{"id":2996,"date":"2020-09-17T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2020-09-17T07:55:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:55:12","slug":"survivors-on-britbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2020\/09\/17\/survivors-on-britbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors on Britbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FROM TODAY ALL three series of Survivors<\/em> are available to stream, and to download for offline viewing, from the subscription-based and ad-free Britbox service.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britbox is a recent collaboration between the BBC and ITV which brings together archive, classic and contemporary television programmes from both services’ catalogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in the 1970s, the BBC screened each series of Survivors<\/em> only once. With no repeat broadcasts on terrestrial TV, it was not until the launch of cable and satellite television services in the 1990s that Survivors<\/em> secured another screening on British TV screens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back then, the UK Gold station provided a platform for many classic cult and genre TV shows including Blake’s 7<\/em>, Doomwatch<\/em> and The Prisoner<\/em>. All three series of Survivors<\/em> regularly appeared on the UK Gold schedule, with the show’s last run<\/a> ending with the broadcast of series three finale “Power”, shortly after midnight on Monday 27 April 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the first series of Survivors<\/em> was released on VHS video<\/a> (three times within ten years) and all three series on DVD<\/a> (between 2003 and 2005), the show has not been made available through any UK TV service since the sign-off on UK Gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as Survivors<\/em>, the Britbox catalogue currently includes all four series of Terry Nation’s Blake’s 7<\/em>, genre favourites UFO<\/em>, Space 1999<\/em>, Quatermass and the Pit<\/em>, Star Cops<\/em>, The Avengers<\/em>, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy <\/em>and, naturally enough, Doctor Who<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britbox<\/a> is accessed through a web browser on a PC, laptop or tablet. A Britbox app is available for mobile devices and smart TVs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service offers a free seven day trial<\/a>, and is available to subscribers for an ongoing monthly fee which provides unlimited access to the full contents of Britbox (which operates within the UK only). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike other online programme services, such as Amazon Prime and Netflix, Britbox has not yet commissioned new programmes. Although it has acquired rights to some original dramas, Britbox’s main focus is on “previously enjoyed” content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listing for the first three episodes of series one of Survivors on the Britbox platform, 17 September 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Detail from Survivors banner on the Britbox platform, September 17 2020 (left-hand view)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM TODAY ALL three series of Survivors are available to stream, and to download for offline viewing, from the subscription-based and ad-free Britbox service. Britbox is a recent collaboration between the BBC and ITV which brings together archive, classic and contemporary television programmes from both services’ catalogues. Back in the 1970s, the BBC screened each … Continue reading “Survivors on Britbox”<\/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":[16,21,22,23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-tv","category-series-one","category-series-three","category-series-two","category-terry-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-Mk","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\/2996","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=2996"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3009,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions\/3009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}