Shaun of the Dead with his stepfather Philip, and his girlfriend Liz breaks up with him, unhappy they spend every evening at his local pub, the Winchester. After the break-up, Shaun drowns his sorrows there with his housemate and best friend Ed. At home, their housemate Pete, complaining of a bite wound from a mugger, berates Shaun to get his life together. By morning, a zombie apocalypse has overwhelmed London, but Shaun and Ed are slow to notice until they encounter two zombies in their garden and kill them with blows to the head. They form a plan to rescue Shaun's mother, Barbara, and
Shaun of the Dead in "Spaced"appear in "Shaun of the Dead" as Pete and Yvonne's mum, and Pegg's "Spaced "co-star Jessica Hynes plays Yvonne. The film's cast features a number of British comedians, comic actors, and sitcom stars, most prominently from "Spaced", "Black Books" and "The Office". "Shaun of the Dead" also co-stars Dylan Moran, who played Bernard Black in "Black Books", Martin Freeman (Tim Canterbury in "The Office"), Tamsin Greig (Fran in "Black Books", Caroline in "Green Wing"), Julia Deakin (Marsha in "Spaced"), Reece Shearsmith (Dexter in "Spaced" and a member of "The League of Gentlemen") and Matt Lucas (writer/co-star of "Little Britain").