"The Last Train" (1999) TV series

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)

A nice spin on the post apocalypse

This was a fascinating look into a post apocalyptic Britain. Though not a massively original concept the series was well constructed and brilliantly acted by a star studded cast of British TV worthies.