I recently joined the hosts of The Televerse podcast, Kate (@theteleverse) and Simon (@suckerhowell), for their DVD Shelf segment where we discussed the 2008 British series Survivors. The series is a remake of the 1975 series of the same name, which follows a group of survivors of a massive world-wide pandemic that wipes out 90% of the world’s population.

Left bewildered and numb, untouched by a virus that swept across the world killing all but a random election of desperate souls, these are the “lucky ones,” still alive when so many died. This lonely few now have to step into a strange new world where everything that was once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous.

Among those struggling for survival are Abby, a devoted mother missing her son; Greg, a loner, hiding the pain of his past; Anya, a doctor who has been seen too much; Al, a playboy who becomes surrogate father to Najid; and Tom Price, handsome, dangerous and a high security prisoner before the virus hit.

In the ghost cities and empty fields, power, water and food are scarce. Just to stay alive the survivors will have to band together, utilize their talents and learn new skills. But can they all be trusted? And what new trials await those trying to rebuild a dead civilization?