>>>>>>Years ago the BBC made a series called survivors about the aftermath of a plague.
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>>>>>>I remember really enjoying it as a lot was about people trying to survive when modern civilization has collapsed. Looks like a remake is coming out. I wonder if it'll be any good.
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>>>>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/survivors/
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>>>>>Saw the 1st epo last night and I thought it was well scripted, well acted, well "scened" (an empty 4 lane motorway, and centre of London) and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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>>>>Not sure what the bit at the end is going to be about. I don't remember anything like that in the original.
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>>>Don't know which bit you mean - with them standing on the rd and deciding to make a collective go of it? - but I never saw the original.
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>>>I like the idea of next week's epo with a militia claiming and defending the local Netto store.
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>>The bit in the secret base with all the people wearing bio hazard suits.
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>Oh yeah. Just like a cliff-hanger ending to any modern US 24-parter - gets you biting your @rse. I imagine they'd be the lab that first developed the virus and accidentally let it loose. Expect we'll find out on Tue/Thu whenever 2nd part is.
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>BTW really enjoying the latest Dickens from BBC - "Little Dorrit" - excellent. Published in half-hour epos, just like Chaz used to issue his stories.
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>Of course, for us, on the BBC it's nice neat half-hour epos but for the US would fill a good hour slot! :-)

Dickens released his stories in half hour TV episodes? ;-)

Yeah, I know, he did release at least some of them in (written) serial form, sold on the street.