Post-apocalyptic drama
Created by Adrian Hodges and Terry Nation
Directed by John Alexander
Andrew Gunn
Starring Julie Graham as Abby Grant
Max Beesley as Tom Price
Paterson Joseph as Greg Preston
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Phillip Rhys as Al Sadiq
Zoe Tapper as Dr. Anya Raczynsk
I was taken by surprise by this series because I didn"t realise that it was on till the last episode [episode 6] but I"ve been able to catch up on the previous episodes on BBC i player.
Anyway, the series follows a small, plucky group of people who survive after a catastrophic virus wiped out over 99.9% of the world"s population. This happened in a matter of days so the government didn"t realise how serious it was until it was too late and essential health, fire & police services, including radio & TV quickly came to an end. So many people were lost that the remaining survivors didn"t know a living soul left alive. Not just loved ones & friends but almost everybody they"d ever met or seen before - at the local newsagent, supermarket, through work, in the pub etc. Luckily, this small group of strangers met purely by chance & quickly banded together which is realistic considering how humans behave in times of great loss: [9 11 anybody?] They quickly learned that it wasn"t just essential services but civilisation itself had simply ceased to exist. Food kept in fridges & freezers would perish in a matter of hours after the power went off. Running water was cut off shortly after power because water has to be pumped using electricity.
The towns were unsafe because rats & decaying bodies would spread disease & would probably flood anyway if the drains became blocked by debris. [In my town it would definitely flood because we rely on pumping stations as much of the area is so close to or below sea level]
Every man made product will have been produced & designed using the skills of people from a wide variety of professions & trades. Would anybody know how to make a candle for example?
What about medical attention with hardly any doctors or nurses left. The series will attempt to answer a lot of these questions
This series is a re-image of the original 70"s drama created by Terry Nation
New release DVD: out January this year.
available at Lovefilm
by Tony Dunn @copyright 2009
