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Picking up where the terrific first series left off, the BBC’s new take on Survivors continues to hark back to Terry Nation’s original novel, yet nonetheless weaves in contemporary themes. It gets down to business fairly quickly too, dealing with the thread left over from the first series’ cliffhanger, before pressing ahead with the thrust of the show’s new run.
And Survivors’ second series makes some interesting choices. It’s more interested this time in dealing with the ramifications of the virus that devastated the planet in the first place, and it’s happy to up the action ante, too. But it’s the life that the survivors face that now is taking centre stage, as well as digging into the story behind the aforementioned virus itself. As such, we get to see the worst and best of human nature reflected in the collection of characters here, and they get to be put in tenser situations as a result.
It’s an intelligent expansion of the original concept that we find in Survivors series 2, and an enriching of the drama as a result. It still has its problems, with not all characters convincing for instance, but this is still another fine science fiction show from the BBC, and one whose promise continues into its second run. --Jon Foster
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All six episodes from the second series of the BBC science fiction drama based on the novel by Terry Nation. The sole survivors of a virus that has swept across the world, a lonely few must now adjust to a world in which everything that was once familiar is now strange and dangerous. Among those struggling for survival are Abby (Julie Graham), desperate mother of a missing son, loner Greg (Paterson Joseph), medic Anya (Zoe Tapper) - and Tom Price (Max Beesley): handsome, dangerous and a maximum security prisoner before the virus hit. To stay alive this unlikely group must band together, utilise their talents and learn new skills. But how far can they trust each other?
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By L. Allen
Format:DVD
I really enjoyed this series. With some spectactular set peices and some great drama, it really drew me in....however...It seems a little pointless in buying this as, the series in now cancelled , due to poor vewing numbers...so the series ends on a cliff hanger in which will never be resolved. Save your money, dont buy this.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Survivors for me is as it should be thoroughly entertaining....I do wish people would stop comparing it to the original series.
If the original was so good then fine leave it at that...This is todays version of the same story.
It really does wind me up when a series gets pulled to pieces like this one has..It's is meant to be entertainment not fictional or a re-run of the original...My hat goes off to all the cast who play their parts in this series perfectly...We don't have experience of these circumstances to base a story like this on it's all purely make believe..
Max Beesley for the ladies is as handsome as ever with his badboy in love character down to a T...Who cares about the others...Just please don't kill him off... Give it a chance it's worth it... :)
If the original was so good then fine leave it at that...This is todays version of the same story.
It really does wind me up when a series gets pulled to pieces like this one has..It's is meant to be entertainment not fictional or a re-run of the original...My hat goes off to all the cast who play their parts in this series perfectly...We don't have experience of these circumstances to base a story like this on it's all purely make believe..
Max Beesley for the ladies is as handsome as ever with his badboy in love character down to a T...Who cares about the others...Just please don't kill him off... Give it a chance it's worth it... :)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By racey tracey
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
absolutely fantastic! fast paced non stop action. will they find Abby, will Greg survive? watched series one and two back to back and all i can say is - bring on series three!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I LIKE THIS SERIES
HAVING SEEN SURVIVORS SERIES FROM THE 70s OR 80s I VERRY MUCH LIKE THE NEW VERSION . BUT IT LEFT ME IN A STATE OF CONFUSION AFTER SERIES 2 . Read more
Published 1 month ago by michael
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre at best
Having just power watched series one and two over a week (was ill and had nothing to do) I would have to say that a luke warm response is being generous. Read more
Published 3 months ago by billysmart
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loves it
This was a Christmas gift for my 12 year old son who really enjoyed the series while on the television
Published 4 months ago by roseann young
4.0 out of 5 stars
What - No series 3!!!!!
What a shame that decent t.v drama like this is just abandoned. I thoroughly enjoyed both series 1 and 2 which were highly watchable. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Freeman North East
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great PA Story
i just wish the series continued. My favorite character was the ex-con. The show did an excellent job on his character. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Shirl in DC
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rubbish
I watched the first series expecting this to be really good, but dragged on, I started to watch the second series and what utter rubbish, one of the episodes was written around... Read more
Published 18 months ago by ED1
4.0 out of 5 stars
survivors 2
dvd was great value until I found out that Amazon charged me an extra £1.71 for so called free delivery. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2011 by jd
3.0 out of 5 stars
Barely surviving
Yes the acting in this second series is very good but its all wasted in my opinion. There are too many story lines going on and the scope of the series just cannot handle these... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2010 by Nightwatcher
4.0 out of 5 stars
Survivors Series 2
Loved this DVD. Great cast. Great story. Just a shame there will not be a Series 3 made!
Published on 30 Aug 2010 by Ozgirl
4.0 out of 5 stars
Survivors series 1 & 2
Having just sat over 2 days and watched both series I must say the acting of the main characters is excellent. Read more
Published on 28 July 2010 by shaz
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