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"The Walking Dead&amp;#039;s fourth season is to be broadcast in the UK from the week beginning October 13. The first eight episodes of the new season have been confirmed to air across Fox&amp;#039;s international channels a few days after their premiere in the US.  The second half of the 16-episode run will then be shown from February 2014. According to series creator Robert Kirkman, the zombie horror drama will pick up four months after the conclusion of the third season. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the group will be seen to have developed a small community in the safe haven of the prison, but their happiness is soon shattered when the threat of danger returns and they&amp;#039;re left fighting for survival.  Chad Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green and Emily Kinney have been promoted to series regulars and The Wire&amp;#039;s Lawrence Gilliard Jr is joining the cast as former army medic Roy Stark. Norman Reedus, who reprises his role as Daryl Dixon, has described the upcoming season as &amp;quot;super intense&amp;quot; and claimed that the writers have produced some of the &amp;quot;best scripts&amp;quot; yet. Watch a promo for The Walking Dead&amp;#039;s third season finale below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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