TV series

Survivors

1975–1977 · 3 seasons

A sober, slow-burning look at rebuilding society after almost everyone dies, more concerned with moral dilemmas than spectacle.

Tagline: From global pandemic... to rebirth.
Overview: Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague – referred to as "The Death" – that kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, found family, morality
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
found family
morality
death
Places: countryside
small town
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild