Survivors: Series 6

The classic Seventies sci-fi series returns! It begins with just a few people falling ill. Another flu virus that spreads around the globe. And then the reports begin that people are dying. When most of the world's population is wiped out, a handful of survivors are left to pick up the pieces. Cities become graveyards. Technology becomes largely obsolete. Mankind must start again. 6.1 Beating the Bounds by Ian Potter. Abby Grant's search for her son has taken her all across Britain and back. Following every possible lead, she finds herself on long-abandoned roads to forgotten villages. But now, two years after the first Death, such communities still wish to protect themselves. And they do not take kindly to strangers. 6.2 The Trapping Pit by Christopher Hatherall. On a routine trading mission from Whitecross to Evelyn Piper's Foundation, Jenny Richards and community doctor Ruth Anderson are ambushed by desperate scavengers.When the tables turn, an escape attempt becomes a struggle for survival. With a young boy's life hanging in the balance, Ruth's skills are put to the ultimate test. 6.3 Revenge of Heaven by Simon Clark. Greg Preston has forged links with survivors in Norway to start rebuilding society. He's ready to return home to his family...until an unexpected visitor drags him into a race across the Scandinavian snows. Hope for the future lies with a kidnapped scientist, and some will go to any lengths to control that hope. 6.4 Lockup by Andrew Smith. As her journey continues, Abby encounters a secure and well-ordered community, based inside a prison complex, calling itself 'Peacetown'.But the settlement is not as idyllic as its name suggests, and the lockup harbours secrets. Among them, a prisoner. Someone Abby knows of old...A man called Greg Preston. This revisit and continuation of the hit 1970s BBC series has been one of producer Big Finish's most critically-acclaimed works. This full-cast audio drama is brought to life with eerily engrossing sound design and a brand new, cinematic music score and has been short-listed in nominations for both the 2015 and 2016 BBC Audio Drama Awards. The cast for this set includes Julie Graham, who played a starring role in the BBC revival of Survivors. Although a different character, her return to the franchise is much anticipated by fans. CAST: Carolyn Seymour( Abby Grant), Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston), Lucy Fleming (Jenny), Helen Goldwyn (Ruth), Julie Graham (Katherine Tanner), Zoe Tapper (Evelyn Piper), James Wilby (Brendon Glover / Duffin), Emily Joyce(Sasha Flint), Gunnar Cauthery (Alan Kelly / Sam Fulcher), Leighton Pugh (Dan Lacey / Ulryk), Julie Graham (Katherine Tanner), Tracy Wiles (Professor Valentina Raskova), Alex Blake (Pierre / Hague), Ellie Burrow (Postwoman / Gail Fulcher), Andrew Wincott (Sick Man / Mangham), George Watkins (Craig), Hannah Genesius (Spike), Christopher Hatherall (Titch), Sheila Reid (The Countess).