- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Mark Braxton
We’ve had ghosts in Being Human and the undead in The Fades; now BBC3 gets stuck into zombies for a three-part drama. But like its cult forebears, In the Flesh steers commendably clear of cliché, and grips onto a fresh angle with steely confidence.
Without getting bogged down in back story, this low-key opener posits a reality in which zombies are being rehabilitated into society by the government. These sufferers of Partially Deceased Syndrome are kitted out with flesh-coloured make-up and contact lenses to hide their pinpoint pupils. But cosmetics are the least of their worries: public fear and suspicion are embodied by a “rotter” hating Human Volunteer Force. So who are the real monsters here: the afflicted or the baying mob?
Kenneth Cranham, Ricky Tomlinson and Steve Evets bolster a cast of newcomers in a chilling but chewy tale of intolerance.
About this programme
1/3. Supernatural drama about the re-integration of a zombie teenager into his local community. One of thousands of individuals affected by partially deceased syndrome, or PDS, Kieren Walker returns home to Roarton, having been subjected to months of rehabilitation and medication by a government that has set an agenda of acceptance and tolerance. However, a cauldron of brutal anti-zombie sentiment exists and is gathering support. Luke Newberry, Kenneth Cranham and Steve Evets star.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Kieren Walker
- Luke Newberry
- Bill Macy
- Steve Evets
- Ken Burton
- Ricky Tomlinson
- Vicar Oddie
- Kenneth Cranham
- Lisa Lancaster
- Riann Steele
- Jem Walker
- Harriet Cains
- Amy Dyer
- Emily Bevan
- Dr Shepherd
- Stewart Scudamore
- Treatment assistant
- James Foster
- Alex
- Alex Arnold
- Janet Macy
- Karen Henthorn
- Patty Lancaster
- Juliet Ellis
- Sue Walker
- Marie Critchley
- Philip Wilson
- Stephen Thompson
- Shirley Wilson
- Sandra Huggett
- Ben
- Lee Toomes
- Joanne
- Rachel Toomes
- Steve Walker
- Steve Cooper
- Hannah
- Danielle Vitalis
- Keith
- John Owen-Jones
- Pearl Pinder
- Gillian Waugh
- Gary
- Kevin Sutton
- Dean
- Gerrard Thompson
- Mrs Bennett
- Susan Twist
- Giles Weir
- Oliver Birch
- Maggie Burton
- Sue Wallace
- Duncan Lancaster
- Steve Garti
Crew
- Director
- Jonny Campbell
- Producer
- Anne Harrison-Baxter
- Writer
- Dominic Mitchell
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