This was written by David Owen.

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SURVIVORS EPISODE GUIDE

Largely cribbed from "The Encyclopedia of TV SF" by Roger 
Fulton, Boxtree, 1990, ISBN 1-85283-277-0

A fuller version will follow with full cast and credits, better 
synopses, and as much FAQ-type information as I can gather. In 
the meantime, for a more analytical look at the series, you are 
strongly recommended to look at "The Guinness Book Of Classic 
British TV", by Cornell, Day and Topping, Guinness Publishing, 
1993, ISBN 0-85112-543-3. Further insights can be gleaned from 
the pages of Time Screen, Dream Watch Bulletin, and TV Zone 
magazines.

Obviously the odd mistake will have crept in, and I welcome all 
corrections and suggestions.

SURVIVORS

Created by Terry Nation
Produced by Terence Dudley
Music by Anthony Isaac

SEASON ONE (13 episodes) 16 April - 16 July 1975

Dramatis Personae

Abby Grant
Jenny Richards
Greg Preston
Tom Price (1-3, 7-10)
John (5-13)
Lizzie (5-13)
Vic Thatcher (2, 8-11, 13)
Paul Pitman (8-13)
Emma Cohen (7-13)
Charmian Wentworth (8-13)
Arthur Russell (8-13)
Charles Vaughn (4)

1. The Fourth Horseman
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Directed by Pennant Roberts

A deadly virus is accidentally released and spreads rapidly 
around the world. A decimated civilisation begins to break 
down: the trains stop running, traffic piles up, a radio 
station goes off the air, hospitals can't cope. In a Home 
Counties stockbroker belt, Abby Grant goes into a coma. When 
she recovers she finds her husband dead and the village strewn 
with corpses. Meanwhile in London, secretary Jenny Richards has 
set out to find other survivors.

2. Genesis
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Gerald Blake

Engineer Greg Preston arrives back in England by helicopter. 
After discovering his wife dead, he drives aimlessly across the 
country encountering 'spoilt bitch' Anne Tranter and Vic 
Thatcher. Vic is injured in a tractor accident, but Anne 
callously tells Greg he is dead. Abby encounters ex-union 
leader Arthur Wormley who is bent on imposing his own brand of 
martial law.

3. Gone Away
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Terence Williams

Abby, Jenny and Greg's camp is broken into by Welsh labourer 
Tom Price. Needing to replenish their supplies, they visit a 
food warehouse. Inside is the hanged body of a looter. Abby 
insists that they start to load their cars, but they are 
interrupted by the arrival of three of Wormley's men.

4. Corn Dolly
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Pennant Roberts

'We must make sure there's a next generation... we're being 
helped... I've found that with the scarcity of people, the 
problems we face, everyone loves everyone.' Abby and her 
friends come across former architect Charles who has his own 
ideas about how to ensure the survival of the human race.

5. Gone To The Angels
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Gerald Blake

'Abby, you're truthful and you're searching. Please don't be 
afraid'. Abby gets a clue that her son may have gone to a 
religious community in the Peak District. She sets of with 
Jenny and Greg, but circumstances force her to continue alone.

6. Garland's War
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Terence Williams

Abby gets drawn into the struggle between young landowner Jimmy 
Garland and a group of men, led by the ruthless Knox, who have 
taken over his house to set up a self-appointed 'shotgun and 
pickaxe' government.

7. Starvation
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Pennant Roberts

Abby and her friends, still on their travels, encounter a 
teenage girl, Wendy, and an old Jewish lady, Mrs Cohen, who are 
living in an area ravaged by wild dogs, and rescue them from the 
clutches of Price.

8. Spoil Of War
Written by M.K. Jeeves
Directed by Gerald Blake

'You left me! You left me to die like a pig in my own filth! 
You left me in agony... just took what you wanted and left me.' 
The community is swelled by agricultural student Paul Pitman, 
ex-financier Arthur Russell and his secretary Charmian. 
Returning to the quarry, Greg meets a man he thought was dead...

9. Law And Order
Written by M.K. Jeeves
Directed by Pennants Roberts

To raise morale, Abby suggests holding a party. But during the 
festivities, Wendy is killed and the finger of blame points at 
the simple-minded Barney. He is 'tried', convicted and 
executed, before Greg discovers Tom Price was the real murderer.

10. The Future Hour
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Terence Williams

A young pregnant widow seeks shelter with Abby's community 
because her own group has ruled that her child must be 
abandoned at birth.

11. Revenge
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Terence Williams

Vic Thatcher has now become accepted as the tutor of the two 
children, John and Lizzie. Confined to a wheelchair, he finds 
his incapacity irksome, but is comforted by the children's need 
for him. Then Anne Tranter, who had abandoned him badly injured 
in the quarry, wanders into the community.

