I imagine only NSW and MS are likely to know about this, but I'll throw it out there:
Anyone familiar with an early 70's BBC show called Survivors? Freema Agyeman from the new Doctor Who series was just cast in a remake, and it led me to hunt down the original.
Apparently it was created by Terry Nation, who brought us the Daleks as well as the Blake's 7 series, which is an impressive pedigree. I've only seen one episode so far, but it seems very soap-opera in tone, very character driven. Imagine 28 Days Later without the zombies and action. Of course this may change, but considering the production value of similar shows from that era it will rely more on the writing, which is fine by me. Like Blake's 7, Nation wrote the majority of the episodes for the first season, so it should reflect its creator's sensibility pretty consistently.
More later as I dig deeper...