ApocaBrits: 10 Brits in Apocalyptic Fiction

The post-apocalypse is not the ideal place to be stuck with a load of Brits. Whenever we’ve wondered who we’d want in our zombie survival team, we’ve rarely considered that random Brits would make the cut. They automatically have loads of points against them: they love a monarchy (blind faith never works out in the apocalypse), they have an antiquated sense of class hierarchy (what good is that in hazardous wastelands?), and they get awfully stuck up about things that are now completely useless (grammar, queueing, table manners).

Nevertheless, the history of post-apocalyptic film and television is filled with memorable Brits fighting courageously against the punishing conditions of the end of the world. From the genuine horror of the 1980s era TV film Threads, to Jamie Bamber being secretly British in Battlestar Galactica to less serious fair like A Very British Apocalypse, which is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds, it seems Hollywood assumes tea time will continue even if there's no longer a sun left to set on the remains of the British Empire.

With Daniel Radcliffe stepping into the Rapture in the fourth season of Miracle Workers: End Times, here’s a look at the best ApocaBrits from years past.