12. Something Of Value
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Terence Williams

A storm floods the cellar which houses the community's precious 
provisions. Everything is ruined and Greg starts out with the 
tanker to a neighbouring settlement where he hopes to trade 
petrol for supplies. While he is away, the community is raided.

13. A Beginning
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Pennant Roberts

A sick girl, Ruth, is left at the community where the weight of 
leadership has taken its toll on Abby. At the end of her tether 
she leaves and makes for Waterhouse, the home of Jimmy Garland, 
while Greg and Arthur try to get the communities in the area to 
join together.


SEASON TWO (13 episodes) 31 March - 23 June 1976

Dramatis Personae

Charles Vaughn
Greg Preston (1-8, 10-13)
Jenny Richards (1-3, 5, 7-8, 11-13)
John and Lizzie (1-2, 5-8, 10-13)
Arthur Russell (1-2, 5, 7-8, 11)
Paul Pitman (1-2)
Pet Simpson (1-2, 5-13)
Ruth Anderson (1-6, 8, 10-13)
Hubert (1, 5-8, 11-13)
Jack (2, 5-6, 8, 11, 13)

1. Birth Of A Hope
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Eric Hills

Decimated by a fire which kills several of their number, Greg's 
community joins the Whitecross settlement led by Charles Vaughn. 
Jenny's baby is due and Greg anxiously awaits the return of 
Ruth, their Doctor.

2. Greater Love
Written by Don Shaw
Directed by Pennant Roberts

Jenny falls ill and Ruth needs to operate to save her life. But 
that means getting equipment from the hospital and it's 
courting death to enter the urban area. Paul volunteers to try...

3. Lights Of London (Part 1)
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Terence Williams

Ruth is tricked into going into London by the leader of the 
500 survivors there. The Londoners, led by an exhausted former 
health officer, have gone to ground. Once there, Ruth cannot 
escape, for the metropolis is in the grip of disease and 
menaced by rats.

4. Lights Of London (Part 2)
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Terence Williams

Greg and Charles finally reach Ruth, only to find she is 
unwilling to return with them. Reluctantly, they decide to stay 
on and help the Londoners in their big move.

5. Face Of The Tiger
Written by Don Shaw
Directed by Terence Williams

Greg welcomes a stranger, Alistair McFadden, who says he has 
lived alone for a year. he seems a gentle man, but the 
community is chilled to learn the truth, in an old newspaper, 
that he is a child murderer.

6. The Witch
Written by Jack Ronder
Directed by Terence Williams

Mina, and eccentric who lives apart from the community with her 
baby son, spurns Hubert's amorous advances. He then stirs up 
the children, John and Lizzie, into believing that she is a 
witch. When their fear spreads to Peggy, a superstitious 
Irishwoman, the whole group is affected and Mina's life is 
threatened.

7. A Friend In Need
Written by Ian McCulloch
Directed by Eric Hills

The community hunt for a sniper who is killing attractive young 
women and are startled to discover the killer is also a woman.

8. By Bread Alone
Written by Martin Worth
Directed by Pennant Roberts

The community, which has forgotten spiritual needs in the 
struggle for survival, is unsettled by the revelation that 
Lewis Fearn was formerly a curate.

9. The Chosen
Written by Roger Parkes
Directed by Eric Hills

Charles and Pet, returning from a trip to the Cheshire brine 
pits, stumble upon a Spartan-like community run by Max Kershaw. 
Charles is curious about the settlement, but his interest is 
misinterpreted by Kershaw who decides to eliminate the 
'intruders'.

10. Parasites
Written by Roger Marshall
Directed by Terence Williams

A travelling man, John Millen, is in love with Mina, but 
ultimately falls foul of two ex-Dartmoor prisoners who menace 
the Whitecross community and hold John and Lizzie hostage.

11. New Arrivals
Written by Roger Parkes
Directed by Pennant Roberts

Ruth brings to Whitecross the remaining members of a community 
ravaged by a flu epidemic. Among them is Mark Carter, who has a 
degree in agriculture but whose manner quickly alienates 
everyone in the settlement.

12. Over The Hills
Written by Martin Worth
Directed by Eric Hills

The Whitecross women are in open revolt over Charles' latest 
attempt to spark a 'baby boom'. When it's learned that Sally is 
expecting Alan's child, Charles is delighted. But she will only 
have the baby if she can live with Alan as his wife - and he 
prefers Melanie...

