The Walking Dead Universe Finds New UK Home on Sky

The Ones Who Live Premieres Exclusively This Month

Summary
– The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live premieres on Sky and NOW on May 31.

– All eleven seasons of the original series will be available from May 19.

– New spin-offs, including Daryl Dixon and Dead City, will follow later this year.

The Walking Dead Universe is making a grand entry into the UK, thanks to a new partnership between Sky and AMC Networks. Starting this month, fans can catch all episodes of the much-anticipated spin-off series, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, exclusively on Sky and NOW from Friday, May 31.

In addition to the new series, viewers can binge all eleven seasons of the original The Walking Dead starting Sunday, May 19. Spin-offs like The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and The Walking Dead: Dead City are also slated to arrive on Sky and NOW later this year.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, reprising their roles as Rick Grimes and Michonne. This series explores an epic love story set in a world transformed by distance and power. Can these beloved characters reunite and rediscover themselves in this changed world?

The star-studded cast includes Pollyanna McIntosh, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Terry O’Quinn, Matthew August Jeffers, Craig Tate, Breeda Wool, and Andrew Bachelor. The series is executive produced by Showrunner Scott M. Gimple alongside Lincoln, Gurira, Denise Huth, Brian Bockrath, and Greg Nicotero.

Lucy Criddle, Sky Director of Acquisitions and Strategic Projects, expressed excitement about bringing the franchise to UK audiences. “The Walking Dead Universe has a huge and ardent UK fanbase, and we know audiences on Sky and NOW will be buzzing to see Rick Grimes and Michonne reunited in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. They can also explore the wider universe, enjoying all 11 seasons of the original series and new spin-offs like Daryl Dixon and Dead City,” she said.

Mike Pears, AMC Networks’ executive vice president of distribution and content sales, added, “We are thrilled to have found a new home for The Walking Dead Universe in the UK. As we enter an exciting new chapter with three new character-driven series, Sky is the perfect, premium home for UK viewers to embrace all things Walking Dead.”

Synopses:

The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead follows a group of survivors seeking safety during the zombie apocalypse. The series delves into their struggles against walkers and the sometimes even greater threats other survivors pose. Their experiences profoundly change the characters, facing moral dilemmas and making tough survival choices.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
This series tells the epic love story of Rick and Michonne, separated by distance and an unstoppable force. As they navigate a war against the dead and the living, they must find each other and rediscover who they are. Are they enemies or lovers? Victims or victors? Without each other, can they truly survive?

The Walking Dead: Dead City
Years after their last encounter, Maggie and Negan must form an uneasy alliance for a dangerous mission. They venture into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, cut off from the mainland and overrun by the dead. Amid the city’s anarchy, danger, and beauty, their turbulent past looms as a threat to their mission.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
After leaving The Commonwealth, Daryl Dixon washes ashore in France. His arrival disrupts a fractured autocratic movement in Paris and endangers a young boy from the Union of Hope. As Daryl agrees to escort the boy and his caretakers to safety, he faces unique Walker strains and provincial violence, forming new connections that complicate his journey home.