Survivors

[eash]

Anyone watching this?? If so what do you think of it so far?

[cooksters]

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!
Forgot all about it was so looking forward to it aswell, anyone know where i can catch up??

I bet it's really good aswell!

[Barmaid]

Considering I have been in bed with flu all weekend and only just crawled out my pit with just enough energy to make a Lemsip, it's a little worrying.

[THECORBYLOON]

Why are the roads not full of cars and dead bodies?

[Jugglering]

BBC iPlayer is what you need - just remember to use IE not FF,,,

[jen78]

I'm watching it.

Not that gripped so far but am going to keep watching.

[Huderon]

It's OK so far, though one major implausibility is the lack of people so far. Early on a 90% mortality rate was mentioned, so I'd have expected the group being concentrated on to have run into more survivores than have been shown so far. I guess it will be wait and see on Tuesday :-)

[Wotsits31]

I really enjoyed it (well as much as you can with a programme containing so much tragedy). I think in our society today, we think things like this are so implausible that when it's dramatised on the television, we find it quite incredulous. I had read a bit about the programme as my brother works for the BBC so he had loads of info and sort of knew what to expect. But, my partner hadn't and couldn't understand why there was going to be another 5 episodes, I think you have to think that the real crux of the programme is about the survivors themselves and how they make a new life rather than the ins and outs of what killed the majority of the population in the first place. I think it will become quite compelling drama as the survivors come to turn on each other.

Can't wait for Tuesday!

[rabbitygirl]

I miss Stephen Fry....

but I suppose Survivors will do.....

[markgem]

I watched the original eries back in the early eighties, really thought provoking , this update hasnt up till now shown the desolation and unpredictability that the original portrayed. Still good stuff and gonna keep on watching x

[gricer]

Just after she changed cars, Julie Graham's character drove through some stunning scenery, does anyone know where this is??

[kempie]

TCL - with reference to Barmaid's post, I presume that since the flu-like virus does not cause instantaneous death, the likelihood of those who have contracted it being outside or driving around rather than tucked-up in bed either at home or in hospital is rather minimal.

[lynbrown]

The original was shown in the 70s - 73 to 75 I think. I enjoyed it. This new show was good too although wouldnt there have been lots of hungry dogs running around?

[auntiebertie]

I too remember the original - which was fantastic - where are the abandoned cars and people dead in the streets - it is all a bit too 'tidy' to be plausible at the mo. with everyone dying nicely in their beds. Where are the animals - why didn't that kid save that dog from the car? One thing I did notice was the extra-loud bird song so I am guessing they are making a point that there is no noise any more - and it wasn't bird-flu!

[LoftyLottie]

I was extremely disappointed in it and got very bored. I had expected it to be quite gripping but It just wasn't plausible at all. Shan't be bothering to watch it any more.

Ha, ha Auntie Bertie - I was quite worried about that poor dog. However, no signs of any other cats or dogs wandering about the empty streets.

[eash]

I too was wondering about the dog. Why did the boy not save it? And also the cars on the road but I guess everyone did just die in bed!
Also why didn't the guy at the boys adventure place go with Abbey?

[libertie]

Not overly enamoured with it but will continue to watch just to drool over Philip Rhys who plays playboy Al Sadiq!!

[dot.hawkes]

it had a familiar look about it, i thought it was a repeat, it must have been because i had seen the first series years ago, mind you i spent most of 1977 in the pub after work in southport, so maybe i only caught a bit of it lol

at least the lead woman acted better than in that dreadful archiology series she did earlier this year, she was rough in that.

[dot.hawkes]

i also wondered where all the roaming dogs were, were they ALL LOCKED INDOORS STARVING TO DEATH OR SOMETHING? done a bit of a budget i would say.

[monkeyeyes]

I think that whilst a lot of the above criticisms are valid, they have not taken into account the logistics of providing such scenarios in the areas in which it was filmed. The suburban impact was indicated by the sight of most of Abby's neighbours dead in their own homes; and from that I extrapolated that this would be the situation in the rest of the country.

I believe that the city areas used had to be cordoned off whilst filming took place, and it is just not possible to shut off these areas for the hours necessary to strew bodies and cars around to make it look more 'realistic'. Plus I'm not certain that the sight of mouldering, bloated bodies would really add any more to the story-line.

I thought that the issue of overwhelmed hospitals and the fact that the majority of the dead were in their own homes (as I certainly would be if I felt rotton with the 'flu) was well set-up.

I shall certainly watch the remainder with interest and hope that it doesn't run out of steam in quite the same way as the original.