I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse
I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse is a 2015 reality TV game show made for BBC Three. It is described as "the toughest reality show on TV" and is presented by Greg James.
The show is centered on a group of contestants who must survive for seven days in an abandoned shopping centre overrun by zombies set six months after exposure to "5G Wifi". They have to make base, secure food, shelter and safety, and complete tasks set by the army. After seven days the army will evacuate any survivors out of the area to a "global tropical quarantine area".
The show was filmed at the Freeport Leisure and Retail Village in West Calder, Scotland. The zombies were all trained by ScareScotland a company that specialises in horror actors for film, theatre, events and television.
Contestants
| Name | Age | Hometown | Arrived | Status |
| Amena Jefferies | 18 | Leeds | Day 1 | bgcolor="limegreen" rowspan=1 |
| Leah Guttridge | 24 | Wolverhampton | Day 1 | bgcolor="limegreen" rowspan=1 |
| Megan Oxtoby | 20 | Malvern | Day 1 | bgcolor="limegreen" rowspan=1 |
| Nic Sanderson | 27 | York | Day 4 | bgcolor="limegreen" rowspan=1 |
| Aston Wilkins | 24 | Farnborough | Day 1 | |
| Jackie McKenzie | 56 | Solihull | Day 1 | |
| Jordan Lewis | 18 | Bedford | Day 4 | |
| Sara Donegan | 18 | London | Day 1 | |
| Jonas Zimnickas | 32 | Cambridge | Day 1 | |
| Natasha "Tasha" Maltman | 22 | Larne | Day 4 | |
| Kavon Everett | 20 | London | Day 1 | |
| Thom Oakley | 26 | Birmingham | Day 1 | |
| Luke Shaw | 33 | Cambridge | Day 1 |
Series summary
According to the prequel comic by illustrator Nik Holmes, "5G Wi-fi" is released by tech mogul Declan Hugh who had exploited a legal loophole by pushing existing Wifi infrastructure without adequate testing, thus weakening the blood-brain barrier culminating in infection to the user. Over the coming days, a majority of the UK public begin developing a pink eye infection culminating in zombification. With the situation out of hand, the army has ordered all civilians to the Monroe Shopping Village and await extraction in seven days.The series is set six months after the outbreak, and originally follows a group of 10 contestants who have successfully reached the shopping centre, now abandoned and overrun by zombies. They take refuge in a two-level clothing store, which has been hastily transformed into a barricaded shelter by the army. The shelter is equipped with a communications room for contact with the outside. During their stay, the army periodically requests the survivors to nominate individuals to leave the shelter and undertake dangerous tasks, such as retrieving food and supplies to improve the group’s living conditions. After seven days, the army will evacuate any remaining survivors to a “global tropical quarantine area” until the crisis subsides, allowing them to eventually return to their normal lives.
Each episode chronicles events during the 7 day period with sporadic intervals from presenter Greg James, commenting on the progress of the contestants and Public Service Announcement's from the "Preventative Agency for Neurological Transformations and Zombification" advising how to stay alive during the outbreak, in black humor sketches for comic relief.
Episodes
Missions
In each episode, the Army instructs the Survivors via a Communications Room to complete Missions which could potentially lead to those chosen having to face the Zombies and risking death. The Survivors either decide as a group or are nominated by the Army to venture out of base. A crossed out name indicates that the Survivor died during the mission. A mission is deemed complete if the primary objective is accomplished.| Day # | Briefing | Participated | Details | Result |
| 1 | Choosing two contestants who were agile, quick thinking and good at solving puzzles, they would race to Walking Ed's Camping Store, which doubled as a makeshift morgue, and retrieve basic comfort items for their bunks. | Aston, Luke | Aston and Luke reached the camping store and located the stock room. Retrieving the key from the general manager's corpse, the two gathered the comfort items and returned to base camp, but not before being chased by several zombies. | Completed |
| 2 | Choosing two contestants, they must reach "Zone B" and discover if any of their identities are shown on a missing persons wall. | Thom, Sara | Sara starts to have doubts about the mission with Thom reassuring her that it will be fine as long as they stick together. Arriving at the wall, Sara sees notices from her sister and father but after two zombies start to approach they return to base. | Completed |
| 2 | Three contestants selected by the army must reach a water pump in "Zone 2B" and fill up as many bottles as possible. | Leah, Amena, Jonas | Leah, Amena and Jonas reach the pump but the water runs slowly. They hear loud screams from the distance which attracts a zombie but are able to return to base with the water required. | Completed |
