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Survivors
Ep 1/6
Sunday 23 November
9.00-10.30pm BBC ONE
www.bbc.co.uk/survivors
(Website available closer to transmission date)
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L-R: Al (Phillip Rhys), Najid
(Chahak Patel), Samantha Willis
(Nikki Amuka-Bird), Greg
(Paterson Joseph), Abby (Julie
Graham), Tom Price (Max
Beesley), Jenny (Freema
Agyeman), David (Shaun
Dingwall) and Anya (Zoe
Tapper) Julie Graham, Max Beesley, Paterson Joseph, Zoe Tapper, Phillip Rhys, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Freema Agyeman star in Adrian Hodges's exciting new six-part action-adventure-drama series.
Imagine being the only survivor of a disease that kills every member of your family, that kills lovers, strangers and friends – in fact, nearly everyone you've ever met. You are among the lonely few to live and now you must start over in a strange new world where everything that was once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous.
Set in the present day, the drama series focuses on the world in the aftermath of a devastating virus which wipes out most of the world's population. What would we do? How would any of us cope in a brave, new world where all traditional 21st-century comforts – electricity, clean running water, advanced technology – have disappeared?
These are the questions faced by the bewildered but resilient group of survivors at the centre of the drama. It is an opportunity for new beginnings, but with no society, no police and no law and order. They now face terrible dangers – not just the daily struggle for food and water but also the deadly threat from other survivors.
Survivors is a re-imagining of the classic Seventies BBC drama series, based on the novel by Terry Nation.
Freema Agyeman is Jenny; Nikki Amuka-Bird is Samantha Willis; Max Beesley is Tom Price; Shaun Dingwall is David; Julie Graham is Abby Grant; Paterson Joseph is Greg; Phillip Rhys is Al; Zoe Tapper is Anya and newcomer Chahak Patel is 11-year-old Najid.
Viewers can catch up on every episode of Survivors at any time during the series, using the new "Series Stacking" function on BBC iPlayer. Rather than individual episodes only being available for seven days, series stacking means viewers will be able to enjoy any episode, after its first broadcast, for the duration of the entire series.
Survivors is also being shown on BBC HD – the BBC's High Definition channel available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media. With up to five times more detail than standard definition television, HD gives exceptionally vivid colours and crisp pictures, making Survivors a truly cinematic TV experience.
Viewers can also decide how they would choose to live and find out what kind of survivor they would be through Survivors Interactive at bbc.co.uk/survivors.
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Survivors
Ep 2/6
Tuesday 25 November
9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE
www.bbc.co.uk/survivors
(Website available closer to transmission date)
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Abby (Julie Graham) and her
friends find somewhere to
shelter Abby and her new friends find a house to shelter in and set about gathering the essential supplies they need to stay alive, as Adrian Hodges's new drama, a re-imagining of the classic Seventies BBC drama series, based on the novel by Terry Nation, continues.
When they visit a local supermarket they are confronted by Dexter, the leader of an armed gang which has laid claim to the contents of the store. Abby is shocked by how quickly people have resorted to selfishness and violence. As Dexter's gang leaves, Abby sees a face she thinks she recognises, a teacher who took her son to hospital before the worst of the virus hit. The gang is gone before she can speak to him.
Abby can't forget about the teacher. She takes Tom with her and goes back to the supermarket in the hope that Dexter's gang will return. Dexter soon arrives but he has no interest in helping Abby. Instead, he gives them a chilling final warning to stay away.
Greg, meanwhile, goes in search of the main supermarket warehouse. When he gets there, he finds Bob Murphy and Sarah Boyer, who had planned to use the contents of the warehouse to start a trading business. Their plans are halted, however, when Bob is severely injured in an accident.
Greg is able to stabilise Bob's condition and agrees to stay the night to keep an eye on him. Once Sarah is alone with Greg she tries to seduce him. She needs a man who can protect her and do the heavy work. Greg can see that Sarah wants to use him, but he still finds it hard to resist a beautiful young girl throwing herself at him...
Abby is played by Julie Graham, Dexter by Anthony Flanagan, Tom by Max Beesley, Greg by Paterson Joseph, Bob by Daniel Ryan and Sarah by Robyn Addison.
Survivors is also being shown on BBC HD – the BBC's High Definition channel available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media. With up to five times more detail than standard definition television, HD gives exceptionally vivid colours and crisp pictures, making Survivors a truly cinematic TV experience.
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Einstein
And Eddington
Saturday 22 November
9.10-10.40pm BBC TWO
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Andy Serkis stars as Albert
Einstein in this new drama
exploring two of the most
significant figures in 20th-
century science David Tennant and Andy Serkis star in this one-off drama for BBC Two, based on the intertwined lives of two of the most significant men in 20th-century science.
A BBC/HBO co-production, Einstein And Eddington takes a closer look at the story behind the creation of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and the personal lives of the men behind it. The all-star cast also includes Jim Broadbent (Longford), Lucy Cohu (The Queen's Sister), Rebecca Hall (Starter For Ten) and Jodhi May (Friends & Crocodiles).
This human story chronicles two men who, during the First World War, refused to accept narrow nationalistic boundaries and, against the odds, continued to strive for a greater truth. Between them, they changed the world and proved one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century.
Opening in 1913, the drama tells the story of the then obscure German theorist Albert Einstein (Serkis), who had spent years working on his General Theory of Relativity, one that threatened two centuries of Newtonian certainty and the foundations of British science.
British scientist Arthur Eddington (Tennant) was one of the most prominent astrophysicists and Director of the Cambridge Observatory, a seat originally held by the father of British science, Sir Isaac Newton. Eddington's wholehearted belief that "truth knows no boundaries" led him to start a correspondence with Einstein and to solely champion Einstein's theories at a time when the rest of the British scientific community, and the public at large, were rejecting anything German, due to the country's role in the First World War.
Eddington's expedition to Africa to photograph light bending round the sun during an eclipse led to his proof that Einstein's theory is right, turning Einstein into a worldwide superstar in 1919.
Einstein And Eddington was written by Peter Moffat (Hawking). It is produced by Mark Pybus (Wallis & Edward) and directed by Philip Martin (Hawking, Prime Suspect).
Moffat and Martin are reunited following the award-winning Hawking, BBC Two's 2005 biopic of Stephen Hawking, who is considered the greatest mind in physics since Einstein.
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Royal
Ballet World Première –
Wayne McGregor's Infra
Saturday 22 November
7.10-8.10pm BBC TWO
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Choreographer Wayne McGregor, one of the most exciting talents working in modern dance today, premières his major new work for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden on 13 November. BBC Two viewers have a unique opportunity to witness the creation of a ground-breaking piece of modern dance and share in the excitement of the world première.
The climax of the programme is a complete performance of McGregor's new piece, which is a collaboration with artist Julian Opie, working in theatre for the first time, and German composer Max Richter.
The BBC has been given exclusive access to the process of the creation and rehearsal of this new work, and the complete performance is preceded by a revealing look at how three major artistic personalities come together to create a new piece of modern dance, which utilises technology, lighting, a new score and the extraordinary talent of some of Britain's best dancers.
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