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Following his departure from The Commonwealth, Daryl Dixon washes ashore in France, raising the ire of a splintered but growing autocratic regime centred in Paris.

Norman Reedus’ popular redneck hero Daryl Dixon gets his own six-episode spin-off, which proves to be an interesting if not essential diversion.

Is it possible to have too much of The Walking Dead? Like many viewers, I stuck to the main series when others were enjoying Fear the Walking Dead and World Beyond. But Daryl is a major franchise character and deserves his own side-mission, which sees him shepherding a child and his caretakers on their pilgrimage to a sanctuary. In return, he’ll be helped on his return passage to America.

As you’d expect, post-plague survivors are evil whatever continent you’re on, and Daryl comes across this show’s baddy in Anne Charrier’s cold Genet, and support from Clemence Poésy’s Isabelle. And being filmed on the continent, it feels refreshingly like a very different show, with Gallic towns and deserted beaches rather than tracks through the Georgia countryside.

Verdict: An interesting Walking Dead side-quest that never outstays its welcome. 7/10

Nick Joy