Hold your tongues if you live in the UK and have already seen this season, but the US is just now getting the second season of the drama, “Survivors”. This show follows survivors of a deadly flu-like plague as they try to establish a society. The premiere of season two begins tonight on BBC America.
The first season of the show was about gathering the survivors together and exploring what’s left of their world. This season opens with the survivors in conflict with remains of the old government and those trying to establish a new regime.
Check out what the show is about:
Set in the present day, Survivors focuses on the world in the aftermath of a virulent disease that scoured the planet, wiping out 99% of the human race. Only a lonely few are left to start over in a devastated world where everything that was once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous.
A bewildered but resilient group of survivors is led by Abby Grant, a woman whose strength comes from a burning need to find out if her young son is still alive. Other members of the group include Greg (a good man who hides the pain of his past), Anya (a doctor who has seen too many people die) and Al, a former playboy who becomes surrogate father to streetwise urchin Najid. Then there is Tom, outwardly handsome and charming, but actually a dangerous and ruthless man who, unbeknown to the others, was a high-security prisoner before the virus hit.
This brave new world brings an opportunity for new beginnings, but also terrible dangers – not just the daily struggle for food and water, but also a deadly threat from other survivors.
“Survivors is about what it means to be human,” says award-winning writer and executive producer Adrian Hodges (co-creator and writer of “Primeval”). “It asks questions about our nature and confronts us with our deepest fears. When everything else is stripped away, would we band together and find the best in ourselves, or would we fall apart and retreat into barbarism and savagery?”
Hodges’ Survivors is a re-imagining of the classic ‘70s BBC drama series, and is based on the novel by Terry Nation. Hodges adds: “Survivors is about adventure, fear, love, loyalty and friendship. But above all, it’s about new hope.”
“Survivors” stars Julie Graham (“Bonekickers”) as Abby Grant, Paterson Joseph (“Jekyll”, “Doctor Who”) as Greg Preston, Max Beesley (“Hotel Babylon”) as Tom Price, Phillip Rhys (“24”) as Al Sadiq, Zoe Tapper (“Demons”) as Dr. Anya Raczynski, Nikki Amuka-Bird (“Torchwood”) as Samantha Willis, and Chahak Patel (“No Heroics”) as Najid. Freema Agyeman (“Doctor Who”) and Shaun Dingwall (“Doctor Who”) also starred in season one.
Here is a recap of what happened in Season One of “Survivors”:
Teaser Trailer for Season Two of “Survivors”:
Watch “Survivors” on BBC America, Tuesdays at 9/8C. Tonight’s season two premiere will repeat at 12 midnight ET and 2am ET.
[Source] BBCAmerica
