The Last Train

1999

The Last Train

7.1 | en | Drama

The Last Train is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated on ITV2 in 1999/2001 and on numerous occasions on the UK Sci-Fi Channel. The serial was written by Matthew Graham and produced for ITV by Granada Television. In the United States, the Fox Network purchased the rights to produce a new version of the series soon after its original UK transmission. Retitled The Ark, the idea did not progress beyond the pilot stage. As of May 2013, the series has not been released on DVD or any other format, and has never aired in the US.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 Episode 6

May. 06,1999

The survivors reach the Ark, where they discover the truth about Hild's people.

EP5 Episode 5

Apr. 29,1999

The travellers take refuge in a village and meet the last survivors of a failed community, but their hosts present a threat to the group and the hunters are in pursuit.

EP4 Episode 4

Apr. 22,1999

Jandra is seriously injured, but the group needs to press on with their journey. Their progress is blocked by an unfordable river, but Hild leads her new friends to medical facilities, and into danger.

EP3 Episode 3

Apr. 15,1999

The survivors head out of the city towards the Ark, and search for food and water. A trip to an abandoned factory complex has tragic consequences.

EP2 Episode 2

Apr. 08,1999

The survivors explore the ruins of Sheffield city centre in a search for friends and family, but find no survivors. The group desperately needs to find a supply of fresh water, and Harriet leads them to the bunker, and possible salvation. They are confronted by evidence of fellow survivors, but it is of an unwelcome nature.

EP1 Episode 1

Apr. 07,1999

Harriet Ambrose, a government technician, is travelling from London to Sheffield, aware of a pending cataclysm. As the train she is on enters a tunnel, a meteorite the size of Birmingham strikes the Earth.

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Released: 1999-04-07 | Released Producted By: Chum Television , Granada Television Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

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Cast

James Hazeldine , Zoe Telford , Nicola Walker

Director

Sita Williams

Producted By

Chum Television , Granada Television

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Nicola Walker

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Reviews

prosper1 This series had potential, but I suppose the budget wouldn't allow it to see that potential. An interesting setup, not dissimilar to "lost" it falls flat after the 1st episode. The whole series, 6 episodes, could have made a compelling 90 minute film, but the makers chose to drag it on and on. Many of the scenes were unbearably slow and long without moving the action forward. The music was very annoying and did not work overall. There were few characters we cared about as their characters did not grow during the time frame--- well, one grew a bit. The ending was as terrible as the rest of series. The only kudos here is to the art dept and set dressers, they created an interesting look, too bad the writer and director lacked the foresight to do something interesting with that element

herbertanchovy I thought parts of this were a little far fetched, I mean they went to the lock up to collect the van after 50 years, not only does it have tyres that haven't perished, an engine that hasn't seized, and a magic battery that is still able to take a charge after 50 years, but also a special type of diesel fuel that doesn't separate into waxy compounds over the years..however, as the man says-come doomsday the last vehicle running will be a Mercedes benz also they find a supply of fuel has been left for them to reach the ark..how convenient it wasn't petrol? why didn't they use motorways to reach their destination instead of bumping along dirt tracks? How come that pub still had food and drink left and the jukebox and generator still work perfectly? that aside, it was a great twist as you see them driving off past a gravestone that clearly shows they have been asleep a lot longer than the 14 years they originally thought

Theo Robertson This got off to a fairly good start and was willing to overlook the silly plot device of having the heroine putting the passengers into suspended animation . The scenes as the survivors gradually thaw out and search through the devestated landscape of Britain are well done , but as the series progress we have bigger and bigger " How are our heroes going to get out of this " setpieces which come across as just plain silly I was expecting this to be along the lines of John Christopher`s THE DEATH OF GRASS or John Wyndham`s DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS or Terry Nation`s SURVIVORS . In many way`s THE LAST TRAIN does mirror SURVIVORS but the whole series seems to be a tribute to Terry Nation , especially his setpiece work on DOCTOR WHO and BLAKES 7 which means that THE LAST TRAIN is certainly entertaining but extremely uneven .Still this show is superior to the BBC`s sci-fi blockbuster INVASION EARTH which was broadcast round about the same time

OurPost I really enjoyed this. That it wasn't an original idea is beside the point. HG Wells, John Wyndham, Fred Hoyle, ...many wrote about the End of the World as it might affect the ordinary bod in the street long before such as 'Deep Impact' and other high-impact extravaganzas were made. & I've never forgotten 'Threads'... As a commuter, I can say that no train journey will ever be quite so boring again. I stumbled on this website by chance and am sending this comment in the hope that enough appreciation might persuade Granada to publish a video,