Greg Preston

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

## Gregory Preston

### Relatives

Jeanie Preston (ex-wife)
Jenny Richards (wife)
Paul (son)

### Affiliation

The Grange
Whitecross

## Overview

Before the Death, Greg was a civic engineer in Holland, and married to a woman named Jeanie, but their marriage had broken down.

## Biography

###### Before the Death

Greg worked as an engineer in Holland, spending his time working on a land reclamation project, and living in England with his wife Jeanie.

###### Early Days

After the Death spread across Europe, Greg was untouched by the virus as his coworkers died around him. He took a company helicopter and fled Rotterdam, watching as oil tanks exploded, and following the northern coast of France to Calais. At Ostend, he met a survivor but he was wary of catching the Death from Greg.

Returning home, Greg found his wife Jeanie dead. He loaded his car with supplies and set off into the countryside without purpose, where he encountered Anne Trantor. She begged him to help save the life of her partner Vic Thatcher who had been crushed by a tractor while they were hoarding supplies. He visited the quarry that Anne and Vic had made their base and marvelled in the stockpiles which they had accumulated.

He stayed with Anne and Vic, setting the bones in Vic's shattered legs the best he could manage. The following morning, he set out alone to fetch medical supplies for Vic in a nearby town. Outside the chemist, Greg met Jenny Richards as she struggled towards him and collapsed beside his car. They attempted to return to the quarry for Vic but were stopped by Anne who informed them of Vic's apparent death.

After a night in a barn, Greg and Jenny witnessed a bonfire in the distance, attempting to rouse Anne awake before departing. They followed the light to a church where they met Abby Grant. *(Genesis)* In need of supplies, Greg, Abby and Jenny visited a local shop to gather what they could to stock up. Greg was hesitant after the discovery of a body marked as a looter strung from the ceiling of the shopping market. 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 and handing it to Greg for them to make their escape.

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. Greg learned from Price that he had encountered a young boy who had survived the Death and he informed Abby, hopeful that the child was her 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 Greg, Abby and Jenny, 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, Greg, Abby and Jenny left the church behind. *(Gone Away)*

###### Search for Peter Grant

Weeks later, Jenny, Abby and Greg were on the road searching for Peter, with Greg teaching Jenny to drive. However, a fault with the car led to them visiting a garage for tools to repair the vehicle. Greg was beginning to feel close to Jenny and the two shared an intimate moment together while waiting for Abby to return with supplies. At the garage, Greg, Abby and Jenny 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 Abby chose to leave Mardell, Greg and Jenny decided to accompany her in the search for Peter, despite Charles' protests that he needed Greg for his community. *(Corn Dolly)*

Once Abby, Jenny and Greg reached Brimpsfield, Greg attempted to persuade Abby that Peter's survival was becoming less and less likely. They discovered a minibus and parted ways, where Greg and Jenny 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 Greg was attacked by Lincoln and accidently shot in the arm. While Abby visited 'the Angels', Greg and Jenny became increasingly wary of Lincoln's erratic behaviour. Greg decided to leave the old railway station as being unsuitable for their community but was confronted by Lincoln who attempted to take Lizzie hostage and force Greg and Jenny to stay. However, Lincoln was attacked by John and Lizzie's dog, Ben and abandoned. 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, Greg, Abby and Jenny decided to leave Derbyshire with the children. *(Gone to the Angels)*

After gaining a Land Rover, Greg, Jenny 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 Greg and Jenny 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, Greg purposefully withheld this information from Abby, as she soon decided to call off the search for Peter in favour of setting up their community.

The following morning, Greg discovered that Abby had rushed off in the night to Waterhouse after learning about it from Jenny. He confronted Jenny over her decision to tell Abby, as he had come to believe that Peter was dead. They decided to stay put at their makeshift campsite and await Abby's return. By the evening, with growing anxiety about Abby's whereabouts, they instead 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. Based on Abby's information, Greg released the hostage Garland had taken and set a trap to overpower Knox's men when they came by to release the hostage themselves, enabling Abby and Jenny to release Garland and escape. *(Garland's War)*

###### Founding the Grange

Some time later, Greg, Abby and Jenny 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 Greg, Jenny 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, Greg allowed Jenny to light the stove at the manor house. Fortunately, this caught the attention of Abby, who was driving with Emma, Wendy and a captive Tom Price in his van. While unloading the van of its occupants, Greg uncovered the small arsenal of weapons stolen by Tom from Wormley's Militia. After an evening meal prepared by Emma between the group, Greg announced that they needed to settle and that the manor house was the perfect environment for farming and defence. Well-fed and safe at last, Greg and Abby agreed to make the manor house their new home. *(Starvation)*

## Appearances

* *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*
* *Lights of London - Part 2*
* *The Face of the Tiger*
* *The Witch*
* *A Friend in Need*
* *By Bread Alone*
* *Parasites*
* *New Arrivals*
* *Over the Hills*
* *New World*
* *A Little Learning*
* *The Last Laugh*

* *Judges*
* *Esther*
* *Dark Rain*
* *The Hunted*
* *Savages*
* *For the Good of the Cause*
* *Collision*
* *Forgive and Forget*
* *New Blood*
* *Angel of Death*
* *Come the Horsemen*
* *Revenge of Heaven*
* *Lockup*
* *Legacy*
* *Ghosts and Demons*
* *Crusade*