The Walking Dead - DVD set (complete first series)

Arguably the biggest hit of the US 2010 television season, the apocalypse drama The Walking Dead pulls the zombie subgenre out of its overexposed doldrums and finds, ironically enough, the humanity and emotion beneath its rotting shell. Produced by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) and Gale Anne Hurd (Aliens) and based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead follows a band of Atlanta-based survivors of a viral outbreak that has caused the dead to rise up and consume the living. The group's nominal leader is a sheriff's deputy (Andrew Lincoln) who wakes from a gunshot-induced coma to find the world in disarray and his wife (Sarah Wayne Callies, Prison Break) and son missing. His search for his family and the survivors' attempts to make sense of their lives in the wake of the outbreak is handled with intelligence and sensitivity, which helps to elevate the show beyond the grindhouse take on zombies, which favours spilled guts over character development. The two-disc set of Walking Dead's first season includes all six episodes, as well as a number of making-of extras, including the show's conception and production. Based on a graphic novel, the drama follows Rick Grimes, a sheriff’s deputy played by British actor Andrew Lincoln (This Life), who wakes from a coma only to find that the country has been overrun by zombies.

Featurettes:

• The Making of The Walking Dead
• Inside The Walking Dead - Episode 1-6
• A Sneak Peek with Robert Kirkman
• Behind The Scenes: Zombie Make-Up Tips
• Convention Panel with Producers
• The Walking Dead Trailer

Extra Footage:

• Zombie School
• Bicycle Girl
• On Set with Robert Kirkman
• Hanging with Steven Yeun
• Inside Dale’s RV
• On Set with Andrew Lincoln
 

• Actors: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn
• Directors: Frank Darabont, Ernest R. Dickerson, Guy Ferland, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Michelle Maxwell MacLaren
• Writers: Frank Darabont, Charlie Adlard, Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore
• Producers: Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd
• Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
• Language English
• Region: Region 2
• Number of discs: 2
• Classification: 15
• Studio: E1 Entertainment
• Watched once, spotless.