Jonathan Spencer's Tales of Ordinary Wisdom

I read somewhere that the BBC were going to remake SURVIVORS as they had been in negotiation with the estate of Terry Nation who wrote the original idea and some episodes.

“Survivors – Series 1 – Complete [1975]” (Terence Dudley)

This was an incredible series that went on for 3 seasons and told the story of a group of people, lead by a woman called Abbey grant, surviving in the UK after an epidemic of some kind of plague, which it is suggested started in a Lab, wipes out 99% of the population. Like all these old series when watched again it can sometimes seem dated, on the other hand the challenges people face in mental, physical and moral dilemnas are timeless. It also I think survivors has something to say to todays world, especially in the light of peak oil and the transition town movement. If the first series made me reflect on how complicated our lives had become and our reliance on electronics, at least since the 1970s, In the second series as they begin to establish community I began to think very much about John Syemours self-sufficiency movement, his book first publsihed in the mid-seventies appeared to spawn the good life and must have had an effect on SURVIVORS. Funny enough, I got the book below ( a recent DK reprint and re-edit) for my birthday.

“The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers” (John Seymour)

SURVIVORS is a seminal series, I remember at the time people talking about it in the school yard on monday morning (the series aired on a sunday night) and it has a loyal following, and numerous websites here. I would recommend getting the DVD and re watching if you have seen it before or getting to know it for the first time. Just like I thought the monkees really were “coming to your town”, I really thought Abbey Grant would reappear in the series, it would be great if and when the BBC remake if they could find a role for the actress that played Abbey again.

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