Survivors: Series 1 (2008) (2 Disc)

I am going to be honest right from the off here, i never saw the original 1970's TV series of this show, but i hear it ran for three series and by the time it got to the mid-way mark of series two it was plodding along and became very boring. This reboot however, has been very entertaining right from the word 'go'. Sure only three episodes have been aired at the time of writing this review, but it is seriously good stuff! Each episode keeps up the pace with the one before and each time we see the survivors in a different situation each week involving other survivors and life or death situations. There is also the underlying story arc of the science lab where secret research is taking place - i take it they were responcible for the virus in the first place?? The only thing that i will say is, what i would call a downside to this series is that the first episode is extended by half an hour (from 1 hour to an hour and a half), yet while some may agree that this is a good thing, i… more »

I am going to be honest right from the off here, i never saw the original 1970's TV series of this show, but i hear it ran for three series and by the time it got to the mid-way mark of series two it was plodding along and became very boring. This reboot however, has been very entertaining right from the word 'go'. Sure only three episodes have been aired at the time of writing this review, but it is seriously good stuff! Each episode keeps up the pace with the one before and each time we see the survivors in a different situation each week involving other survivors and life or death situations. There is also the underlying story arc of the science lab where secret research is taking place - i take it they were responcible for the virus in the first place?? The only thing that i will say is, what i would call a downside to this series is that the first episode is extended by half an hour (from 1 hour to an hour and a half), yet while some may agree that this is a good thing, i personally found it very boring as it introduced us to chracters that died and took the story no futher. The other 'bad' thing about the series is that it stars Julie Graham in one of the main roles. She is so wooden its unbelieveable and her character and the backstory is so boring that it beggers belief. Yet that said, Survivors is a fantastic series and makes up for the lack of decent TV that has been on during 2008. Its just a shame that it runs to only 6 episodes and at the point of writing - one series. Heres hoping that the BBC will scrap some of their rubbish and sign these guys up for a second series that is longer and better than the original.
P.S. This is yards above Bonekickers, which also stars Julie Graham and has now been axed by the BEEB thank good!!