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Survivor (British TV series)

January 30, 2023

Survivor is a British competition television series based on the international reality franchise of the same name. The series aired for two series on ITV network in 2001 and 2002, before being revived in 2023 by BBC.[1] Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show features a group of contestants become castaways as they are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Ultimate Survivor" and a monetary prize.

Survivor
GenreReality competition
Created byCharlie Parsons
Based onExpedition Robinson/Survivor
by Charlie Parsons
Presented by
StarringJohn Leslie
Theme music composerRuss Landau
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerNigel Lythgoe
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesPlanet 24 (2001–02)
Remarkable Television (2023–)
DistributorITV Studios
Banijay
Release
Original networkITV (2001–02)
BBC One (2023–)
Original release21 May 2001 (2001-05-21) –
present (present)
Chronology
RelatedInternational versions

While it was considered a failure in the ratings by ITV, the programme was watched by more viewers than other reality series at the time, including Big Brother. ITV cancelled Survivor after two series after it had failed to garner a loyal viewership. The network admitted fault for not supporting the series enough in its launch phase, highlighting the key issue with their approach to be the scheduling of the series. Since 2017, reports that the series would be revived had circulated in the media, with BBC One confirming this in 2022.

Format

Further information: Survivor (franchise) § Format

The show follows the same general format as the other editions of Survivor. To begin, the players are split into two or three tribes, are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meagre supplies for a period of several weeks. Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the tribes against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for immunity, forcing the other tribe to attend Tribal Council, where they must vote one of their tribemates out of the game by secret ballot.

About halfway through the game, the tribes are merged into a single tribe, and challenges are on an individual basis; winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out. Most players that are voted out during this stage become members of the Tribal Council Jury. When only two or three players remain, the Final Tribal Council is held. The finalists plead their case to the Jury as to why they should win the game. The jurors then have the opportunity to interrogate the finalists before casting their vote for which finalist should be considered the "Ultimate Survivor" and be awarded the grand prize. The prize on the 2001–2002 ITV iteration was £1,000,000[2] and is £100,000 on the 2023 BBC iteration.[3]

History

Original run

The first series, Survivor: Pulau Tiga, premiered on ITV on 21 May 2001.[2] Billboards were allotted around the UK displaying the slogan "You Don't Win, You Survive". The billboards created confusion amongst viewers as it misled them into thinking people would die throughout the game. Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe complained to Heat magazine about the decision. He said: "The tagline when I left for Borneo was 'Trust No One', which is great. When I got back it was, 'You Don't Win, You Survive'. Well, you did win – you won a million pounds! And of course you survive, because we're not going to let you die."[4] Despite Survivor receiving initial media hype, the debut episode opened with 6.6 million viewers, which was seen as a disappointment for ITV.[5] Despite the figures, an ITV spokesperson said: "We couldn't have hoped for anything better. We never expected 10m on the first night although we hope it will build to this. You have got to remember that we introduced 16 strangers and a complicated gameshow to the audience and we are confident it will grow. It's already a massive talking point, making the front pages."[5] Ratings for the series then dropped to an average of 5 million, which was half of the audience that the network had expected.[6] In response, ITV made the decision to transmit less episodes per week to allow the hype for the series to grow.[7] However, their change failed to have an impact on viewing figures.[8] Nevertheless, the finale of the first series garnered 7.7 million viewers, peaking at 9 million.[9]

Despite being low in ratings by ITV's expectations, Survivor was the most watched reality television series in the UK at its time of airing, such as Big Brother.[10] After the first series had concluded, Julia Lamaison, ITV's Head of Strategy, admitted that the network were too hopeful with their expectations for the series. They had hoped for a series average of 12 million viewers, accrediting their hopefulness to the success of the series in America. Lamaison also admitted that ITV had not supported Survivor enough in the first series, particularly with the time slot and the scheduling.[11] Despite the low ratings for the first series, ITV aired the second series, Survivor: Panama, a year after the first. Survivor faced an overhaul, the changes of which included fewer contestants, audience participation and replacing presenters Mark Austin and John Leslie with one sole presenter, Mark Nicholas.[12] It was aired every Wednesday at 9:45 pm and episodes were repeated on Fridays at 8:30 pm. The second series was also accompanied by Survivor: The Last Word, a televised interview with evictees, as well as a supporting series, Survivor: Raw, broadcast on sister channel ITV2.[13] After Survivor's viewership failed to increase, ITV cancelled it after two series.[4]

