Survivors is a British
science fiction television series produced by the
BBC. It depicts the lives of a group of people who survived a virulent unknown strain of
influenza which has wiped out most of the human species. According to the producers, the series is not a remake of the 1970s BBC television series
Survivors (1975–1977), created by
Terry Nation, but rathee is loosely based on the novel of the same name that Nation wrote following the first series of the 1970s programme. Two series were produced of the new show: series 1 ran on
BBC One and
BBC HD in November–December 2008, and series 2 ran in January–February 2010, ending with a
cliffhanger. The BBC announced on 13 April 2010 that, due to poor viewing figures and other considerations,
Survivors had been cancelled.