I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse - (Reality Gameshow BBC3HD)

[Headie]

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I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse has released its first trailer.

Touted as "television's most terrifying reality show", BBC Three's new game show is set six months into a zombie outbreak, and sees participants having to survive in an abandoned shopping centre.

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Ten contestants must avoid the zombies that roam the centre for seven days, with any touch resulting in elimination.

They will be set tasks and forced to make difficult decisions, while an army helicopter rescues the survivors at the end of the week.

BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett, who commissioned the seven-part series, said: "I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is a reality event on a huge scale for BBC Three, it promises to be a deadly twist on the genre."

Executive producer Andrew Brereton added: "It's nice to finally have a game show where if you get a challenge wrong, you get your arms ripped off and your brains eaten out."

I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is coming soon to BBC Three.

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This starts on Sunday, it looks quite good tbh! Hoping it's like a Walking-Dead gameshow type of thing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02hs83f

Meet The Survivors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jxqcp

[Amy Jade]

Sounds AMAZING right up my street!

[Jøsh]

#ItsOnlyAGame
Totes .watching

[Tom4784]

It looks terrible and I refuse to support any new shows on BBC3 after the completely ridiculous cancellation of In The Flesh.

[Headie]

Episode 1 Preview:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jg2s1

[Headie]

It looks terrible and I refuse to support any new shows on BBC3 after the completely ridiculous cancellation of In The Flesh.

Get outta here :fist:

[Samm]

Omg Looks amazing :love:

[Headie]

A good article/review from someone who has seen the first ep, telling us what to expect from the series:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc3s-zombie-reality-show-hilariously-105402563.html#lv74wZh

Apparently it's like a mix of Walking Dead, Big Brother and Crystal Maze.

[Amy Jade]

Greg James hosting, this is getting better and better :love:

[Headie]

The cast includes a 56 year old granny.

When will C5 get that age range?

[Amy Jade]

The cast includes a 56 year old granny.

When will C5 get that age range?
There was a Nana on 10,000 BC but she left after 5 minutes lol

http://wwwcdn.channel5.com/assets/images/000/121/002/full_left_column_10KBC-caroline_Mortimer__640x360.jpg?1422523555

[LukeB]

Looking forward for this :love:

[Daniel-X]

Im excited for this :cheer2: The concept of the show is great

[Liam-]

Omg this is the first time I've heard of it and i am literally so excited! i love stuff like this :flutter:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

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[Natalie.]

looks good

[Headie]

Starts tomorrow :dance:

[Suze]

I'll be watching it, or at least give the show a try before condemning it. I like watching Zombie stuff on TV.

[Lostie!]

Ooh, this sounds interesting, think I'll give it a watch.

[Headie]

Starts tonight @ 10pm

[Amy Jade]

I'm excited for this, hope the nan lasts a while :fc:

[Samm]

I bet the nan dies first :worry:

[LukeB]

I have to watch this tomorrow when I'm back home </3

[Marc]

I will watch

[Daniel-X]

It's on NOW :dance:

[Amy Jade]

Watching looks pretty awesome so far, the sets are realistic

[Headie]

Looks good so far

[Amy Jade]

Iggy?

[Amy Jade]

Look at them strolling I'd be running like a mad bitch

[Daniel-X]

It looked promising. It's come across so scripted... I'll give it a try but I don't think I'll like it :shrug:

[Amy Jade]

Nana Jackie :flutter:

[Headie]

Slay Jackie :love:

[Headie]

It looked promising. It's come across so scripted... I'll give it a try but I don't think I'll like it :shrug:

I think in the beginning they're obviously told where to go/what to do but I suspect they'll be left on there own after the initial start

[Amy Jade]

Greg is so hot

[Amy Jade]

Prosthetic leg??

[Amy Jade]

Oscar Pistorious...

[Headie]

Screaming @ the emo gal panicking already

[Headie]

Death @ people bringing suitcases like it's a holiday

[Samm]

I hope someone dies

[Samm]

Just not any of my favs

[Amy Jade]

not liking the Lady Gaga fan already

[Amy Jade]

Just not any of my favs

Who are your faves?