I'm a Celebrity ... lawsuit

After Survivor was axed by ITV, the network began broadcasting I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, the format of which had many similarities to Survivor, and which received massive ratings in August 2002. The show's similarity in content to Survivor led many viewers to believe that the shows had some licensing agreement, however this was not the case. Legal action was sought by CBS to prevent broadcast in the US, however the court ruled against, stating that "Celebrity is different enough from Survivor that CBS would have difficulty prevailing in its underlying copyright infringement suit."[14]

2023 revival

Following the Banijay Group's acquisition of Castaway Productions, who own the Survivor format, it was said in 2017 that the company were looking to revive Survivor in the UK. Banijay's CEO Peter Langenberg spoke to Broadcast about the potential return, stating that RDF, the largest UK production company within Banijay, is attempting to rekindle interest in the format amongst broadcasters. He explained: "Having hands on the format means we can polish it and come up with Survivor 2.0, because it needs a refresh".[15]

Reports began circulating again in 2022 that the series would be revived, this time with BBC One said to be the potential new home of the series. Broadcast reported that the revival deal for Survivor is "on the brink", and that if the deal is finalised, the third series of the programme will be filmed in 2023 with thirteen episodes.[16] Digital Spy's Daniel Kilkelly put forward his hopes for a revival of the programme. He felt that the key reasons for the series' initial failure lay with having a pre-recorded format which meant that viewers had no say into the events of the series. However, Kilkelly opined that the success of The Apprentice and The Great British Bake Off, both of which use pre-recorded formats, suggested that the British audience would now be ready to support a Survivor format.[4] In September 2022, it was confirmed that Remarkable Entertainment (a subsidiary of Banijay) would produce a new series and would air on BBC One in 2023 consisting of 16 episodes.[17] Contestant applications opened on the 24th of November. With the announcement of the application process, the prize of £100,000 was revealed.[3][18]

Series details

List of British Survivor seasons
No. Subtitle Game Information Results Host
Location Start date Finish date Days Castaways Original tribes Winner Runner(s) up Final vote
ITV iterations (2001–2002)
1 Survivor: Pulau Tiga Pulau Tiga, Sabah, Malaysia 21 May 2001 (2001-05-21) 25 July 2001 (2001-07-25) 40 16 Two tribes of eight new players Charlotte Hobrough Jackie Carey 7–0 Mark Austin[a]
2 Survivor: Panama Bocas del Toro, Panama 13 March 2002 (2002-03-13) 29 May 2002 (2002-05-29) 37 12 Two tribes of six new players Jonny Gibb Susannah Moffatt 7–0 Mark Nicholas
BBC One iterations (2023–present)
3 TBD Dominican Republic[3] 2023 (2023) 2023 (2023) – 20 Two tribes of ten new players TBA
Notes
  1. ^ John Leslie conducted exit interviews with the players and presented additional footage of events.

References

  1. ^ "Survivor will land on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2023". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "How to survive Survivor". BBC News. 17 May 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Ravindran, Manori (24 November 2022). "'Survivor' U.K. Opens Casting for Historic BBC Edition". Variety.
  4. ^ a b c "Why Survivor deserves a second chance on UK television". Digital Spy. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Survivor makes disappointing debut". Digital Spy. 22 May 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Survivor to be cut back?". Digital Spy. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ^ "ITV confirms Survivor shift". Digital Spy. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Survivor fails to gather pace". Digital Spy. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Survivor final draws 8m". Digital Spy. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Survivor proves a TV dinosaur". BBC. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Survivor 2 decision awaited". Digital Spy. 28 August 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Survivor returns with new look". BBC News. 13 March 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Survivor 2: ITV releases scheduling details". Digital Spy. 6 March 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  14. ^ "CBS loses lawsuit; ABC's "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" to air in February". Reality TV World. 14 January 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  15. ^ "Banijay Acquire Castaway Productions, Could Survivor UK Return?". 20 July 2017.
  16. ^ "BBC on brink of Survivor reboot". Broadcast. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Survivor will land on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2023". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  18. ^ Shaw, Neil (24 November 2022). "You can apply to be on Survivor as reality TV show makes comeback". HullLive.

