{"id":894,"date":"2014-11-25T20:50:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=894"},"modified":"2014-11-25T20:50:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:50:30","slug":"big-finish-podcast-includes-survivors-audiobook-trailer-and-musical-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2014\/11\/25\/big-finish-podcast-includes-survivors-audiobook-trailer-and-musical-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Finish podcast includes Survivors audiobook trailer&#8230; and musical musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/podcasts\/v\/14th-november---listeners-emails-trailers-november-2\" target=\"_blank\">November #04 Big Finish podcast<\/a> includes the (previously promised but previously omitted) trailer for the <a href=\"www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-by-terry-nation-audiobook-1147\" target=\"_blank\">forthcoming audiobook of the <em>Survivors<\/em> novel<\/a> (voiced by Carolyn Seymour [Abby Grant], and <a href=\"www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-by-terry-nation-audiobook-1147\" target=\"_blank\">due for release<\/a> in just a few weeks).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is brilliant,&#8221; declares host Nick Briggs. &#8220;And read brilliantly by Carolyn Seymour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-894-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/files\/news\/01.big.finish.podcast.for.14th.november.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/files\/news\/01.big.finish.podcast.for.14th.november.mp3\">http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/files\/news\/01.big.finish.podcast.for.14th.november.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The podcast team briefly discuss (without, it should be stressed, a hint of seriousness) the idea of a musical version of <em>Survivors<\/em>! &#8220;We&#8217;re all dying of a horrible disease!&#8221;, sings Nick Briggs. &#8220;That&#8217;s the beginning, when everyone else dies,&#8221; he explains. This opener could be followed by the more inspiring survivors&#8217; song &#8220;We&#8217;re alive! We&#8217;re alive!&#8221;. Amidst much laughter, the team conclude that the answer to this suggestion &#8220;is probably &#8216;no'&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-820\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smd.urko.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/15\/big-finish-reveals-cover-art-for-upcoming-survivors-audio-book\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large.jpg?fit=581%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"581,600\" 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  &amp;#8211; Terry Nation &amp;#8211; Big Finish &amp;#8211; audiobook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large.jpg?fit=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large.jpg?fit=581%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smd.urko.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large.jpg?resize=581%2C600\" alt=\"Survivors - Terry Nation - Big Finish - audiobook\" width=\"581\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large.jpg?w=581&amp;ssl=1 581w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/survivors_audiobook_cover_large.jpg?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 85vw, 581px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Survivors  &#8211; Terry Nation &#8211; Big Finish &#8211; audiobook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The November #04 Big Finish podcast includes the (previously promised but previously omitted) trailer for the forthcoming audiobook of the Survivors novel (voiced by Carolyn Seymour [Abby Grant], and due for release in just a few weeks). &#8220;It is brilliant,&#8221; declares host Nick Briggs. &#8220;And read brilliantly by Carolyn Seymour.&#8221; http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/files\/news\/01.big.finish.podcast.for.14th.november.mp3 &nbsp; The podcast team &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2014\/11\/25\/big-finish-podcast-includes-survivors-audiobook-trailer-and-musical-musings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Big Finish podcast includes Survivors audiobook trailer&#8230; and musical musings&#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":[3,4,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-big-finish","category-post-apocalyptic-literature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-eq","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\/894","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=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}