I like Jackie, Megan and the emo girl so far

[Samm]

"I think a bloke should be a bloke" hate him already

[Headie]

Can the Gaga stan die first

[Samm]

Who are your faves?

I like Jackie, Megan and the emo girl so far

Jackie, emo girl, The running girl and maybe Megan soon

[Headie]

Jackie, emo girl, The running girl and maybe Megan soon

Same <3

Kevon is alright too

[Headie]

Jackie giving me Pauline in the kitchen teas and Sara is givin me Jale teas with "what are we eating?"

[Amy Jade]

Shut up about Gaga pls

[Samm]

Mutha J?

[Amy Jade]

I want them to get attacked it's too calm

[Headie]

Lol Kevon and Amina giving Gaga stan shady looks

[Amy Jade]

yas a mission hope Gags fan or 'men should be men' guy should die

[Headie]

Kevon is one of my faves now with his eye rolling <3

[Amy Jade]

Don't send Sara or Jackie pls

[Headie]

Prosthetic leg guy reminds me of Roberto BB6

[Headie]

Yass hope they both die

[Amy Jade]

Amina :hehe:

[Headie]

Lol Amina not doing the agility task when that's her strength <3

[Samm]

Yas let em die

[Samm]

oop there getting up

[Headie]

Ooh kill em

[Headie]

Ugh lucky hoes

[Amy Jade]

I wanted death :(

[Lostie!]

Is this good so far then? I'll probably watch it on the iPlayer.

[Samm]

Yeah it is

[Amy Jade]

wheelechair zombie lol

[Headie]

Omfg shut the hell up about Gaga

[Amy Jade]

was she a man haha

[Samm]

oop another one

[Black Dagger]

Lmao, at this guy obsessed with Gaga.

Give her the promo she deserves :love:

[Amy Jade]

help her ffs

[Headie]

'Don't let anyone in' lmao

[Samm]

"Don't let anyone in" nnn

[Headie]

Lmao Sara is a mess

[Samm]

I like Leah :love:

[Headie]

Here for Leah :clap1:

[Headie]

Sallie Axl teas

[Headie]

Oop now Nadia teas

[Amy Jade]

omg never would have guessed tbh

[Headie]

"I actually thought I was gonna die" :joker:

[Samm]

What days is it on?

[Headie]

What days is it on?

Just Sundays I think

[Headie]

Yass Kevon dragging Thom

[Headie]

Next ep looks good

[Amy Jade]

Arguing and death next week :flutter:

[Samm]

oh **** I didn't see the preview can you tell me or post it in the thread if it gets uploaded some where?

[Suze]

Got a feeling the survivors will pee me off so much that I will be rooting for the Zombies and hoping they rip the live ones apart.

[Headie]

Here is a preview of next week's ep

EDIT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jyvvd

[Samm]

Vids not playing :(

[Headie]

Sebastian Grant is the producer of I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse. Here, he shares the seven key things that working on the terrifying reality TV series has taught him and the production team.
The consistently creepy Monroe Shopping Centre!

Respect the zombie genre

The I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse team immersed themselves in everything zombie related, including the films Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later, the zombie books World War Z (not the film) and the Zombie Survival Guide, the TV series The Walking Dead, The Returned and In the Flesh, and games The Last of Us and Resident Evil.

The show is an homage to all of the above from the location to the casting, with small little nods and references to our favourites that hopefully zombie fans will spot.

Have a backstory

Like any good zombie classic it’s essential to have a backstory about how the zombie outbreak came about and a few basic scientific facts for how the infection turns people in to zombies. We had the idea of mobile phones turning people in to zombies and Matt Mogk from the Zombie Research Society helped us create a story where that might happen: a new wifi phone signal that manages to mutate bacteria that already exists in your eyes in to a brain melting virus that turns people in to zombies. Try putting a houseplant next to your internet router for a few weeks and see what happens!


The cast

The show wasn’t cast like a usual reality show. We tried to take elements from a cast that might appear in a typical zombie drama: mother of the group, the alpha male, the good looking one, the funny one, the innocent, the lazy one, the one with a secret... Watch the profiles to see what who we found.

