{"id":4423,"date":"2021-11-25T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T10:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4423"},"modified":"2021-11-25T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T10:52:11","slug":"released-today-survivors-new-dawn-1-audio-boxset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/11\/25\/released-today-survivors-new-dawn-1-audio-boxset\/","title":{"rendered":"Released today: Survivors &#8211; New Dawn 1 audio boxset"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"4196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/08\/07\/big-finish-reveal-cover-for-survivors-new-dawn-1-audio\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" 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=\"survivors_new_dawn_one_cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/survivors_new_dawn_one_cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BIG FINISH HAVE today (25 November 2021) release the new original <em>Survivors<\/em> audio boxset <em>New Dawn 1<\/em><\/strong> <strong>and new audiobook <em>Ghosts and Demons<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Survivors: New Dawn 1<\/em>&nbsp;is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-1-2531\" target=\"_blank\">available to buy<\/a>, in both CD and digital download formats, from the Big Finish site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New audiobook <em>Survivors: Ghosts &amp; Demons<\/em>, narrated by Carolyn Seymour,\u00a0is now available to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-ghosts-and-demons-audiobook-2117\" target=\"_blank\">purchase as a digital download <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Survivors: New Dawn 2<\/em>&nbsp;will be released in February 2022 and is also&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-2-2532\" target=\"_blank\">available for pre-order<\/a>. Both releases can be purchased, in both formats, as part of a Big Finish&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/bundles\/start\/83\/2532\" target=\"_blank\">bundle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A New Dawn Rises for <em>Survivors<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Terry-Nation-1484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terry Nation<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s BBC TV series which ran from 1975-77,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/ranges\/v\/survivors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Survivors<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a post-apocalyptic drama concerning the plight of a group of people who have survived a worldwide plague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-1-2531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Survivors:\u00a0New Dawn 1<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0picks up a couple of decades after the previous Big Finish series with original TV series regulars\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Carolyn-Seymour-2098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carolyn Seymour<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(as Abby Grant) and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Lucy-Fleming-1986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lucy Fleming<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(as Jenny Richards) in a renewed fight for survival. This new box sets also features\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Louise-Jameson-439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louise Jameson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(as Jackie\u00a0Burchall),\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Belinda-Lang-10910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Belinda Lang<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(as Celia Tate) and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Clive-Hayward-11431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clive Hayward<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(as John Bedwell).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-1-2531\" target=\"_blank\">Survivors:\u00a0New Dawn 1<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is now available to own as a collector\u2019s edition CD box set at \u00a319.99 or \u00a316.99 as a download\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-1-2531\" target=\"_blank\">exclusively from this website<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Big Finish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The world has ended. The Death crossed continents, sparing only a fraction of the global population. The survivors are now trying to pick up the pieces and rebuild society to create a new future.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s been twenty years since the Death and fifteen years since Abby Grant and Jenny Richards went their separate ways. Britain has a fledgling government based in Cambridge, and some transport and communications infrastructure has been re-established. International links are being forged, and people are looking to the future with hope. But this new order is more fragile than it appears. The worst of human nature has survived along with the best.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tethered\u00a0<\/strong>by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Andrew-Smith-1485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Smith<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Abby Grant is heading home on a tragic mission when she meets an apparent Good Samaritan, who may be nothing of the sort. And in Cambridge, the seat of the New Federal Government, the Prime Minister tasks Law Minister Jenny Richards with a secret assignment. Both women soon find themselves in deadly peril.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My Generation<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Katharine-Armitage-11528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katharine Armitage<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Abby is on the run, and Jenny risks her future to protect her. An old friend, Jackie Burchall, is also eager to help. But when Abby falls in with an activist group called The Veil, it jeopardises everyone.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Behind You<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Roland-Moore-9616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roland Moore<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Abby remembers Leonard Cross as the awful children\u2019s entertainer who came to one of her son\u2019s birthday parties before the Death. She doesn\u2019t expect to find herself relying on him as she recovers from injury and tragedy. And he may be even more awful than she knows&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Survivors: New Dawn 1 (Trailer) by big-finish\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1107625186&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=840\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Carolyn-Seymour-2098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carolyn Seymour<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0said: \u201cThe challenges facing the survivors in the original TV series were almost insuperable but somehow, every time, there was a little glimmer of hope that came through that good will out and bad will be defeated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrying to wrench myself back into that part of my life was tough. I&#8217;m much less hot-headed than I was in those days. It was hard getting back there but these scripts have been very sensitively written. It&#8217;s been a great time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Lucy-Fleming-1986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lucy Fleming<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0added: \u201cI think Abby and Jenny are quite different characters. Abby is quite driven but Jenny has a softer side. But they&#8217;ve evolved and come together more. They&#8217;ve been getting their heads down and working hard and getting these communities together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cMaybe when we were younger, when we were doing the television series, we were not so sensitive as we are now. Also, the world has changed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-1-2531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Survivors:\u00a0New Dawn 1<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is now available to own as a collector\u2019s edition CD box set at \u00a319.99 or \u00a316.99 as a download\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-1-2531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accompanying the box set is a\u00a0brand new\u00a0audiobook,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-ghosts-and-demons-audiobook-2117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Survivors:\u00a0Ghosts and Demons<\/a><\/strong>, written by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Ethan-Milsea-11723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethan Milsea<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and read by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/contributors\/v\/Carolyn-Seymour-2098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carolyn Seymour<\/a><\/strong>, which is available as a download only at \u00a39.99.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghosts And Demons (excerpt) by big-finish\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1166469622&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=840\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Big Finish. 2021. &#8216;A New Dawn Rises for <em>Survivors<\/em>&#8216;, Big Finish, 25 November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/news\/v\/a-new-dawn-rises-for-survivors\">https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/news\/v\/a-new-dawn-rises-for-survivors<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG FINISH HAVE today (25 November 2021) release the new original Survivors audio boxset New Dawn 1 and new audiobook Ghosts and Demons. Survivors: New Dawn 1&nbsp;is available to buy, in both CD and digital download formats, from the Big Finish site. New audiobook Survivors: Ghosts &amp; Demons, narrated by Carolyn Seymour,\u00a0is now available to\u00a0purchase &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/11\/25\/released-today-survivors-new-dawn-1-audio-boxset\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Released today: Survivors &#8211; New Dawn 1 audio boxset&#8221;<\/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":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-big-finish"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-19l","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\/4423","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=4423"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4428,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4423\/revisions\/4428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}