Jenny Richards

**Jenny Richards** is the secondary protagonist of *Series 1*, a recurring character during *Series 2* and a main character in *Series 3*, as well as the Big Finish Productions audio series of *Survivors*.

## Jenny Richards

### Affiliation

The Grange
Whitecross
Chaloner
Retworth
The Federation

## Overview

Before the Death, Jenny was a young working woman in London, living with her flatmate Patricia.

## Biography

###### Before the Death

Jenny lived in London with her flatmate Patricia, who was in an extra-marital relationship with local doctor Andrew Tyler. *(The Fourth Horseman)*

###### Leaving London

When Pat became infected with the Death, Jenny took care of her friend in their flat and attempted to contact a doctor despite the lack of working phonelines across the city. She ventured out into the gridlocked streets of London to seek out Andrew and coax him to return to their flat. At the hospital, she learned the reality of the strain that the emergency services were under to control the Death, as doctors fell ill and patients were dying. Jenny volunteered to help at the hospital while she waited for Andrew to be available to visit Pat.

However, they arrived too late and Pat was already dead when they arrived, having succummed to the Death. She confronted Andrew over his lack of emotional response to Pat's death but he rebuffed Jenny by warning her of the spread of the Death and the effects of the millions dead across London. Andrew suggested to Jenny that she might have a natural immunity to the Death and ordered her to escape the city. She packed what clothes and food she could and began her departure from London on foot, encountering looters on the streets taking advantage of the chaos. *(The Fourth Horseman)*

Days later while passing through Richmond, Jenny flagged down Daniel Connor and Jackie Burchall as they drove out of London. She told them about her journey since Pat's death and learned about James Gillison's community at Feltham Polytechnic. Despite the offer, Jenny refused to accompany Daniel and Jackie into Feltham and parted ways with them at Reading. *(Exodus)*

###### Early Days

As she continued her journey westward, Jenny encountered vagrant Tom Price who warned her to stay back. They exchanged pleasantries and information about the state of world since the collapse of society before she moved onwards. Hearing a car passing, Jenny attempted to make contact with another survivor but she missed her chance to flag them down. Late one evening, she chanced upon a desperate survivor who appeared traumatised by the events of the Death. After learning he was hoarding money, Jenny decided to abandon the survivor and continue alone. *(The Fourth Horseman)*

Venturing into a town, Jenny was reunited with Tom Price who had been looting luxury goods for himself. However, he abandoned her and Jenny was forced to bed-down in an empty shop. The following morning, Jenny heard the sound of another passing car and took her chance to meet another survivor. Outside the chemist, Jenny met Greg Preston and she collapsed from exhaustion beside his car. As they drove to the quarry, Jenny confided in Greg that she felt desperate to be with other survivors, and they were joined by Anne who informed them of Vic's apparent death.

After a night in a barn, Jenny and Greg witnessed a bonfire in the distance and followed it to a church where they met Abby Grant. *(Genesis)* In need of supplies, Jenny, Abby and Greg visited a local shop to gather what they could to stock up. It was here that they first encountered Wormey's militia in action when they were caught looting and forced to register for rations from Wormley or leave the area. While Abby fought with Wormley's militia over their supplies, Jenny took control of the situation by taking a shotgun from them.

Back at the church, they found Tom Price helping himself to their supplies and he offered to join them, but they were immediately distrustful of him. Jenny accompanied Abby and Greg to find a young boy who had survived the Death, hopeful that it was Abby's son, Peter. However, the boy had died and fortunately was not Peter. Returning to the church, they witnessed Price ally himself with Wormley's militia as they searched the area for Jenny, Abby and Greg, but were saved by Milner, one of Wormley's militia, who warned them to leave. After discovering their supplies ruined and the church compromised by Wormley's militia, Jenny, Abby and Greg left the church behind. *(Gone Away)*

###### Search for Peter Grant

Weeks later, Jenny, Abby and Greg were on the road searching for Peter, with Jenny learning to drive with the help of Greg. However, a fault with the car led to them visiting a garage for tools to repair the vehicle. Jenny was beginning to feel close to Greg and the two shared an intimate moment together while waiting for Abby to return with supplies. At the garage, Jenny, Abby and Greg first encountered Charles Vaughan, accompanied by a young boy called Mick. Enticed with roast pork by Charles, they shared information about their plan for survival and learned from Charles that around 1 in 5000 people survived the Death.

