Generation Z: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the fictional town of Dambury, the kind of place with stark opportunities and not much to do. Grey, unassuming, forgotten. It's the last place you'd expect the apocalypse to begin… But when an army convoy overturns outside a care home, a chemical leak starts to have an adverse effect on the residents there. The OAPs, led by Cecily and Frank, escape the grasp of the army looking to contain their angry, violent, insatiable hunger for raw flesh.

On the night of the outbreak, teenagers – Charlie, Kelly, Steff and Finn, are living normal teenage lives: tinnies, messy feelings, complex relationships and ignoring their A-Level prep. But the gang abruptly find themselves at the centre of the virus when Kelly's nan Janine, becomes infected and attacks her.

Just because it's the end of the world, it doesn't mean your home life and relationship problems comes to a halt, as the gang come up against the zombie horde, battling with their parents, friendship betrayals and old family secrets rearing their ugly heads. And life is just as complicated for the zombies, with the virus fuelling single-minded desires, bringing a whole new dimension to their zombie rampage. Meanwhile, Finn worries for grandad-figure Morgan, when she comes to the realisation that there might be more behind the chemical spill. Just what exactly was being transported? 

Generation Z is about intergeneration justice and community breakdown that boldly satirizes a world where truth is stranger than fiction, exploring not just the political fault lines in our society but also the very real issues facing teenagers today.

Series details

• Title: Generation Z
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Horror
• Premiere date: 2024-10-13
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Channel 4+
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 47 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 2.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 72049
• IMDb ID: tt29540551
• TVDB ID: 373556

Cast and credited roles

• Lewis Gribben — Steff
• Buket Kömür — Kelly
• Jay Lycurgo — Charlie
• Viola Prettejohn — Finn
• Paul Bentall — Frank
• Ava Hinds-Jones — Billy
• Rob James Collier — Michael
• T'Nia Miller — Karen
• Michael Smiley — Colonel Wrollen
• Robert Lindsay — Morgan
• Anita Dobson — Janine
• Sue Johnston — Cecily

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-10-13; final listed air date 2024-10-13; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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