The series is a prequel to AMC’s hit show The Walking Dead and explains for the first time the origins of the zombie population which terrorises the cast of the original series.
Its line-up of characters include divorced high school teacher Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) who shares custody of his son with ex-wife Liaza (Elizabeth Rodriguez) and Travis’ fiancée Madison Clark (Kim Dickens).
Madison has two children – ambitious high-achiever Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and her polar-opposite brother Nick (Frank Dillane), a high school drop out with drug problems.
The group’s every day domestic life and their emotional woes and tribulations is quickly overshadowed as they find themselves confronted by a world that’s starting to change around them thanks to an unusually potent bout of ‘flu’…
Amazon Prime Video members will be able to watch the entire six-part first series from Sunday March 27th.
Season two will debut on April 11th exclusively on AMC from BT.