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Surviving SURVIVORS (episode 58 of the podcast)

Fifty years ago, schoolboy Phil was knocked out by a British science fiction TV show, the post-apocalyptic Survivors. Created by Terry Nation - who also created Doctor Who's recurring enemy the Daleks as well as Blakes Seven - Survivors ran for three seasons. And it's had a long afterlife as a cult favourite, and as a long-running audio drama starring many of the original cast.

Survivors was about a plague which wipes out 99.998% of the world's population, and its often grim aftermath. It follows the struggles of a handful of British people to survive and rebuild after the collapse of civilisation. At first it's uncomfortably close to what we all experienced when COVID-19 came along, but thankfully COVID wasn't nearly as deadly as the Survivors plague...  

Today, Phil has persuaded Colin to take a first look at this sometimes harrowing (but ultimately life-affirming) '70s classic, and together they discuss selected episodes from the series. As we announced a couple of weeks ago, all episodes are currently free to view on the Internet Archive, and we encourage you to at least sample the series if you've never seen it before. These are Phil's recommendations of episodes which give the best flavour of the show, and are the episodes we concentrate on in our discussion:

  • Series 01 episode 01: The Fourth Horseman (intro – Abbey and Jenny)
  • S01e02: Genesis (intro – Greg) 
  • S01e08: Spoil of War
  • S01e09: Law and Order (murder and trial)
  • S02e01: Birth of a Hope
  • S02e02: Greater Love 

And if you really want to deep dive with us, you should watch the almost-final episodes: 

  • S03e10: The Last Laugh
  • S03e11: Long Live the King

All episodes are on the Internet Archive, here: Season 1 - Season 2 - Season 3

 

We also have our usual quiz and round-up of past/present/future SF recommendations. Listen below, or catch the episode with your preferred podcast app.

 

 

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