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Generation Z (TV series)

Generation Z is a 2024 British comedy horror television series, made for Channel 4 by Ben Wheatley, and featuring an ensemble cast.

Synopsis
An army truck overturns outside a care home in the fictional town of Dambury. The subsequent chemical leak seems to turn the OAP residents into zombies, attacking younger people from the town. ==Cast==
Cast
Viola Prettejohn as Finn, an outcast teenage girl who sets out to investigate the infection. • Lewis Gribben as Steff, an anxious teenage boy who teams up with Finn who has feelings for him. • Jay Lycurgo as Charlie, Steff's best friend and Kelly's boyfriend. • Buket Kömür as Kelly, Charlie's girlfriend and Janine's granddaughter. • Sue Johnston as Cecily, an elderly woman who is one of the first to be exposed to the Salvepurian virus. • Robert Lindsay as Morgan, a scientist who secretly created Salvepurian and tries to stop it from spreading. • Paul Benthall as Frank, an elderly man who becomes infected alongside Cecily. He is also Cecily's temporary love interest. • Anita Dobson as Janine, Kelly's wild grandmother who gets infected after she is bitten where she becomes murderously careless and savage. • Ava Hinds Jones as Billy, Charlie's older sister who is in the army. • Robert James-Collier as Michael, Charlie's abusive stepfather. • T'Nia Miller as Karen, Charlie's mother. • Ellora Torchia as Gil Lonian, an MP in Westminster who tries to contain the damage within Dambury. • Michael Smiley as Colonel Wrollen, an army colonel who secretly caused the Salvepurian truck to crash. • Johnny Vegas as Jason, Kelly's father. • Suzanne Ahmet as Lorraine, Kelly's mother. • Sophie Leigh Stone as Wendy, Steff's deaf mother. • Chris Reilly as Terry, Steff's dim-witted yet caring father. • Rebecca Humphries as Jane, a young woman who gets bitten and infected. • D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu as Kofi, a boy from London who sells drugs to help his sick mother. • Ellie-Mae Siame as Maisy, Charlie and Billy's younger sister who becomes friends with Kofi. She is revealed to be Michael's biological daughter making her half siblings to Charlie and Billy. • Robin Hill as Karl, a crime lord from London. Hill reprises his role from Wheatley's previous movie Down Terrace. • Gareth Tunley as Jon, Karl's partner. Tunley also reprises his role from Down Terrace. • John Hollingworth as Sgt Martin Parrenster, an army sergeant who looks for Billy after she runs away. • Maanuv Thiara as Malcolm, Billy's best friend in the army. • Garrick Hagon as Gabe, an elderly man who becomes infected. • Mark Monero as Jim, a member of the Dambury Neighbourhood Watch. • Bekir Aslan as Mike, a soldier who is killed when the Salvepurian truck he is driving crashes. • Jack Maddison as Lahro • Andrew Kazamia as Joseph • Joss Carter as Ciaran • Mark Rainsbury as Policeman Jones == Episodes ==
Production
Development Channel 4 commissioned a six-part zombie series set in a care home from Ben Wheatley in August 2019. With Wheatley writing and directing, George Faber was set as producer, with a concept of a diverse group of younger faces, with a marauding group of zombie pensioners, as a way to satirise post-Brexit Britain. The series is being produced in 2023 by The Forge in association with ZDF and All3Media International. It is produced by Alex Kazamia. The executive producers are Ben Wheatley and Beth Willis. On March 10, 2025, Channel 4 cancelled the series after one season. Casting In October 2023 the lead cast included Sue Johnston, Robert Lindsay, Lewis Gribben, Paul Benthall, Jay Lycurgo, Buket Komur, Viola Prettejohn and Ava Hinds Jones, alongside a wider ensemble cast featuring Johnny Vegas, Anita Dobson and Rebecca Humphries. Filming Filming took place in Wales in the autumn 2023 with filming locations including around Torfaen, such as Fairwater, Coed Eva, Llanyrafon, Ponthir and Pontypool. == Release ==
Release
All six episodes of Generation Z premiered on 13 October 2024, available to stream for Channel 4+ subscribers. The series was available to stream for non-subscribers on 27 October 2024. == References ==
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