BBC Canada

Imagine what would happen if a virulent disease scoured the planet, wiping out 99% of the human race.

It kills every member of your family, your lovers, friends, neighbours and probably everyone you have ever known. Imagine the world stripped of all the conveniences of the 21st Century – no law, no shops, no communications, no transport, no electricity, no clean water… This is the Apocalyptic scenario facing the heroes at the centre of this chilling drama series. Set in the present day, Survivors focuses on the world in the aftermath of the virus as the lonely few who remain struggle to start over in a devastated world where everything that was once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous.

At the centre of the story is a bewildered but resilient group of survivors led by Abby Grant, a woman whose strength comes from a burning need to find out if her young son is still alive. Other members of the group include Greg (a good man who hides the pain of his past), Anya (a doctor who has seen too many people die) and Al, a former playboy who becomes surrogate father to streetwise urchin Najid. Then there is Price, outwardly handsome and charming, but actually a dangerous and ruthless man who, unbeknownst to the others, was a high-security prisoner before the virus hit. This brave new world brings an opportunity for new beginnings, but also terrible dangers – not just the daily struggle for food and water, but also the deadly threat from other suvivors.

The cast includes (in alphabetical order): Freema Agyeman as Jenny, Nikki Amuka–Bird as Samantha Willis, Max Beesley as Tom Price, Shaun Dingwall as David, Julie Graham as Abby Grant, Paterson Joseph as Greg, Phillip Rhys as Al, Zoë Tapper as Anya and newcomer Chahak Patel as 11-year-old Najid.