Sl\u00f8born is available on free streaming service Channel 4 from Friday 14th July 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n All eight episodes of the first season are available to binge, while there is also a customary introduction from Walter Presents founder Walter Iuzzolino.<\/p>\n The series will also be broadcast terrestrially on Channel 4 in the early hours of the morning, with the first episode scheduled for\u00a012:25am<\/strong> on\u00a0Monday 17th July<\/strong>. Maybe set to record if you don\u2019t fancy a late night!<\/p> The cast of Sl\u00f8born is comprised largely of German and Danish talent, with Emily Kusche (Dogs of Berlin), Alexander Scheer (Blood Red Sky), Aaron Hilmer (All Quiet on the Western Front<\/a>) and Lea van Acken (Dark<\/a>) among the leads.<\/p>\n Adrian Gr\u00fcnewald (Labyrinth of Peace), Maximilian Brauer (Bad Banks), Phileas Heyblom (Der Kriminalist), Mads Hjulmand (All You Need), Ron Antony Renzenbrink (Fr\u00fchling) also appear in a regular capacity.<\/p>\n Sl\u00f8born takes place on a small island between Germany and Denmark, where the residents have yet to feel the impact of a disease that has been rapidly spreading from continent to continent.<\/p>\n However, it finally arrives when a ship washes to shore carrying the bodies of a British couple who succumbed to the illness, thus unleashing it on the unsuspecting population.<\/p>\n The series explores how this close-knit community responds to the measures put in place to contain the virus, merging a coming-of-age narrative with that of a post-apocalyptic thriller.<\/p>\n Sl\u00f8born is a work of fiction, but many have noted certain similarities it has with the real-life COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n The series was written, filmed and produced before the coronavirus outbreak and aired on German television at the height of international lockdowns, with broadcaster ZDF reportedly concerned that it was too close to reality (via The Guardian<\/a>).<\/p>\n Writer and director Christian Alvart said reports of COVID-19 and the subsequent German lockdown \u201csent shivers down my spine\u201d, as he was working on post-production for Sl\u00f8born at the very same time.<\/p>\n A trailer for Sl\u00f8born is available on YouTube<\/a> (courtesy of ZDF), but it does not have English subtitles \u2013 nevertheless, for non-German speakers, it can still give you an idea of the tone and content of the series.<\/p>\n Sl\u00f8born is available to stream on Walter Presents via Channel 4. 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