| 2 | Choosing three contestants, they must reach a looted shopping centre located in "Zone 6A" which is heavily populated with zombies and gather as much food as they can. | Megan, Kavon | Reaching the shopping centre, Luke, Megan and Kavon begin to gather supplies but their exit is blocked by several blinded zombies and attempt to create a distraction as they begin to lose space. Believing to have an opening, the three run but Luke is caught and killed. | Completed |
| 2 | Choosing two contestants, they must restore power in two stations after an electrical storm leaves base camp vulnerable, with the only way in and out via a series of air vents. | Amena | Thom and Amena enter separate vents each with a disadvantage of either restoring power or a longer path to the fuse panel. Amena slams a panel alerting a lurking zombie in the vents and escapes without Thom. Thom struggles with the panel and activates the power in time but his path is blocked by another zombie in the vents, due to the power room being too small to avoid the zombie he is killed. | Completed |
| 3 | Choosing two contestants, they must return to the shopping centre in Zone 6A and retrieve cleaning supplies. | Aston, Amena | Reaching the centre, Aston begins to gather supplies whilst Amena stays by the door as lookout. As they switch positions part way through, a small group of faster zombies approach and the two race back to base but narrowly escape infection. | Completed |
| 3 | The army instruct three contestants who haven't been out of base for 24 hours to replenish their water. | Jackie, Sara, Jonas | The three reach the supply but a car alarm is triggered as they are about to leave. The army sends Jonas to stop the alarm to avoid further zombies approaching but proves to be difficult as two zombies are already inside. Jonas and Jackie turn the alarm off from under the vehicles bonnet and the three return to base. | Completed |
| 3 | Choosing three contestants, they must reach a garden centre to collect vegetables at the other side of the shopping centre. Those chosen must have patience, skill and can forage. | Aston, Kavon, Megan | Reaching the garden centre, the three hesitantly scour the area and begin to collect vegetables whilst Aston believes they'll need to find a hiding spot in case of an attack. Aston and Kavon find lower ground whilst Megan is left on her own but is in sight. As they regroup and leave, they avoid a zombie and barricade the exit. | Completed |
| 3 | The army instruct one of the survivors to pass through the zombie horde undetected using a variety of zombie remains as the army believe that if they smell like a zombie then they will be treated as one of their own. | Aston | Entering the horde, Aston avoided detection by mimicking the zombies movements and returns to base. | Completed |
| 3 | Going through "Zone 6F" a deserted research area where chained up zombies are, the survivor must navigate their way through in order to reach a shortcut back to base. | Approaching Zone 6F, Kavon radios for advice and is advised to take it slowly and stay out of their reach. Instead of following instructions, he flinches and begins to jump on tables but by doing so several zombies gather in the centre and he is killed. | Failed | |
| 3 | Navigating their way through a scaffolding tower in "Zone 4F" the survivor must use stealth to avoid detection and return to base. | Megan | Megan reaches the scaffolding and makes her way to the top with relative ease and hides behind a large barrel, making her way back down and back to base a group of zombies nearly open the barricade however Jonas and Aston secure the doors. | Completed |
| 4 | Approaching a disused checkpoint, Jordan and Nic must decide between themselves who will act as bait whilst the other person races to camp. The person left behind would be exposed and must be rescued within four hours. | Jordan, Nic | Nic volunteers to distract the zombies away from Jordan who will unlock his checkpoint and race to base camp. | Completed |
| 4 | Choosing two survivors, those nominated must reach the Army Research Lab in "Zone 6A" to retrieve antibiotics. A blind zombie has been reported on location and must stay quiet. Upon reaching the medicine, they must choose between using the money on the medicine or comfort items. | Leah, Sara | As Leah and Sara approach the lab, the room is covered in trip wire with metal cans attached which they must maneuver around to locate a key directly facing the blind zombie. Although they're both scared to approach, Leah grabs the key and enters the secondary room where the antibiotics are located, but they had to choose between the antibiotics and an array of comfort items such as wine. Using a radio, they relay the dilemma back to base camp. The group decide against the comfort items and take the antibiotics and both Leah and Sara return to base. | Completed |
| 4 | Choosing two survivors, one must divert attention away from Nic's cage and whilst the other must watch Nic drink the antibiotics, failing to do so would result in the group being compromised. Once released, they must return to base. | Jordan, Jackie | The pair split up with Jordan banging on oil canisters which attracts the zombies around the cage, Jackie reaches Nic and tells him to drink the medicine as she gives him his key to escape. All three return to base and keep pressure on the door as the others help the barricade. | Completed |
