The BBC have announced they are (finally) going to remake cult 70's sci-fi classic Survivors, bringing the Terry Nation-created serial up to date for the late noughties.

If you're not familiar, Survivors was an excellent, if flawed drama which originally ran for three series from 1975 onwards, about the aftermath of a worldwide virus outbreak. The first episode showed most of the world being killed of by a rogue virus, with just a handful of those left - the survivors - having to adapt to the overnight loss of civilisation. Terry Nation, who wrote the first series, was also the creator of such classics as Blakes 7, and the infamous Dalek characters in Doctor Who.

I happened to rewatch some of the original recently, and in fairness it all looks incredibly dated now - quite poor production values led to a lot of wobbly sets and sometimes hammy acting - but the stories are good and the whole thing is definitely ripe for a modern day remake. I'm quite looking forward to this...