How to stream Fallout TV show’s first episode for free, plus Prime Video release date

THE highly anticipated adaptation of Fallout video game is coming to the small screen.

Here is everything you need to know about the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series.

What is Fallout season 1 about?

The show is set more than 200 years after a terrible nuclear war.

The luckiest of the survivors are now living in super-safe fallout bunkers called Vaults, unwilling to venture outside.

However, when young Lucy (Ella Purnell) decides to leave the safety of her Vault, she finds a ruined wasteland filled with dangerous characters all intent on staying alive at any cost.

Justified star and Dune star Kyle MacLachlan also appear in the sci-fi.

Speaking about the upcoming series, Ella said: "I think one of the big challenges about adapting a video game is you're changing the entire format.

"You know, it's not as easy as adapting a book or creating a biopic about someone's life."

She continued: "You're going from a first-player experience, where you are playing the game and you're essentially creating a story within that world, you're taking away the major element that people play the games for, which is the ability to choose.

"I think Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner, show creators] did a fantastic job in this, translating that essence, that theme, by giving us these three archetypal main characters of The Ghoul, Lucy and Maximus."

How to stream Fallout for free?

If you're a new Prime subscriber, you can watch Fallout for free by taking advantage of the service's 30-day free trial.

This will let you watch the series for a month without paying.

For those not yet subscribed to Amazon Prime, membership is available for £8.99 per month or £95 per year.

Over the last decade, we looked at many ways to bring Fallout to the screen"

Todd Howard

When is Fallout being released on Amazon Prime Video?

The entire first season of Fallout will make its debut on Thursday, April 12, exclusively on Amazon's Prime Video platform in the UK.

Unlike the usual Prime Video format, all eight episodes of the TV show will be released on the same day, instead of on a weekly basis.

On the day of its release, Amazon will host a special edition of episode one, offering audiences the chance to participate in live discussions via a dedicated chat feature.

Todd Howard, the Executive Producer has said about the upcoming adaptation: "Over the last decade, we looked at many ways to bring Fallout to the screen.

"But it was clear from the moment I first spoke with Jonah and Lisa a few years ago, that they and the team at Kilter were the ones to do it right.

"We’re enormous fans of their work and couldn’t be more excited to work with them and Amazon Studios."