I saw a couple of episodes of this on the Sci-Fi channel the other day. If you remember, the programme was about folk who were on a train that, when it came out a tunnel, entered a world where everyone had vanished. It seemed okay but drawn out. ANyway, could anyone tell me:-
(a) what had happened to the world?
(b) how come the train passangers were okay?
(c) how it ended?
Ta
a) IIRC, a meteor hit the earth and caused all manner of environmental based craziness.
b) Nicola Walker (off Chalk and Spooks) was a scientist who had a weird cannister of cryo-whatzit that broke. She was taking the train to "Ark", the secret government survival bunker, when the meteor hit, and somehow the cannister burst.
c) They got to Ark, but there was only one old man left inside - Nicola Walker's boyfriend from the past - because they'd been frozen for decades. And in a twist worthy of a Future Shock (as in very-predictable) those guys chasing them on horses turned out to be the descendents of the survivors from Ark.
For some reason children born outside of Ark often died very young, oh, and a couple of people got crucified but they didn't die. Or something.
Thanks
Enjoyed this when it was on originally and was pleasantly surprised to finally get to see the ending a couple of months ago on Sci-Fi.
Odd story - I used to cover an area called Wardle, near Rochdale, Lancashire, which is in itself a weird place. However, the locals recounted that while scouting for locations the production team for The Last Train visited Wardle. The locals felt certain the unkempt graveyard, the rickety stone houses and the compact village centre would be perfect for the show. But it is understood the producers turned down Wardle on the basis that it was "too wild and unkempt" for the purposes of their apocalyptic show!
Apparently, the same thing happened to Bacup, just up the road. The team behind The League of Gentlemen reportedly visited while scouting for a location for Royston Vasey. Within seconds of getting off their minibus, they were randomly abused by a drunk and (the next bit may be made up by the reporter I spoke it) watched a clown walking along the road carrying his shopping in Aldi bags. The place, they concluded, was "too weird, even for Royston Vasey".