Survivors turned into a science fiction television series produced by the BBC. It depicts a number of people who lived a virulent unknown breed of flu which has damaged almost all of the species' lifestyles. As stated by the producers, the series isn't just a remake of the 1970s BBC television series Survivors, created by Terry Nation, but is loosely based that Nation wrote after first series of the 1970s series. Two series were produced of the series. Series 1 ran on BBC One and BBC HD at November also show two ran in January--February 2010, finishing with a cliff hanger. The BBC announced on 1-3 that, due to other considerations along with poor viewing figures, Survivors had been cancelled. The series had its premiere in South Africa in France on 12 on DTTV station NRJ 12 January 2010, also on BBC America in the USA on 1-3 February 2010. The series' Australian premiere has been on Channel Nine, on 21 March 2010.