhere on the Survivors: A World Away site to find out more.

Save up to 80% on selected Survivors releases on collectors’ edition CD and download while stocks last.

Big Finish

Carolyn Seymour to appear at MCM Comic Con, Birmingham, 11-13 November 2022

Carolyn Seymour - Abby Grant, Survivors

CAROLYN SEYMOUR (ABBY Grant, Survivors) will appear at the MCM Comic Con convention taking place in Birmingham, UK between 11-13 November 2022.

Seymour will be taking part in the convention from Friday to Sunday, and will be offering autograph and photo sessions across all three days.

At 16:15 on Saturday 12 November, Seymour will appear on a Live Stage session.

An iconic actor in British TV as well as a popular voice actor – Carloyn Seymour has done it all! Join the legend as she discusses her time on and behind the screen and answers fan questions!

MCM Comicon, Birmingham

Seymour’s involvement with MCM Comic Con, Birmingham follows on from her appearance, alongside Survivors‘ Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston), at the London Film Fair earlier this month.

A limited number of advance tickets are still available for MCM Comic Con, Birmingham (no tickets are sold on the door).

MCM Comic Con
11-13 November 2022
National Exhibition Centre (NEC)
North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT

Carolyn Seymour - MCM Comicon, Birmingham 2022

Ian McCulloch to appear at Connecticut Horrorfest

CT Horrorfest 2022

IAN MCCULLOCH (GREG Preston, Survivors) will appear at the CT Horrorfest 2022 Convention in Connecticut this weekend (16-17 September 2022).

McCulloch is best know in horror circles for his three post-Survivors roles in Italian horror movies, and outlines his interest in meeting fans of his work in a brief promotional video for the event.

Scottish born actor Ian McCulloch rose to fame playing Greg Preston on the 1970s’ British Sci-Fi television show Survivors about a genetically engineered germ that wipes out almost the entire population of Earth.

His popularity there caught the attention of Italian filmmakers as he went on to star in a handful of the classics – including his role as Peter West in Lucio Fulci’s 1979 masterpiece Zombie (aka Zombi 2)!

Please join us in welcoming Ian McCulloch to CT HorrorFest 2022!

Films: Zombie (aka Zombi 2), Zombie Holocaust (aka Doctor Butcher M.D.), Contamination, Moonlighting, Where Eagles Dare, It!, Cromwell

Television: Survivors, Hammer House of Horror, Doctor Who, High Road, Taggart

CT Horrorfest 2022

Ian McCulloch - CT Horrorfest 2022

CT HorrorFest 2022
16-17 September 2022
Naugatuck Event Center
Naugatuck, CT, USA
http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/ct-horror/

Keith Jayne (Mick, Corn Dolly) to appear at Whooverville 2022

Keith Jayne - Survivors - Corn Dolly

KEITH JAYNE, WHO memorably played the role of Mick in the first series Survivors episode Corn Dolly, will be one of the guests at the Whooverville convention in Derby on 3 September 2022.

Whooverville 13 is, as the name suggests, a Doctor Who themed event, celebrating all the different eras of the show. Keith played the role of Will Chandler in the Fifth Doctor story The Awakening (alongside Denis Lill), but is probably best known in genre circles for playing the title role in the 1981 television adaptation of the much-loved children’s story Stig of the Dump.

Advance tickets for Whooverville 13, which proudly promotes itself as “the East Midland’s biggest annual get-together for fans of the BBC TV series Doctor Who” can be purchased online.

Keith has fond memories of his time working on Corn Dolly. “I remember it being a very friendly cast,” he told the Survivors: A World Away site. “As the youngest of them I used to enjoy the cuddles from Annie Hayes [Lorraine] – especially when it was so cold. Lucy and Carolyn were also kind to me. However, of them all, Denis was really helpful.”

Keith did have some concerns about taking on the part of Mick so early in his acting career. “I felt the part was too big for me at that stage,” he concedes. “But with [director] Pennant [Roberts]’s constant encouragement and the kindness afforded me by the other cast members, I got through it.”

