More Survivors Press Material
11 January 2010
In the run-up to tomorrow night's episode of Survivors - the series start - more press material has been published including another video interview with Zoë.
Links to the press articles are as follows:
RTÉ Entertainment features an interview with Max Beesley:
Actor Max Beesley talks about the return for a second series of BBC One's 'Survivors' in which his character, Tom, suddenly finds himself in charge of the survivors trying to save Greg after he is shot and rescue Anya and Al when they become trapped in a burning hospital. As the series progress Tom increasingly finds himself at odds with Greg over his violent tendencies and his past crimes
The Manchester Evening News has a general article about Survivors and begins:
Survivors: Hope Never Dies
Ian Wylie
January 11, 2010
“HOPE never dies,” says the postcard in the reception area of The Midland Hotel.
If 99 per cent of the world’s population had been killed by a flu virus, would there be hope for you? Would you help others, or grab a gun?
Those questions continue in the second series of hit TV drama Survivors, which returns tomorrow night in the wake of the real life swine flu pandemic.
The fictional story so far: Food and water are in short supply, with no electricity, gas, communications, medical care, police or government.
The BBC News website has an interview with Julie Graham (Abby) aboyt the second series, which begins:
Survivors cast survive swine flu
By Tim Masters
Entertainment correspondent, BBC News
The post-apocalyptic drama Survivors returns this week, with the cast and crew counting themselves fortunate that 2009's swine flu outbreak didn't wreck the making of the second series.
"Amazingly, we were filming in the Midlands where all the swine flu was happening," says actress Julie Graham, who plays the heroine Abby Grant.
And finally, showbiz and television website Digital Spy features an interview with Zoë as part of their Survivors Interview series
Their interview begins:
Tube Talk's 'Survivors' Week: Zoe Tapper
Monday, January 11 2010, 06:35 GMT
By Dan French, US TV Editor
First we gave you Nicholas Gleaves, then we offered up Robyn Addison, and now we present to you... Zoe Tapper!
Tapper's alter-ego Anya was last seen toying with Tom (cue death stares from Sarah), skirting around her somewhat ambiguous sexuality and generally playing nurse to the walking wounded. But what's in store for her in series two? What are you waiting for?
The Survivorsbbctv blog announced yesterday the forthcoming publication of a new guidebook on the BBC’s remake of Survivors, written by the author of the blog and published by Classic TV Press. Full details here.
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