External links

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Survivor is a British competition television series based on the international reality franchise of the same name The series aired for two series on ITV network in 2001 and 2002 before being revived in 2023 by BBC 1 Following the premise of other versions of the format the show features a group of contestants become castaways as they are marooned in an isolated location where they must provide food water fire and shelter for themselves The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of Ultimate Survivor and a monetary prize SurvivorGenreReality competitionCreated byCharlie ParsonsBased onExpedition Robinson Survivorby Charlie ParsonsPresented byMark Austin Mark NicholasStarringJohn LeslieTheme music composerRuss LandauCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series2No of episodes24ProductionExecutive producerNigel LythgoeRunning time60 minutes inc adverts Production companiesPlanet 24 2001 02 Remarkable Television 2023 DistributorITV StudiosBanijayReleaseOriginal networkITV 2001 02 BBC One 2023 Original release21 May 2001 2001 05 21 present present ChronologyRelatedInternational versionsWhile it was considered a failure in the ratings by ITV the programme was watched by more viewers than other reality series at the time including Big Brother ITV cancelled Survivor after two series after it had failed to garner a loyal viewership The network admitted fault for not supporting the series enough in its launch phase highlighting the key issue with their approach to be the scheduling of the series Since 2017 reports that the series would be revived had circulated in the media with BBC One confirming this in 2022 Contents 1 Format 2 History 2 1 Original run 2 2 I m a Celebrity lawsuit 2 3 2023 revival 3 Series details 4 References 5 External linksFormat EditFurther information Survivor franchise Format The show follows the same general format as the other editions of Survivor To begin the players are split into two or three tribes are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meagre supplies for a period of several weeks Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the tribes against each other for rewards such as food or luxuries or for immunity forcing the other tribe to attend Tribal Council where they must vote one of their tribemates out of the game by secret ballot About halfway through the game the tribes are merged into a single tribe and challenges are on an individual basis winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out Most players that are voted out during this stage become members of the Tribal Council Jury When only two or three players remain the Final Tribal Council is held The finalists plead their case to the Jury as to why they should win the game The jurors then have the opportunity to interrogate the finalists before casting their vote for which finalist should be considered the Ultimate Survivor and be awarded the grand prize The prize on the 2001 2002 ITV iteration was 1 000 000 2 and is 100 000 on the 2023 BBC iteration 3 History EditThis article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia See Wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Original run Edit The first series Survivor Pulau Tiga premiered on ITV on 21 May 2001 2 Billboards were allotted around the UK displaying the slogan You Don t Win You Survive The billboards created confusion amongst viewers as it misled them into thinking people would die throughout the game Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe complained to Heat magazine about the decision He said The tagline when I left for Borneo was Trust No One which is great When I got back it was You Don t Win You Survive Well you did win you won a million pounds And of course you survive because we re not going to let you die 4 Despite Survivor receiving initial media hype the debut episode opened with 6 6 million viewers which was seen as a disappointment for ITV 5 Despite the figures an ITV spokesperson said We couldn t have hoped for anything better We never expected 10m on the first night although we hope it will build to this You have got to remember that we introduced 16 strangers and a complicated gameshow to the audience and we are confident it will grow It s already a massive talking point making the front pages 5 Ratings for the series then dropped to an average of 5 million which was half of the audience that the network had expected 6 In response ITV made the decision to transmit less episodes per week to allow the hype for the series to grow 7 However their change failed to have an impact on viewing figures 8 Nevertheless the finale of the first series garnered 7 7 million viewers peaking at 9 million 9 Despite being low in ratings by ITV s expectations Survivor was the most watched reality television series in the UK at its time of airing such as Big Brother 10 After the first series had concluded Julia Lamaison ITV s Head of Strategy admitted that the network were too hopeful with their expectations for the series They had hoped for a series average of 12 million viewers accrediting their hopefulness to the success of the series in America Lamaison also admitted that ITV had not supported Survivor enough in the first series particularly with the time slot and the scheduling 11 Despite the low ratings for the first series ITV aired the second series Survivor Panama a year after the first Survivor faced an overhaul the changes of which included