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Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague – referred to as "The Death" – that kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.
The programme ran for three series and 38 episodes (seasons 1 and 2 had 13 episodes, the final season had just 12 - budget cuts and technical problems meant the last double episode was cut down to a single, as some scenes were lost during shooting). All series were broadcast on Wednesday evenings on BBC 1 from April 1975 to June 1977. Popular writer Terry Nation (whose work included many scripts for Doctor Who) created the series, but he quit the show after the first series due to disputes with producer Terence Dudley.
The series' main actors included Carolyn Seymour, Lucy Fleming, Ian McCulloch and Denis Lill. The child actor Stephen Dudley (John) was given his part by his father, the show's producer Terence Dudley, while Tanya Ronder (Lizzie) is the daughter of Jack Ronder, who wrote eight episodes of Survivors. Notable guest stars in the series included Patrick Troughton, Peter Jeffrey, Brian Blessed, George Baker, Philip Madoc, Bryan Pringle, Iain Cuthbertson and Peter Bowles. Appearing in the series before becoming famous were Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Carribean), Robert Fyfe (Last of the Summer Wine), Denis Lawson (Star Wars), David Neilson (Coronation Street), Peter Duncan (Blue Peter), June Brown (EastEnders), David Troughton, and Roger Lloyd-Pack (Only Fools and Horses and The Vicar of Dibley).
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You've been dropped like a dream to the floor
You've been told not to try anymore
But you're wakened from yesterday's war
Cause you're a survivor
And your strength has been stolen away
And your faith has been worn to a fray
But you live to live on one more day
Cause you're a survivor
And nothing can stop you now
Nothing can back you down
You never give up
You never give in
You're a survivor
For the phone call that tore you apart
For the fear that gripped your heart
For the moment you saw who you are
And what you're made of
For the cancer that stole all your hair
For the smile like you just don't care
For your hope in midnight prayer
You're a survivor
And nothing can stop you now
Nothing can back you down
You never give up
You never give in
You're a survivor
I'm convinced neither death nor life
Neither demons or angels of light
Shadows present a future bright
Can seperate us
From the love that will lead us on
To the hope when all hope is gone
Til the day heaven calls us home
We are survivors
And nothing can stop us now
Nothing can back us down
We never give up
We never give in
And nothing can stop us now
Nothing can back us down
We never give up
We never give in
Cause we are survivors
We are
We are
Yeah
We are survivors