IN THE FLESH
COMEDY / DRAMA / HORROR
UNITED KINGDOM
2013-2014
IN THE FLESH is a BBC Three supernatural drama series starring Luke Newberry. Written and created by Dominic Mitchell, the show aired on BBC Three on March 17, 2013, with the first series consisting of three one-hour episodes. An expanded second series of the show began on May 4 in the United Kingdom on BBC Three. IN THE FLESH consists of 9 episodes of 56 minutes.
STORY: The series takes place after "The Rising", the series of a zombie apocalypse. The drama centres on the resuscitated teenager Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) and his return to his community.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Kieren "Kier" or "Ren" Walker (Luke Newberry) is the main character of this series who is one of the former rabid zombies who have been rehabilitated. He has since returned to his parents' home in the village of Roarton. He has a bout of depression from the loss of his best friend and his romantic desire, Rick Macy (David Walmsley). Rick caused 18-year-old Kieren to commit suicide. On his return, he is confronted with the consequences and guilt of his suicide and the murders he committed in his rabid state. Gradually gaining confidence in both his sexuality and his status as an IBS sufferer, Kieren begins a romantic relationship with Simon Monroe (Emmett J. Scanlan). Charismatic Simon Monroe has ties to the Undead Liberation Army (ULA) and is also one of the twelve disciples of the mysterious Undead Prophet. The surviving undead have been rounded up, forcibly treated and placed in a government rehabilitation program with the plan to reintroduce them into society. They are officially called Partially Deceased Syndrome (PDS) sufferers.
Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) & Simon Monroe (Emmett J. Scanlan)
LUKE NEWBERRY (2013-2014) February 19, 1990, Exeter, UK
EMMETT J. SCANLAN (2014) January 31, 1979, Dublin, Ireland
SPECIAL: David Walmsley as Rick Macy, Kieren's best friend and romantic interest, a young soldier who was killed by an IED during combat in Afghanistan, and whose reanimated body was recovered by the army relatively recently (wandering in Afghanistan). His return is a surprise both to Kieran, and to his mother and father; his father, an anti-PDS extremist, is particularly unable to cope with his son becoming a PDS sufferer.
AWARDS: ‘IN THE FLESH’: Won 1 BAFTA Award. 5 wins and 4 nominations.
7.9 IMDB
