How To Watch Generation Z Online
| Premieres: Sunday, October 27 |
| Channel: Channel 4 |
| New Episodes: every Sunday and Monday at 9pm GMT |
| Free Stream: stream every episode on Channel 4 now (UK) |
| Watch Anywhere: Stream from anywhere with NordVPN |
Watch Generation Z: Synopsis
Flesh-eating pensioners run riot through a small UK town in the TV debut of acclaimed filmmaker Ben Wheatley. This six-part horror satire follows four Gen Z friends as they battle exam anxiety, Insta-envy, and troubled home lives, in addition to care home residents with an insatiable appetite for adolescents. Get your fill of thrills and splatter this Halloween as we explain below how to watch Generation Z online and stream every episode free on Channel 4 with a VPN.
Director Wheatley is best known for feature films Kill List (2011), black comedy Sightseers (2012), and pandemic horror In The Earth (2021). Now his first-ever TV series will explore political and generational divides through the ghoulishly entertaining lens of the zombie genre.
It all kicks off when an army convoy crashes and spills its noxious chemical payload, with local care home residents in the fictional town of Dambury becoming infected. The doddering OAPs (old age pensioners) subsequently discover a new lust for life – and human flesh – as they target the town's teens and increase their ranks, while the army struggle to contain the undead uprising.
The series brings to mind the genre films of George A. Romero, Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set (2008), and the spectacular gore of Peter Jackson’s early output, with a game cast of UK acting legends going balls to the wall with the bloody carnage. The Royle Family actress Sue Johnston and Paul Benthall (The World’s End) star as Cecily and Frank, two retirees turned flesh-munching revolutionaries, alongside the iconic Anita Dobson (EastEnders, Doctor Who) and BAFTA-winner Robert Lindsay (My Family) as a drug-dealing doomsday prepper.
Then there’s Gen-Z teens Charlie, Steff, Kelly, and Finn. Played by up-and-coming talents Jay Lycurgo (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself), Lewis Gribben (T2 Trainspotting) Buket Komur (ITV thriller Our House) and Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), not only are they shouldering the usual teen problems – alienation, uncertainty about the future, unrequited love – but they're now forced to take a hatchet to their elders too, before they also become the walking dead.
A gleefully gory, star-studded dissection of the state of the nation, you can catch every episode now with our guide on how to watch Generation Z online and free on Channel 4 from anywhere.
How to watch Generation Z online in the UK for free
UK viewers can watch Generation Z online from Sunday, October 27. The entire six-episode box set will be available to stream free on Channel 4’s OD platform, while linear TV viewers can watch episodes every Sunday and Monday at 9pm GMT.
You can access Channel 4 on-demand via your desktop and through a number of devices on the Channel 4 app. While watching any live TV in the UK requires a TV licence, you won't need one for watching on catch-up. It's free to sign up to stream Channel 4. All you need is an email address and a UK postcode (e.g. SW1P 2TX).
Away from the UK and want to stream Generation Z? Use a VPN using the instructions below to access Channel 4 like you would at home.
How to watch Generation Z online from anywhere
If you're a UK citizen on vacation or working overseas, you can still watch Generation Z just as you would at home.
While Channel 4 blocks access from IP addresses outside of the UK, there's a handy piece of software called a VPN which can change your IP address so you can watch UK TV online, making it look like you're accessing streaming services from any country in the world.
For example, UK citizens currently in the States can subscribe to a VPN, join a UK-based server and tune into all the programmes on Channel 4 from anywhere in the world, just like you would back home.
How to use a VPN to unblock streaming services:
1. Choose your ideal VPN and install – our go-to recommendation for unblocking is NordVPN, costing from $3.99 a month with its 2-year plan
2. Connect to a server – for Channel 4, for example, you'll want to connect to a server based in the UK
3. Go to the stream you wish to access - for Generation Z, head to Channel 4
Can I watch Generation Z online in the US?
There’ll be no zombie apocalypse coming to the US. Unfortunately, Generation Z is currently only available via Channel 4 in the UK, with All3 Media International yet to secure an American distribution partner for the show. We’ll update our guide if the situation changes, so feel free to check back here in the coming months.
Currently way from home? Use a VPN to connect to your country’s streaming service and watch your favorite TV series from anywhere in the world.
Can I watch Generation Z online in Canada?
As above, it’s not possible to watch Generation Z online in Canada just yet. Other Channel 4 original shows (like The Change) have previously landed on BritBox in Canada, so it’s possible it will find a streaming home in the Great North at some point. We’ll keep you updated as and when new information becomes available.
Currently traveling outside the UK? Download a VPN to access the services you use back home and stream Generation Z for free no matter where you are.
Can I watch Generation Z online in Australia?
For the time being, Ben Wheatley’s gory Channel 4 drama isn’t slated for a release Down Under. That means that UK viewers out of the country won’t be able to watch Generation Z if they’re traveling away in Australia.
A UK citizen abroad? Download a VPN to connect to the same streaming services you access back home, no matter where you are in the world.
Generation Z Trailer
Generation Z Cast
- 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 as Jason
- Robert James-Collier as Michael
- Suzanne Ahmet as Lorraine
- T’Nia Miller as Karen
- Sophie Stone as Wendy
- Chris Reilly as Terry
- D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu as Meki
- Ellie-Mae Siame as Maisy
- Robin Hill as Karl
- Gareth Tunley as Jon
- John Hollingworth as Parrenster
- Maanuv Thiara as Malcolm
- Rebecca Humphries as Jane
- Andrew Kazamia as Joseph
- Garrick Hagon as Gabe
Generation Z Episode Release Schedule
Paid service Channel 4 Plus offered early access to Generation Z beginning from October 13, before all six episodes became available on Channel 4’s OD service for free on October 27. Ben Wheatley’s horror miniseries will also air two episodes a week on the network’s linear channel as detailed below:
- Generation Z – Episode 1: Sunday, October 27
- Generation Z – Episode 2: Monday, October 28
- Generation Z – Episode 3: Sunday, November 3
- Generation Z – Episode 4: Monday, November 4
- Generation Z – Episode 5: Sunday, November 10
- Generation Z – Episode 6: Monday, November 11
Where can I watch Generation Z?
Ben Wheatley’s horror drama miniseries is exclusive to Channel Four. You'll find the entire show available to watch on-demand there now, with episodes also airing live online or through the network’s terrestrial channel every Sunday and Monday evening.
How many episodes of Generation Z will there be?
The gory Channel 4 drama is made up of six, roughly 45-minute-long episodes.
