Rent Survivors: Series 1 (1975)

Conceived by Terry Nation, Survivors is a groundbreaking and startlingly realistic television drama series. First aired in 1975 at the height of the Cold War, Survivors post-apocalyptic storylines immediately gripped the imagination of the British public and remain compelling viewing to this day. The first series of thirteen episodes charts the onset and aftermath of a virulent plague that wipes out 99.9% of the world's population and the struggles of a lone group of survivors during the privations that follow.