Will there be a Generation Z season 2? Latest news and speculation
The slightly bonkers comedy series is now available to watch, but will there be more?
It's the season of all things spooky, but nothing is quite as terrifying as the real-world possibility of a chemical leak in a local care home turning its residents into zombies.
Well, that's the premise of Channel 4's Generation Z, which is described as "a coming-of-age parable for our very strange times – cut with a heavy dose of outlandish gore".
The new comedy series is available to watch now and is set in the fictional town of Danbury, which is generally rather grey and unassuming. That is, until an unlikely apocalypse begins to unfold.
As per the synopsis: "When an army convoy overturns outside a care home, a chemical leak starts to have an adverse effect on the residents there.
"The OAPs, led by Cecily and Frank, played by Sue Johnston (The Royle Family) and Paul Bentall (The World’s End), escape the grasp of the army looking to contain their angry, violent, insatiable hunger for raw flesh."
A group of teenagers have to deal with the apocalypse that's taken over their sleepy town, and it sure is a roller coaster of a series.
But will there be more? Read on to find out everything we know so far about a potential second season of Generation Z.
Will there be a Generation Z season 2?
As of now, Channel 4 has not renewed Generation Z for season 2.
While there's been no word on a potential second season just yet, we'll be sure to keep this article updated with any news!
When would a potential Generation Z season 2 release?
Seeing as season 1 was in production this time last year, we could assume that, if Generation Z were to be renewed soon, we could be looking at an October 2025 release date window.
It would obviously depend on the schedules of the cast involved, plus writing and production, so watch this space.
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Who could return for a potential Generation Z season 2?
The cast of Generation Z is full of familiar faces, including Sue Johnston, Anita Dobson, Robert Lindsay, T’Nia Miller and Johnny Vegas, to name a few.
So, it would be expected that most would return for a potential second season.
The cast list for season 1 is as follows.
- Sue Johnston as Cecily
- Robert Lindsay as Morgan
- Lewis Gribben as Steff
- Paul Benthall as Frank
- Anita Dobson as Janine
- Jay Lycurgo as Charlie
- Buket Komur as Kelly
- Viola Prettejohn as Finn
- Ava Hinds Jones as Billy
- Johnny Vegas
- Rebecca Humphries
- Robert James-Collier
- Suzanne Ahmet
- T'Nia Miller
- Sophie Leigh Stone
- Chris Reilly
- Bekir Aslan as Mike
- D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu
- Ellie-Mae Siame
- Robin Hill
- Gareth Tunley
- John Hollingworth
- Maanuv Thiara
- Jack Maddison as Lahro
- Ellora Torchia
- Andrew Kazamia
- Garrick Hagon
- Mark Monero
- Joss Carter as Ciaran
- Mark Rainsbury as Policeman Jones
What would a potential Generation Z season 2 be about?
If a season 2 were to go ahead, we would assume it would follow on from the explosive events of the finale, which saw the younger people of Danbury continue to go up against the flesh-eating elders.
One thing's for certain: we're sure if season 2 were to go ahead, then it would similarly be just as bloody and gory.
Speaking about the series, creator, writer and director Ben Wheatley said: "It's in that world of horror but also a disaster movie, setting up the characters and how they deal with the approaching catastrophe that's happened outside the town of Dambury.
"It's got echoes of Covid, echoes of the classic zombie genre, of The Crazies and Threads and all sorts of things.
"I was excited about structuring it around multiple generations so there would be different perspectives that would interact within the story."
Speaking also about how central Covid-19 was to the concept of Generation Z, Wheatley said: "We almost made Generation Z in 2019, then it needed a rethink when Covid happened – it went from being predictive science fiction to us all living through it, which was weird.
"It got put away for a bit, then I did The Meg 2 and it came back into focus. A year or so after lockdown, we started to think it was more relevant than it was before…"
Generation Z airs on Channel 4 on Sunday 27th October from 9pm.
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