{"id":422,"date":"2013-11-07T00:27:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T00:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=422"},"modified":"2013-11-07T00:27:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T00:27:43","slug":"big-finish-confirm-return-of-carolyn-seymour-ian-mcculloch-and-lucy-fleming-in-new-survivors-audio-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/07\/big-finish-confirm-return-of-carolyn-seymour-ian-mcculloch-and-lucy-fleming-in-new-survivors-audio-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Finish confirm return of Carolyn Seymour, Ian McCulloch and Lucy Fleming in new Survivors audio adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Finish have confirmed (6 November 2013) that Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant), Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston) and Lucy Fleming (Jenny Richards) are all joining the cast of the first series of the new <em>Survivors<\/em> audio adventures, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/series-one-box-set-953\" target=\"_blank\">scheduled for release in June 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Finish update also confirms the titles of the four hour-long installments of series one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Revelation<\/em> &nbsp;  written by Matt Fitton<\/li>\n<li><em>Exodus<\/em> &nbsp;  written by Jonathan Morris<\/li>\n<li><em>Judges<\/em> &nbsp;  written by Andrew Smith<\/li>\n<li><em>Esther<\/em> &nbsp;  written by John Dorney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full announcement from Big Finish explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The lead cast members of Terry Nation&#8217;s <em>Survivors<\/em> are returning to play their roles on audio, for a run of new episodes from Big Finish Productions. <\/p>\n<p>The series originally ran for three seasons on BBC1 between 1975-77 and told the story of a small group of people who survive a plague that wipes out most of the world\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Fleming plays Jenny Richards, Ian McCulloch is Greg Preston, while Carolyn Seymour is Abby Grant, the leader of a community starting a new life in rural England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Lucy, Ian and Carolyn on board,\u201d says producer David Richardson. \u201cOur initial episodes will introduce a new set of characters that will encounter Jenny and Greg as they search for supplies. Abby Grant will make cameo appearances, before taking on a major role in later stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Survivors<\/em> \u2013 Volume 1 will be <a href=\"http:\/\/bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/series-one-box-set-953\" target=\"_blank\">released in June 2014<\/a>; the box set will comprise four hour-long full cast audio dramas \u2013 Revelation by Matt Fitton, Exodus by Jonathan Morris, Judges by Andrew Smith and Esther by John Dorney.<\/p>\n<p>The all-star cast also includes John Banks, Louise Jameson, Sinead Keenan, Caroline Langrishe, Adrian Lukis, Chase Masterson, Terry Molloy, Phil Mulryne and Camilla Power.<br \/>\n<br \/><figure id=\"attachment_423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-423\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/07\/big-finish-confirm-return-of-carolyn-seymour-ian-mcculloch-and-lucy-fleming-in-new-survivors-audio-adventures\/fleming_mcculloch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fleming_mcculloch.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lucy Fleming and Ian McCulloch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lucy Fleming and Ian McCulloch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fleming_mcculloch.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fleming_mcculloch.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smd.urko.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fleming_mcculloch.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"Lucy Fleming and Ian McCulloch\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fleming_mcculloch.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fleming_mcculloch.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucy Fleming and Ian McCulloch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Finish have confirmed (6 November 2013) that Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant), Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston) and Lucy Fleming (Jenny Richards) are all joining the cast of the first series of the new Survivors audio adventures, scheduled for release in June 2014. The Big Finish update also confirms the titles of the four hour-long installments &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/07\/big-finish-confirm-return-of-carolyn-seymour-ian-mcculloch-and-lucy-fleming-in-new-survivors-audio-adventures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Big Finish confirm return of Carolyn Seymour, Ian McCulloch and Lucy Fleming in new Survivors audio adventures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[3,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-big-finish","category-cast-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-6O","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\/422","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}