Whooverville 13
3 September 2022
QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby DE1 3AS

June Hudson joins Fantom Events ‘Signing Spectacular’ – 27 August

COSTUME DESIGNER JUNE Hudson is appearing at a signing event in London on 27 August 2022.

June joined the production team on Survivors in its first year and designed the clothing for the show’s leading series one characters. During her career at the BBC, June worked extensively on Doctor Who and Blake’s 7 amongst other classic shows.

Tickets for the event organised by Fantom Films, at which numerous Doctor Who cast and crew members are appearing, cost £15 (including a free gift).

Tickets can be booked in advance (as numbers are limited). Anyone unable to attend can also purchase a signed photo in advance.

Fantom Events August Signing Spectacular
27 August 2022
St Michael’s Centre, Elmwood Road, Chiswick, London W4 3DY

Survivors audios in end-of-July Big Finish warehouse sale

Big Finish - warehouse sale - July 2022

SIX SURVIVORS AUDIO boxsets and one Survivors audiobook are all available to buy at significantly discounted prices in Big Finish’s latest temporary warehouse sale.

Price reductions have been applied to the series two and series four through eight full-cast Survivors audio boxsets and the audiobook version of Terry Nation’s 1976 Survivors novel.

The discounts are available through the Big Finish web site until 23:59 (UK time) on 28 July 2022. (Just keep scrolling down the page until the Survivors content loads.)

Read reviews of all of these releases elsewhere on the Survivors: A World Away site.

Survivors audios - Big Finish - warehouse sale - July 2022

Ian McCulloch to appear at London Film Fair, 11 September 2022

Ian McCulloch - London Film Fair - 11 September 2022

IAN McCULLOCH (GREG Preston) will appear at a London Film Fair event on 11 September 2022, at which fans will be able to purchase an autograph and a personal photo shoot with the Survivors actor and script writer.

The London Film Fair will take place at the Royal National Hotel, 38-51 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0DG.

Advance tickets (for entrance to the event) can be purchased online, and anyone unable to attend in person can pre-purchase the autographing of an item.

Joining us for the London Film Fair is IAN MCCULLOCH, the event takes place 11th September 2022 at the Royal National Hotel.

Ian appeared in Survivors and Doctor Who. Fans of the zombie genre will also know Ian for his work on Zombie Flesh Eaters, Zombie Holocaust and then the horror film Contamination.

London Film Fair
Ian McCulloch - London Film Fair - September 2022

Survivors Mad Dog Silver Archive now available through Lulu

THE SILVER ARCHIVE study of the classic series three Survivors episode Mad Dog is now available to buy through the Lulu platform.

This means that it will be much cheaper for readers in the United States, Canada and continental Europe to purchase print copies of the book.

This is because Lulu has print-on-demand facilities in all of these territories and only has to charge domestic (rather than international) postage rates to ship the book to local customers.

We have print facilities located in Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Your order will be routed to the printer closest to the shipping destination to ensure speedy fulfillment and delivery.

Lulu, Where will my book be printed and shipped from?

The electronic version of the book, and the print version of the book for UK-based customers, can still be purchased direct from the web site of the publisher Obverse Books.

‘Saliva only has to make contact with the skin. Rabies doesn’t even need a scratch. If it’s in the bloodstream, it’s too late.’

Mad Dog (1977) is a standout instalment of the third and final series of the BBC’s post-apocalyptic series Survivors. A touchstone in the series’ switch to a tougher, bleaker sensibility, the episode is rightly remembered for its portrayal of rabies and its gripping chase sequences. But it’s also a story offering fascinating insights into the wider human predicament, which dramatize the tension between optimism and cynicism and between altruism and self-interest. Above all, it’s a story that foregrounds the complex relationship between humanity and the natural world in a fictional post-pandemic Britain.

‘In 166 pages Rich Cross covers as much ground as Charles Vaughan does in the episode.’