A plague kills most of the population of the UK (and we presume the world). Only 1 in 15,000 survive. Nobody related to another survivor has survived. Nobody who knows any other survivor has survived. The remaining view form small groups and try to carry on. Its gritty, muddy and exceptionally well written and performed.

I absolutely love this series. I was too young to really enjoy it in the 70s, but I do have a vague recollection of watching a few episodes. It turned up on UK GOLD about 5 years ago and I watched it all the way through. I just got the DVD’s for Christmas (very overpriced I think) and have started watching it all over again.

Whether you fork out for the DVDS or wait until it turns on up on TV again, you should watch it. You will be hooked from the beginning.