13. New World
Written by Martin Worth
Directed by Terence Williams

The settlers sight a balloon passing over Whitecross and give 
chase. When they track it down they find the balloonists are a 
Norwegian engineer and his daughter Agnes, offering hope of 
contacts with mainland Europe. Greg is determined to make the 
most of this unexpected windfall...

SEASON THREE (12 episodes) 16 March - 8 June 1977

Dramatis Personae

Charles Vaughn (1, 3-9, 11-12)
Jenny Richards (1-3, 5-9, 11-12)
Hubert (1, 3, 5-9, 11-12)
Pet Simpson (1, 6-7, 10)
John (1, 6, 10)
Greg Preston (2, 10)
Jack (2, 5-6, 8, 11, 13)
Lizzie (1, 6, 10)
Agnes (2-3, 5, 10-11)


1. Manhunt
Written by Terence Dudley
Directed by Peter Jefferies

Jack, who had ballooned off with Greg is back with a sorry tale 
about Greg being in danger. Charles and Jenny ride off to find 
him. It's a search that will invariably see them one step 
behind the always felt but rarely seen Greg who is trying to make
contact with as many settlements as possible in the quest for a 
unified federation.

2. A Little Learning
Written by Ian McCulloch
Directed by George Spenton-Foster

Greg and Agnes meet an elderly woman, Mrs Butterworth, who asks 
them to protect het from 'raiding Indians'. The marauders turn 
out to be a gang of children who are found to be dying after 
eating contaminated rye.

3. Law Of The Jungle
Written by Martin Worth
Directed by Peter Jefferies

Brod, and ex-butcher, believes that man must revert to hunting 
to survive. His community hunts with crossbows, on horseback, 
and lives in three abandoned railway carriages. When Charles 
and Jenny rrive in the area, Brod sees them as a threat.

4. Mad Dog
Written by Don Shaw
Directed by Tristan de Vere Cole

Charles meets Fenton, a former lecturer who reveals that he has 
rabies. Charles is laters forecd to run for his life from men 
who believe he is also infected.

5. Bridgehead
Written by Martin Worth
Directed by George Spenton-Foster

Charles decides that the survivors need a market - not just for 
the exchange of goods, but as a place where people can meet and 
make contacts, and exchange ideas and skills.

6. Reunion
Written by Don Shaw
Directed by Terence Dudley

Jenny and Hubert, continuing their search for Greg, come across 
a young widow called Janet Milton. Going through a family 
album, Jenny realises Janet is young John's mother, and the two 
are reunited.

7. The Peacemaker
Written by Roger Parkes
Directed by George Spenton-Foster

Charles, Jenny and Hubert discover a community which survives 
by milling grain for other settlements. Frank Garner claims to 
be its leader, but Charles begins to suspect that he is really 
a prisoner.

8. Sparks
Written by Roger Parkes
Directed by Tristan de Vere Cole

Alec Campbell, an electrical engineer, lives alone in squalor, 
refusing all invitations to join Charles' group. Campbell is 
racked with guilt for abandoning his wife and children when the 
plague overtook them, but the community badly needs an 
electrician and resorts to shock treatment to bring him round.

9. The Enemy
Written by Roger Parkes
Directed by Peter Jefferies

Leonard Woollen, the leader of a mining community, clashes with 
Sam Mead, a latter-day Luddite, who tries to persuade the 
survivors to abandon their quest for hydro-electricity.

10. The Last Laugh
Written by Ian McCulloch
Directed by Peter Jefferies

Hunting for a doctor he believes is being held prisoner, Greg 
is attacked by an apocalyptic quartet of horsemen, and his list 
of settlements stolen. Recovering, he finds Dr. Adams, only to 
discover that he has smallpox. Greg also contracts the disease 
but, before his inevitable death, is able to use it to exact 
'revenge' on his former attackers.

11. Long Live The King
Written by Martin Worth
Directed by Tristan de Vere Cole

Heading North, Charles finds a message from Greg seeking a 
meeting at a disused army camp. There he learns about Greg's 
work in bringing people together from Agnes who is determined 
to see him 'live on' as the symbolic ling of the new emerging 
nation. But a villainous character, the Captain, also wants to 
take over.

12. Power
Written by Martin Worth
Directed by George Spenton-Foster

Charles and his companions arrive in the Scottish Highlands 
where they find Scottish nationalism alive and well in the form 
of McAlister, a local laird who resents their attempts to tap 
his hydroelectricity to revive English industry.

BOOKS

1. Survivors
by Terry Nation
Futura Publications, 1976, ISBN 0 8600 7170 7

Tangential adaptation of first half of series one.

2. Survivors - Genesis Of A Hero
by John Eyers
Futura Publications, 1977, ISBN 0 8600 7558 3

Non-canonical derivation from first book.
