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The Last Train

TV·1999–1999·1 season, 6 episodes·ITV1·Drama·55m·Created by Matthew Graham

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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.

Castfull cast & details

Nicola WalkerNicola WalkerHarriet AmbroseJames HazeldineJames HazeldineAustin DanforthZoe TelfordZoe TelfordRoe GermaineChristopher FulfordChristopher FulfordIan HartTreva EtienneTreva EtienneMick SizerAmita DhiriAmita DhiriJandra NixonSacha DhawanSacha DhawanLeo NixonDinita GohilDinita GohilAnita Nixon

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1999Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Last Train S01E01Episode 1April 7, 1999—Harriet Ambrose, a government technician, is travelling from London to Sheffield, aware of a pending cataclysm. As the train she is on enter
  2. S01E02The Last Train S01E02Episode 2April 8, 1999—The survivors explore the ruins of Sheffield city centre in a search for friends and family, but find no survivors. The group desperately ne
  3. S01E03The Last Train S01E03Episode 3April 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 consequ
  4. S01E04The Last Train S01E04Episode 4April 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
  5. S01E05The Last Train S01E05Episode 5April 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
  6. S01E06The Last Train S01E06Episode 6May 6, 1999—The survivors reach the Ark, where they discover the truth about Hild's people.

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