Scaring is easy

Imagine being abandoned in the middle of nowhere in a spooky derelict shopping centre with no one around. In the dark. We were quite scared when we first went to see the location in broad daylight. Now imagine there are a load of zombies shuffling about the place trying to catch you. Add the prize of a holiday if contestants can stick it out for seven days and avoid those zombies and it makes the situation pretty tense.

Dying is hard

This is the first reality series where contestants are eliminated by being killed. And slight spoiler alert: a lot of contestants get killed. We had a whole team of special effects and make up experts who were on standby if someone was caught. They were called the 'Death Squad Unit'. After each eliminated contestant had calmed down we filmed their death scene. There are five distinct phases: the capture, the bring down, the struggle, the moment of death and the feast. RIP.

Blood is sweet

We used over 200 litres of fake blood. It is fundamentally golden syrup and raspberry sauce. It tastes good. We also had a wide array of limbs, organs, body tissue and general matter – all supplied by special effects company, Artem.

Being a zombie isn't easy

We cast 73 zombies in Scotland. They were all put through workshops on how to move, sound, get up, keep warm, catch survivors and how to play the games safely. They were cast for different elements within the series – crawling zombies, blind zombies, chained zombies. They had to do a lot of standing around in the cold. The wardrobe and make up process for the zombies who feature most in the series took about three hours each.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/24Fb6PG0MnsMG1Vy5z3gQnM/seven-things-we-learnt-while-making-a-zombie-reality-tv-series

The bit about the contestants filming their death scenes after they are caught reminds me of Whodunnit? :flutter:

I also like how they cast the contestants to fit specific roles you'd expect in a zombie apocalypse survivors group, and I will deffo be looking out for references to the other zombie shows (wasn't there something in todays ep called 'Walking Ed'?)

[Headie]

Vids not playing :(

Oh woops I didn't post the link properly, fixed it now.

Hope Amena runs to safety and leaves Thom to die :clap1:

[Drew.]

Pretty decent episode actually.. the set and the zombies are really realistic.

This Smithy wannabe who is a Gaga fan needs to **** off though

[Jay.]

Just finished watching the first episode. It's actually really good, I thought it would be ****. Has a lot of big brother vibes in it. Can't wait for the next ep :clap1:

[GypsyGoth]

I liked it, however there must have been about 10mins of unnecessary zombie footage. Hopefully next ep is more focused on the survivors.

And I would have been happy if these were a civilian BB lineup, not one seems to have an agent.

[LukeB]

I'm loving this so far!

[Ninastar]

omg am i the only one who thought this show was dreadful?

[Headie]

omg am i the only one who thought this show was dreadful?

Yes bye
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[Vanessa]

i loved this! and how cool would it be to take part? :amazed:

[Tom4784]

I watched this today out of boredom, it was ****ing TERRIBLE. Literally one of the worst shows I've ever seen. It wasn't fun or interesting or entertaining in the slightest, just an amorphous blob of BLEH.

[Vanessa]

I watched this today out of boredom, it was ****ing TERRIBLE. Literally one of the worst shows I've ever seen. It wasn't fun or interesting or entertaining in the slightest, just an amorphous blob of BLEH.

I think it would be fun to take part. :D

[Tom4784]

I think it would be fun to take part. :D

But not fun to watch, I wouldn't mind it if it was just bad but it's boring too.

[Vanessa]

I'm loving this so far!

I enjoyed it. It's different. :p

[Headie]

On again tomorrow/today (w/e you wanna say :laugh:)

[Amy Jade]

Watching hope Sara doesnt get caught

[Amy Jade]

ohhh dramz

[Headie]

The foreign guy is starting to get on my nerves

[Headie]

Kevon :love:

[Amy Jade]

Theyre really upping the pace now 2 challenges already

[Vanessa]

:laugh:

[Vanessa]

This is getting creepy. :worry:

[Amy Jade]

OMG!!! glad it wasnt Meghan though

[Vanessa]

:o:o:o:o

[Amy Jade]

that challenge was hard!

[Amy Jade]

The gaga stan crying...jeez

[Vanessa]

Wow! I enjoyed that! :amazed: This game is getting better!

