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Hovis - August 2, 2006 04:05 PM (GMT)
Anyone remember this classic BBC show from the 1970's? I've been revisiting the show thanks to the magic of DVD. Just as great as I remember it from my childhood days.

The reason for the post is this... I've heard rumours that Auntie is about to bring the show back in some form or other, and is in negotiations with the estate of the show's creator, Terry Nation. I've read a snippet in the latest SFX mag, and there is a huge long thread on the Yahoo Group devoted to the show. Apparantly, a 6 part mini series is under discussion.

Fascinating story, and I'd love to see either a new version, or a follow up from where the show ended in 1977. Has anyone else heard about this?

Andrew :yahoo:

Hovis - August 3, 2006 04:29 PM (GMT)
This is the best I can do as far as info goes, a little snippity snip from the Waveguide website, dated 10th July.

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BBC To Revive Survivors

The BBC is considering the remake of a cult science fiction show from the man who invented the Daleks: Terry Nation's Survivors.

The BBC said it is in talks with the estate of Mr Nation, a co-creator of Doctor Who, about buying the rights to his 1975 series centred on a post-apocalyptic world peopled by survivors from a devastating plague.

The BBC is understood to be hoping to make a new series of six 60-minute episodes.

The project is being overseen by inhouse BBC executive producer Sue Hogg.

The BBC is not yet at the casting stage for the Survivors series, which would be dependent on the agreement of the Terry Nation estate.

The original programme ran for three series and 38 episodes, although Mr Nation left after the first series.

He followed up Survivors with his next BBC sci-fi creation, Blake's 7, about a group of criminals on the run from the sinister Terran Federation in a stolen alien spaceship.



There is nothing on the Beeb, but my searching skills aren't always up to much.

Andrew :yahoo:




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