| 4 | Survivors must head to a morgue in "Zone 4H" where the army believe extra food is located as a previous group of survivors held base there. | Amena, Jonas | As they approach the morgue, the army radio the pair of an approaching group of zombies and to mask their smell must cover themselves in rotten remains and play dead which they do so successfully and return with the food. | Completed |
| 4 | Choosing two survivors they must replenish their water canteens. | Aston, Megan, Tasha | Reaching the supply, Megan and Aston take turns on lookout unbeknownst that a horde of zombies are approaching. After arriving at the main entrance, Aston and Megan hear screams from a new survivor and rescue her. | Completed |
| 5 | With low zombie activity, three survivors must head out to the disused caravan in "Zone 7C" to collect food, water and the contents of Tasha's rucksack. As Tasha knows the location, she will lead. | Nic, Amena | As they approach the caravan, the army discover a potential 5G signal. Amena and Nic locate food and find an emergency exit whilst Tasha obtains her rucksack, but the army pinpoint the 5G signal specifically within Tasha's bag. As she reaches for her bag, Tasha turns into a zombie and attacks Amena and Nic, though they escape and return to base. | Completed |
| 5 | Two survivors must collect their daily water ration but are advised that despite the zombie risk is low there is ample time for being attacked. With the water source dry, they must reroute a pipe in "Zone 6D" with one survivor directing the other in a pitch-black room populated by zombies. | Jordan | Making their way to the water pump with four canteens, Jordan acts as lookout for Jonas but are then instructed to reroute the water supply as it has run dry. Jordan stays in the control room whilst Jonas navigates the pump room in complete darkness. After a discharge of steam alerts the zombies, Jonas almost exits the room but is caught and killed. Jordan returns to base with the water. | Completed |
| 5 | All the survivors must make their way to the Garden Centre for fresh food as the processed meats are taking a toll on their morale. | Amena, Aston, Jackie, Jordan, Leah, Megan, Nic, | Whilst en route, a large group of zombies block their path and must take cover in an abandoned vehicle. | Abandoned |
| 5 | With a group of recently infected zombies blocking their path, the survivors must individually return to base as quickly as possible. | Amena, Aston, Jackie, Jordan, Leah, Megan, Nic, | Sara is the first to run but is immediately caught. Taking advantage of the distraction, Amena, Megan, Aston, Leah, Nic and Jordan flee back to base. Jackie however is stuck in the car. She manages to finally escape, but is chased by a horde of zombies. She manages to make it back to the base without being harmed. | Completed |
| 6 | Two survivors must replenish their daily water supply. | Leah, Jackie | The girls doubt their ability to carry full containers of water when filling up as a larger zombie, Abomination, appears. They return to base but do not secure the first barricade. | Completed |
| 6 | Two survivors must head to a laboratory located in "Zone 6B" to gain information on how to stop Abomination. | Jordan, Nic | Reaching the laboratory with Abomination following them, the pair discover that lower temperatures decrease Abomination's likelihood of attacking. In addition, they take numerous documents but are ambushed by Abomination and narrowly evade death. | Completed |
| 6 | One survivor must head to a frozen food store located in "Zone 6E" and unblock the fan to the freezing unit via a series of air vents. | Upon reaching the vent, Jordan crawls into Access Vent 2 unbeknownst that Abomination is not too far behind and has entered Vent 1. As Jordan unblocks the fan and heads back to the office he hears Abomination and at the last minute is caught and killed. | Completed | |
| 6 | Four survivors must trap Abomination in the frozen food store, two of the survivors will act as bait whilst the other two trap Abomination. There is a small hatch in the store that the survivor may crawl through to safety; the Abomination won't fit in, however. | Aston, Amena, Megan | Amena and Megan as the trap team head out first and avoid detection then Aston and Jackie as the bait team head out next and get Abomination's attention with Aston keeping as much attention away from Jackie as possible. As they reach the Store, Jackie runs into the freezer, trying to get to the hatch. The Abomination follows her in, while the trap team close the door. Jackie doesn't reach the hatch in time and is killed. The other three return to base with Aston distraught at Jackie's death. | Completed |
- Tasha joined the mission as Aston and Megan were returning to base.
- Jordan completed the mission but was killed before returning to base.