Scripted series · BBC Three
In the Flesh
Life is hard. Death isn't any easier.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Luke Newberry
Kieren Walker
9 eps
Steve Evets
Bill Macy
3 eps
Marie Critchley
Sue Walker
9 eps
Steve Cooper
Steve Walker
9 eps
Harriet Cains
Jem Walker
9 eps
Emily Bevan
Amy Dyer
9 eps
Karen Henthorn
Janet Macy
3 eps
Sandra Huggett
Shirley Wilson
9 eps
Ricky Tomlinson
Ken Burton
4 eps
Kenneth Cranham
Vicar Oddie
4 eps
Wunmi Mosaku
Maxine Martin
6 eps
Emmett J. Scanlan
Simon Monroe
6 eps
Stewart Scudamore
Dr. Shepherd
1 eps
Alexander Arnold
Alex
1 eps
Sue Wallace
Maggie Burton
1 eps
Julian Gorman
Male Zombie
1 eps
Roma Christensen
Little Girl Zombie
1 eps
John Owen-Jones
Keith
1 eps
Danielle Vitalis
Hannah
1 eps
Oliver Birch
Giles Weir
1 eps
David Walmsley
Rick Macy
2 eps
Juliet Ellis
Patty Lancaster
3 eps
Riann Steele
Lisa Lancaster
3 eps
Susan Twist
Mrs. Bennett
2 eps
Sherry Ormerod
Rose
1 eps
Wendy Patterson
Brenda
1 eps
Chris Finney
Clive Furness
1 eps
Liam Ainsworth
Raymond
1 eps
Joe Gill
Al Dugdale
1 eps
Charlie Kenyon
Henry Lonsdale
2 eps
Stephen Thompson
Philip Wilson
5 eps
Steve Garti
Duncan Lancaster
5 eps
Kevin Sutton
Gary Kendal
5 eps
Bryan Parry
Freddie Preston
2 eps
Jack North
Rob
2 eps
Gillian Waugh
Pearl Pinder
4 eps
Rachel Levine
Karen
2 eps
Gerrard Thompson
Dean Halton
5 eps
Tasha Connor
Charlotte Reigns
2 eps
Eve Gordon
Frankie Kirby
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How In the Flesh actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
In the Flesh reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found - but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 9 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
6 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20133 episodes
8.0IMDbKieren Walker returns home to the small Lancashire town of Roarton after the government turns him from a mindless zombie into a 'productive member of society'.
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20146 episodes
7.6IMDbZombies have been medicated and returned to society as Partially Deceased Syndrome sufferers. Now, tensions mount between the Undead and Living.
Best episode · S02E01 Episode 1
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- John RushtonProducer
- Katie McAleeseExecutive Producer
- Ann Harrison-BaxterProducer
- Hilary MartinExecutive Producer
Writing
- Dominic MitchellWriter
- John JacksonWriter
- Fintan RyanWriter
Direction
- Jonny CampbellDirector
- Jim O'HanlonDirector
- Damon ThomasDirector
Cinematography
- Tony Slater LingDirector of Photography
Music
- Edmund ButtOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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