In the Flesh
- Director: Jonny Campbell; Jim O'Hanlon; Jim O'Hanlon; Alice Troughton
- Writer: Dominic Mitchell; Arthur T. Manderley et al.
- Producer: Ann Harrison-Baxter; John Rushton
CGiii Comment
The BBC turns its hands towards the zombie genre...a recipe for disaster?!?
But...no, most definitely not.
There are moments of such controlled tenderness that tears will well up in your eyes...without spilling. Is this really about zombies?!?
The writing is mature and strides down some truly bold avenues. The direction is crisp and precise with some stunning photography.
This oozes talent...from every department...special mention must be given to Mr Newberry, for a special performance.
Please...don't dismiss this as a stupid zombie story; discrimination, denial and fanaticism are given fevered voices...
But, ultimately, this is about the lost and the ostracized.
And, those welling tears - by the end - will become a waterfall.
Update: The BBC in its incomprehensible wisdom have cancelled this...wow, an institution polluted by moronic TV execs.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Four years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead back into the society including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns home to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception as well as his own demons.
Cast & Characters
Emily Bevan as Amy Dyer;
Harriet Cains as Jem Walker;
Steve Cooper as Steve Walker;
Kenneth Cranham as Vicar Oddie;
Marie Critchley as Sue Walker;
Juliet Ellis as Patty Lancaster;
Steve Evets as Bill Macy;
Steve Garti as Duncan Lancaster;
Karen Henthorn as Janet Macy;
Sandra Huggett as Shirley Wilson;
Luke Newberry as Keiran Walker