fewer contestants audience participation and replacing presenters Mark Austin and John Leslie with one sole presenter Mark Nicholas 12 It was aired every Wednesday at 9 45 pm and episodes were repeated on Fridays at 8 30 pm The second series was also accompanied by Survivor The Last Word a televised interview with evictees as well as a supporting series Survivor Raw broadcast on sister channel ITV2 13 After Survivor s viewership failed to increase ITV cancelled it after two series 4 I m a Celebrity lawsuit Edit After Survivor was axed by ITV the network began broadcasting I m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here the format of which had many similarities to Survivor and which received massive ratings in August 2002 The show s similarity in content to Survivor led many viewers to believe that the shows had some licensing agreement however this was not the case Legal action was sought by CBS to prevent broadcast in the US however the court ruled against stating that Celebrity is different enough from Survivor that CBS would have difficulty prevailing in its underlying copyright infringement suit 14 2023 revival Edit Following the Banijay Group s acquisition of Castaway Productions who own the Survivor format it was said in 2017 that the company were looking to revive Survivor in the UK Banijay s CEO Peter Langenberg spoke to Broadcast about the potential return stating that RDF the largest UK production company within Banijay is attempting to rekindle interest in the format amongst broadcasters He explained Having hands on the format means we can polish it and come up with Survivor 2 0 because it needs a refresh 15 Reports began circulating again in 2022 that the series would be revived this time with BBC One said to be the potential new home of the series Broadcast reported that the revival deal for Survivor is on the brink and that if the deal is finalised the third series of the programme will be filmed in 2023 with thirteen episodes 16 Digital Spy s Daniel Kilkelly put forward his hopes for a revival of the programme He felt that the key reasons for the series initial failure lay with having a pre recorded format which meant that viewers had no say into the events of the series However Kilkelly opined that the success of The Apprentice and The Great British Bake Off both of which use pre recorded formats suggested that the British audience would now be ready to support a Survivor format 4 In September 2022 it was confirmed that Remarkable Entertainment a subsidiary of Banijay would produce a new series and would air on BBC One in 2023 consisting of 16 episodes 17 Contestant applications opened on the 24th of November With the announcement of the application process the prize of 100 000 was revealed 3 18 Series details EditList of British Survivor seasons No Subtitle Game Information Results HostLocation Start date Finish date Days Castaways Original tribes Winner Runner s up Final voteITV iterations 2001 2002 1 Survivor Pulau Tiga Pulau Tiga Sabah Malaysia 21 May 2001 2001 05 21 25 July 2001 2001 07 25 40 16 Two tribes of eight new players Charlotte Hobrough Jackie Carey 7 0 Mark Austin a 2 Survivor Panama Bocas del Toro Panama 13 March 2002 2002 03 13 29 May 2002 2002 05 29 37 12 Two tribes of six new players Jonny Gibb Susannah Moffatt 7 0 Mark NicholasBBC One iterations 2023 present 3 TBD Dominican Republic 3 2023 2023 2023 2023 20 Two tribes of ten new players TBANotes John Leslie conducted exit interviews with the players and presented additional footage of events References Edit Survivor will land on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2023 www bbc co uk Retrieved 5 September 2022 a b How to survive Survivor BBC News 17 May 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 a b c Ravindran Manori 24 November 2022 Survivor U K Opens Casting for Historic BBC Edition Variety a b c Why Survivor deserves a second chance on UK television Digital Spy 1 May 2022 Retrieved 12 August 2022 a b Survivor makes disappointing debut Digital Spy 22 May 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor to be cut back Digital Spy 6 June 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 ITV confirms Survivor shift Digital Spy 6 June 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor fails to gather pace Digital Spy 6 June 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor final draws 8m Digital Spy 26 July 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor proves a TV dinosaur BBC 25 July 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor 2 decision awaited Digital Spy 28 August 2001 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor returns with new look BBC News 13 March 2002 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor 2 ITV releases scheduling details Digital Spy 6 March 2002 Retrieved 12 August 2022 CBS loses lawsuit ABC s I m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here to air in February Reality TV World 14 January 2003 Retrieved 4 May 2009 Banijay Acquire Castaway Productions Could Survivor UK Return 20 July 2017 BBC on brink of Survivor reboot Broadcast 11 August 2022 Retrieved 12 August 2022 Survivor will land on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2023 www bbc co uk Retrieved 10 September 2022 Shaw Neil 24 November 2022 You can apply to be on Survivor as reality TV show makes comeback HullLive External links EditSurvivor at BBC Online Survivor at IMDb Survivor at UKGameshows com 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