[Headie]

Thank god Kevon survived

It's creepy how they film their death scenes :laugh:

[Vanessa]

Thank god Kevon survived

It's creepy how they film their death scenes :laugh:

It was amazing. very well done. :clap1:

[Amy Jade]

I have a feeling someone else is gonna go this episode

[Headie]

It was amazing. very well done. :clap1:

It reminds me of whodunnit :D

[Amy Jade]

Don't send Nana Jackie :(

[Headie]

I have a feeling someone else is gonna go this episode

Hopefully the Gaga stan

Not Jackie, Amena, Kevon, Megan, Leah or Sara tho pls

[Vanessa]

It reminds me of whodunnit :D

Now they have no light! :shocked:

[Vanessa]

OMG A zombie attack! :dog:

[Headie]

Lots of missions so far... I like it better like this tbh!

[Headie]

Ugh the Gaga stan is using Amena as a scapegoat :umm2:

[Amy Jade]

What is the gaga stan leaves Amena??

[Vanessa]

OMG Those two won't be back. :omg:

[Amy Jade]

This is so tense!

[Headie]

"I think a bloke should be a bloke" hate him already

Dead now :clap1:

[Vanessa]

:worry:

[Amy Jade]

Come on Amena!

[Headie]

Hope Amena leaves him to die

[Headie]

Run Amena! Leave Tom

[Amy Jade]

hes dead

[Headie]

Yassss he's dead

[Headie]

Yass my two least faves out first

[Headie]

Here for Kevon celebrating :hehe:

[Amy Jade]

Amena did amazing her speed saved her

[Vanessa]

There won't be any survivors left to rescue by the end of the show. :joker:

[Headie]

Sara isn't gonna last long

[Headie]

Amena is so cute :love:

[Headie]

Oop Amena vs Leah next week

[Amy Jade]

Amena sent for ANOTHER challenge??

[Vanessa]

Today show was awesome! :clap2:

[Headie]

Amena sent for ANOTHER challenge??

I like Jackie but she needs to do a mission instead of just cooking

[Amy Jade]

I like most of them left now, the disabled guy is a bit irritating but the rest are likeable BB need to contact the casting team.

[Amy Jade]

I like Jackie but she needs to do a mission instead of just cooking

Yeah, I agree. She needs to step it up.

[Lstan]

This is totes my fav reality show now...wonder if those who survie get a prize? (apart from not getting eaten of course lol) wonder what happens if theres only 1 left alive as most of the tasks seem to require more than 1 person.

[Headie]

This is totes my fav reality show now...wonder if those who survie get a prize? (apart from not getting eaten of course lol) wonder what happens if theres only 1 left alive as most of the tasks seem to require more than 1 person.

They win a free holiday (aka "quarantine/paradise")

[Lstan]

They win a free holiday (aka "quarantine/paradise")

ah ok. Given how last nights ep went i now wouldnt be surprised if they all "die" i wasnt expecting 2 to go out in one ep!

[Samm]

Brilliant ep last night :clap1:

Screaming at the deaths

[Headie]

Preview of Sunday's ep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02kwgww

[Headie]

On tonight :clap1:

[Vanessa]

:amazed:

[Amy Jade]

Been looking forward to this all day

[Headie]

Lmao I'm loving just seeing them interact, it feels like big brother :love:

[Amy Jade]

Lmao I'm loving just seeing them interact, it feels like big brother :love:

me too! early BB aswell <3

[Vanessa]

Another mission. :worry:

[Headie]

Ugh Jackie needs to do a task

[Headie]

The supermarket bit looks hard - only one way in and out

[Vanessa]

Ugh Jackie needs to do a task

She never volonteers. :laugh:

[Amy Jade]

Amina doing another mission? she's done almost everything so far

[Headie]

I hope Aston dies and Amena survives :laugh:

[Headie]

Amena :worry:

[Vanessa]

Amina has more lives than a cat. :suspect:

[Amy Jade]

save Amina!

