Series 1 Episode 1

Survivors - Ep 1/6

Sunday 23rd November 2008 - BBCOne and BBCHD

As the "European Flu" virus spreads throughout the world, governments realise the scale of the problem. In just a few days, hundreds of thousands of people fall ill, including Abby Grant, Jenny Collins and her friend Patricia. The Government Minister in charge of the pandemic, Samantha Willis, is told that at least 90% of the world's population will die. The virus is extremely virulent and kills everyone except for the small percentage of humanity who are either naturally immune or have caught the virus and recovered. Civilisation comes to a stop: broadcast media goes off the air, and the National Grid shuts down, leaving the country in darkness. The final national television broadcast is from Samantha Willis, MP, who addresses the nation and urges the populace to keep calm and to wait for the Government to retake control of the situation. Beneath her calm demeanour, however, she is fully aware of the catastrophic effects of the pandemic worldwide. When Al Sadiq, Greg Preston, Najid Hanif and Tom Price wake, they find everyone around them dead, and struggle to find any fellow survivors. Abby wakes from her illness, to find that her husband David did not survive. She begins her search for her missing son Peter, believing he may also have survived. Eventually, the characters meet and realise they are going to have to stick together to survive.

First Broadcast Details

• Date: Sun 23rd November 2008
• Time: 21:00
• Channel: BBC One\BBC HD
• Length: 60 minutes
• Ratings: 6.97 million viewers

Main Repeats

• Fri 28 Nov 2008 (01:25 BBC One)
• Thu 15 Jan 2009 (22:00 BBC HD)
• Mon 20 Jul 2009 (23:50 BBC HD)
• Tue 27 Jul 2010 (00:30 BBC HD)
• Tue 17 Jan 2012 (22:30 BBC HD)

Episode 1.1 Cast and Crew

• Abby Grant .... Julie Graham
• Tom Price .... Max Beesley
• Greg Preston .... Paterson Joseph
• Anya Raczynski .... Zoe Tapper
• Aalim Sadiq .... Phillip Rhys
• Samantha Willis .... Nikki Amuka-Bird
• Whitaker .... Nicholas Gleaves
• David Grant .... Shaun Dingwall
• Jenny Walsh .... Freema Agyeman
• Linda Pope .... Joanne Rowden

• Director  ...  John Alexander
• Producer  ...  Hugh Warren
• Writer  ...  Adrian Hodges