Walking Dead: Bonus episodes arrive as long-running zombie show staggers towards end 

As six more episodes whet the appetite for The Walking Dead's impending finale, stars Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride talk about life behind the scenes on the long-running series 

 Melissa McBride (Carol) and Lauren Cohan (Maggie) in one of the upcoming episodes of The Walking Dead.

Norman Reedus had no idea what he was getting himself into when he first read the script for The Walking Dead. The first series (which premiered in 2010) followed a police officer Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln, trying to find his family, after a zombie apocalypse spread across the US.

Over 10 years and 10 seasons later, it has become one of the world’s most successful TV shows. And while many major stars have left, including Lincoln, Florida-born Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon, still remains a lynchpin of the cast.