Background Characters

This article lists characters and extras who appeared in the background of episodes.

Pre-Apocalypse
Various extras played characters prior to the Apocalypse

Day Zero
Various background characters appeared as students and staff of Outwood Freeston, populating Miss Lees's Science Class and the corridors.

The Riot
Various background characters appeared in the crowd outside the Freeston Survivor Camp after it was opened. Many background characters died when the Armed Guards opened fire on the crowd or were attacked and devoured by Roamers.

Post-Apocalypse
Many extras played survivors of the Apocalypse

Freeston Survivor Camp
76 background characters appeared at the Freeston Survivor Camp.

In a flashback, several of the Camp members were seen at the opening of the Freeston Camp, being taken in and screened for bites. Several background characters looked on in horror as the rioting crowd outside was massacred by the Armed Guards present. (In Memoriam)

Many of these background background characters appeared in the background of scenes walking around or eating and socialising in the hall. Other background characters appeared in the Quad and working in the workshop. Others were in the dorms or partook in Richard Huskins' medical lesson. (The Days Afterwards)

Many background characters helped clear out the Roamers that had entered the camp's ground, seven of them dying. Others helped inside during the attack, such as helping with the medical effort or fortifying the vulnerable into a safe zone. After the Attack was dealt with, many background characters were in the hall being accounted for and receiving medical attention. (Code Red)

The Morning after the Attack, several background characters were on the heightened security, with many background characters later attending the funeral for those who died in the attack. Later, many background characters appeared in the background in scenes in the dorms, quad and the hall. (In Memoriam)

A few days after the funeral, a supply run commenced, which one background character took part. During the supply run, they died after being devoured by Roamers. After the failed supply run, several guards witnessed the survivors returning. In the hall, many shocked residents witnessed as the survivors were rushed in. Several people supported and comforted Natalie Siddall after she was told of her husband's death by Devon Bracewell. (Gone Awry)

(Tensions)

(The Attack)

In the morning after the Attack, the bodies of many background characters littered the floor of the Quad, the Hall and various corridors. Several bodies reanimated and had to be put down by the survivors of the Attack. Only four background survivors managed to survive the attack by hiding in the attic space after being led there by Cole Mornington. (Risen from the Ashes)

For a full list of background characters at the Freeston Camp, see  here 

Fairway
The small community of Fairway was home to roughly 20 background characters.