[Vanessa]

That was close! :shocked:

[Headie]

Lol Jackie "well done"

[Amy Jade]

If this was a movie Amina would be the star of it so far she's been amazing

[Amy Jade]

yes Jackie get out and do something

[Headie]

Yesss they're making Jackie do it

[Vanessa]

Why it's always the same people doing the missions? :nono:

[Headie]

As soon as Jackie does a mission she's dead :joker:

[Vanessa]

As soon as Jackie does a mission she's dead :joker:

:hehe:

[Headie]

Sara is useless too :laugh:

[Amy Jade]

I like Sara doing missions she proper panics haha

[Vanessa]

Are any of them coming back? :fan:

[Headie]

Ugh I hope Aston dies

[Headie]

Lol Amena dragging Sara

[Headie]

Yeah Jackie is deffo dead

[Amy Jade]

send the guy!

[Vanessa]

Yeah, Brackie! :joker:

[Headie]

Lmao Sara

[Headie]

He's taking way too long

[Vanessa]

They're so dead! :shocked:

[Headie]

Wow no deaths

[Amy Jade]

Sara just leaving them lol

[Headie]

Lol Amena annoying the weak ones

[Vanessa]

Amina shouldn't be doing all the challenges. :fist:

[Amy Jade]

I wouldnt want to do a night challenge

[Amy Jade]

Amina again!

[Vanessa]

Send Jackie again. :hehe:

[Headie]

"What does that mean??!" :joker:

[Headie]

Amena trying to kill off Sara :hehe:

[Amy Jade]

why is she trying to send Sara when Kavon, the other guy and Leah aint done nothing today?

[Headie]

Oop Amena vs Sara

[Vanessa]

Amena trying to kill off Sara :hehe:

You tell her, Amina! :nono:

[Headie]

I hope Amena is the sole survivor

[Amy Jade]

Got a feeling Meghan is gonna die

[Headie]

Hope Kevon stays, he's Amenas friend :fc:

[Vanessa]

Sara doesn't want to do anything. :joker:

[Headie]

Got a feeling Meghan is gonna die

Hopefully it's Aston

[Amy Jade]

Sara doesn't want to do anything. :joker:

She went for water in her defense. The three out now did nothing today.

[Headie]

She went for water in her defense. The three out now did nothing today.

Aston did the mission with Amena. Leah hasn't done anything today

[Amy Jade]

Hopefully it's Aston

Out of the three yeah I agree. I like Meghan.

[Headie]

Megan's gonna die

[Amy Jade]

Meghan being stalked </3

[Vanessa]

Bye Leah! :wavey:

[Headie]

They're trapped :o

[Amy Jade]

wheelechair zombie

[Headie]

This is like TWD

[Vanessa]

:suspect:

[Headie]

Lmao that face tho

[Amy Jade]

lol the face

[Vanessa]

:laugh2:

[Headie]

So one of Megan and Kevon will die then

[Headie]

Kevons gonna die otherwise they wouldn't have shown that convo

[Amy Jade]

Meghan needs to get back safe :(

[Amy Jade]

oh godMeghan is gone I'm sad :(

[Amy Jade]

Crawl through the middle easy

[Headie]

Nooooo :(

[Amy Jade]

damnnnn he panicked, Amina is going to be gutted

[Vanessa]

:o

[Amy Jade]

I'm scared for Meghan

[Vanessa]

:worry:

[Headie]

Come on Megan

[Amy Jade]

stay calm girl

[Amy Jade]

gooooo

[Headie]

She's trapped

[Headie]

Yasssssss

[Amy Jade]

she was amazing so calm!

[Amy Jade]

help her ffs

[Headie]

Lol she left them

[Vanessa]

Yes! She did it! :cheer2:

[Amy Jade]

yesss so happy she made it, she played that so well.

[Vanessa]

Lol she left them

:laugh:

[Amy Jade]

awww Amina

[Headie]

Amena :(

[Vanessa]

:(

[Headie]

Shoulda been Sara

[Amy Jade]

oh dear its not Sara's fault. He flopped

[Headie]

Ooh another fight

[Vanessa]

A fight! :amazed:

[Headie]

Amena being bullied by Sara and Leah :nono:

[Amy Jade]

Amina did suggest Meghan and Kavon tbf

[Headie]

New Survivors next week :amazed:

[Amy Jade]

Does she know he's not actually dead?

[Headie]

Ugh Amena doing ANOTHER challenge next week

[Vanessa]

Newbies next week! :amazed:

[Amy Jade]

Leah's task looks scary next week he was like a zombie leatherface