The following morning, Abby, Jenny and Greg travelled to Mardell to visit Charles' settlement. However, upon arrival they learned that most of Mardell were suffering from food poisoning, and a few of them had died. Eager to help, Jenny and Greg helped with the early harvest of Mardell's grain and shared their first kiss. When Jenny learned that Abby wished to leave Mardell, she and Greg decided to accompany her in the search for Peter. *(Corn Dolly)*

Once Abby, Jenny and Greg reached Brimpsfield, they discovered a minibus and parted ways, where Jenny and Greg encountered orphaned children Lizzie Willoughby and John Millon. They took immediate care of the two children, offering them chocolate and the chance to join them, before following the sounds of the school bell to Peter's school to reunite with Abby. From the children, they learned that a boy from Peter's school had returned to Brimpsfield to collect boys and take them to 'the Angels' in Derbyshire.

Staying the night on their journey north, they visited an old railway station where they encountered Lincoln after he accidently shot Greg in the arm. While Abby visited 'the Angels', Jenny and Greg became increasingly wary of Lincoln's erratic behaviour. They reunited with Abby in the mountains, as 'the Angels' suffered from the effects of the Death. This led to Greg, Abby and Jenny to realised that some of the survivors were never exposed to the Death and could still fall ill. Following their deaths, Jenny, Abby and Greg decided to leave Derbyshire with the children. *(Gone to the Angels)*

After gaining a Land Rover, Jenny, Greg and the children accompanied Abby to find John Carroll, whom 'the Angels' claimed to be living with a boy named Peter. Despite Peter not being Abby's son, the children relished in the chance to have a new playmate and Jenny and Greg traded information with Carroll, learning of a country estate called Waterhouse where a number of other young boys were living in an organised settlement. However, Jenny was forced to remain silent by Greg, who purposefully withheld this information from Abby, and she soon decided to call off the search for Peter in favour of setting up their community.

The following morning, Jenny was woken by Greg who was furious that Jenny had told Abby about Waterhouse. They decided to stay put at their makeshift campsite and await Abby's return. Despite this, by the evening, Jenny became anxious about Abby's whereabouts and they made plans to visit Waterhouse to reunite with Abby. On their journey to Waterhouse, they met up with Abby and learned of the conflict with and capture of Jimmy Garland. Together they formulated a plan to trap Knox and his men when they came to release Garland's hostage. They successfully rescued Garland and made their escape from the area, deciding to avoid Waterhouse due to the hostility of Knox's community. *(Garland's War)*

###### Founding the Grange

Some time later, Jenny, Abby and Greg came to the decision not to search for Peter any longer, and instead settle a farming community of their own. While travelling, they encountered a pack of wild dogs which attacked Emma Cohen at her cottage. Using rabbits as bait, Greg and Jenny lured the wild dogs away while Abby met Emma. Pursued by the dogs, Jenny, Greg and the children circled around the area in the bus and discovered an abandoned manor house but were cornered by the dogs with no way to ward them off. As the night wore on, the wild dogs abandoned Jenny, Greg and the children, allowing them to explore the abandoned manor house more thoroughly and settle there for the night.

The next morning, while Lizzie and John were exploring the manor house, they encountered Barney, another survivor who had also fled to the manor house to escape the wild dogs but was bitten. In order to clean his wound, Jenny lit the stove at the manor house, attracting Abby, along with Emma, Wendy and Tom Price to them. After an evening meal prepared by Emma between the group, Jenny accepted the manor house, despite it's lack of warmth, would the perfect environment for farming and defence, and became their new home. *(Starvation)*

## Appearances

* *The Fourth Horseman*
* *Genesis*
* *Gone Away*
* *Corn Dolly*
* *Gone to the Angels*
* *Garland's War*
* *Starvation*
* *Spoil of War*
* *Law and Order*
* *The Future Hour*
* *Revenge*
* *Something of Value*
* *A Beginning*
* *Birth of a Hope*
* *Greater Love*
* *Lights of London - Part 1*
* *The Face of the Tiger*
* *A Friend in Need*
* *By Bread Alone*
* *New Arrivals*
* *Over the Hills*
* *New World*
* *Manhunt*
* *A Little Learning*
* *Law of the Jungle*
* *Bridgehead*
* *Reunion*
* *The Peacemaker*
* *Sparks*
* *The Enemy*
* *Long Live the King*
* *Power*

* *Exodus*
* *Judges*
* *Esther*
* *Dark Rain*
* *Mother's Courage*
* *Savages*
* *For the Good of the Cause*
* *Collision*
* *Forgive and Forget*
* *New Blood*
* *Angel of Death*
* *Come the Horsemen*
* *The Trapping Pit*
* *Legacy*
* *Reconnection*
* *Bandit Train*
* *The Lost Boys*
* *Village of Dust*
* *The Farm*
* *Fade Out*
* *Conflict*
* *New Dawn 1 - Tethered*
* *New Dawn 1 - My Generation*
* *New Dawn 1 - Behind You*
* *Ghosts and Demons*
* *Crusade*