{"id":2597,"date":"2020-08-03T07:20:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T07:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2020-08-03T07:20:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T07:20:24","slug":"survivors-remake-retrospective-in-sfx-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/survivors-remake-retrospective-in-sfx-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors remake retrospective in SFX magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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THE AUGUST 2020 edition of SFX <\/em>magazine features a six-page retrospective feature on Adrian Hodges’ 2008-10 remake of Survivors<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article includes recollections and reminiscences from Hodges, Paterson Joseph (Greg Preston), Julie Graham (Abby Grant) and Robyn Addison (Sarah Boyer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s clear from the feature that Hodges’ disappointment at the abrupt cancellation of the show at the close of the second series is still keenly felt. Although he suggests that the Survivors<\/em>‘ prospects suffered as a result of management changes at the BBC, he concedes that lower-than-hoped-for viewing figures played a key role in the axeing of Survivors<\/em>. “The show had probably not managed to get the kind of numbers the BBC wanted,” he reflects, “it certainly wasn’t a show that had a massive audience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the showrunner Hodges reveals some of the key components of his plans for the show if a third (and subsequent) series had been commisioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also accepts that closing the second series with a (now never to be resolved) cliffhanger left many loyal viewers dissatisfied. “With the benefit of hindsight, I perhaps should have given it a slightly more rounded ending”, Hodges says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Steve O’Brien, research for the SFX<\/em> feature also informed the brief <\/em>retrospective on the Survivors<\/em> remake published in The Guardian<\/em><\/a> <\/em>back in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve O’Brien. 2020. ‘Survivors<\/em> unseen’, SFX<\/em>, No 329, August, pp.60-65.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE AUGUST 2020 edition of SFX magazine features a six-page retrospective feature on Adrian Hodges’ 2008-10 remake of Survivors. The article includes recollections and reminiscences from Hodges, Paterson Joseph (Greg Preston), Julie Graham (Abby Grant) and Robyn Addison (Sarah Boyer). It’s clear from the feature that Hodges’ disappointment at the abrupt cancellation of the show … Continue reading “Survivors remake retrospective in SFX magazine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-news","category-commentary","category-media-coverage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-FT","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions\/2601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}