Directed and produced by Frank Darabont, producer of The Shawshank Redemption, it is based on the award-winning comic book series of the same name written by Robert Kirkman.
It follows the story of Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln, a Sheriff’s Deputy who is committed to hospital after a shooting, and wakes up weeks later to a deserted world with dead bodies everywhere and zombies roaming the streets.
He sets about finding his wife, Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), and young son Carl (Chandler Riggs), who have fled with survivors.
Relationships are challenged, both between the living survivors struggling against the odds, and those that have to flee or defend against the zombie incarnates of their former loved ones.
The much-anticipated series has had raving reviews. It will screen 13 episodes and five seasons.
