"The Last Train" (1999) TV series

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

7 April 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A group of commuter train passagers are put in accidental suspended animation and emerge years later into a devastated world.

Plot Keywords:

Train | Survivor | Ark | Power Station | Earth

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Zoe Telford	...	Roe Germaine (6 episodes, 1999)
Sacha Dhawan	...	Leo Nixon (6 episodes, 1999)
Dinita Gohil	...	Anita Nixon (6 episodes, 1999)
Caroline Carver	...	Hild (6 episodes, 1999)
Christopher Fulford	...	Ian Hart (6 episodes, 1999)
Flo Wilson	...	Midwife (6 episodes, 1999)
Nicola Walker	...	Harriet Ambrose (3 episodes, 1999)
Amita Dhiri	...	Jandra Nixon (3 episodes, 1999)
James Hazeldine	...	Austin Danforth (3 episodes, 1999)
Janet Dale	...	Jean Wilson (2 episodes, 1999)
Steve Huison	...	Colin Wallis (2 episodes, 1999)
Treva Etienne	...	Mick Sizer (2 episodes, 1999)
Phil Smeeton	...	Hornrim (2 episodes, 1999)

Also Known As:

Cruel Earth (Canada: English title)

Runtime:

54 min (6 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Derbyshire, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "This Morning with Richard Not Judy: (#2.7)" (1999)

Good and Bad

A good premise is let down by some occasional dodgy writing, but maybe that's to be expected with 6 50 minute episodes to fill. The "diary" of the little girl sounds very cheesy to my ears and some of the characters behaviour (the guy going back to his office, the black guy going to a lock up to get a £400 suit) is downright stupid. Take your bloody ties off for god's sake. Some of the acting is a bit dodgy too, now and again. But it has to be applauded for attempting something this ambitious and is certainly watchable. It just could have been so much better with a little more time and money - but couldn't everything? I've given it 6 out of ten.