The BBC's remake of Survivors will be shown in the last week of November (no exact date yet).It's based on the book by Terry Nation who is best know for creating the Daleks.
The writer and executive producer is Adrian Hodges whose writing credits include Primeval, Ruby In The Smoke and Charles II.
I haven't read the book, or seen the original, but it sounds promising, there's a decent cast including Julie Graham, Max Beesley, Paterson Joseph, Zoë Tapper, Phillip Rhys, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Freema Agyeman and the intro blurb sounds pretty good:
Imagine being the only survivor of a disease that kills every member of your family, that kills lovers, strangers, friends, nearly everyone you've ever met. You are among the lonely few to live and now you must start over in a strange new world where everything that was once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous.
Set in the present day, the drama series focuses on the world in the aftermath of a devastating virus which wipes out most of the world's population. What would we do? How would any of us cope in a brave new world where all traditional 21st-century comforts - electricity, clean running water, advanced technology - have disappeared?
These are the questions faced by the bewildered but resilient group of survivors at the centre of the drama. It is an opportunity for new beginnings but, with no society, no police and no law and order, they now face terrible dangers - not just the daily struggle for food and water but also the deadly threat from other survivors.
The BBC Press Pack has even more information.
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