UK, 23 April 1975
50m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 1.33:1
mono, English
Series: Survivors (1975-1977) – series 1, episode 2
A British science fiction television episode directed by Pennant Roberts.
Plot Summary
An accident in a laboratory in Asia releases a highly virulent and deadly flu-like virus which rapidly spreads around the world. As society breaks down around her and with her husband dead, Abby Grant decides to set out to find her son Peter who is at boarding school. Elsewhere, secretary Jenny Richards has just watched her friend die and other survivors are coming to terms with the fact that nothing will ever be the same again.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Pennant Roberts
© BBC 1975
BBC
Series Created by: Terry Nation
Producer: Terence Dudley
Production Unit Manager: Landon Revitt
[Written] By: Terry Nation
Studio Lighting: Peter Winn
Film Cameraman: Nat Crosby
Film Editor: Chris Wimble
Title Music by: Anthony Isaac
Studio Sound: Alan Fogg
Film Sound: Simon Wilson
Costume: June Wilson
Make Up: Lisa Rothwell
Designer: Austin Ruddy
Film Designer: Val Warrender
Production Assistant: Anne Faggetter
Cast
Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant)
Lucy Fleming (Jenny Richards)
Talfryn Thomas (Tom Price)
Peter Bowles (David Grant)
Peter Copley ( Bronson)
Christopher Reich (Andrew Tyler)
Margaret Anderson (Mrs Transon)
Callum Mill ( Gordon)
Blake Butler (Mr Pollard)
Elizabeth Sinclair (Patricia)
Giles Melville (Kevin Lloyd)
Len Jones (first youth)
