Last week, Friday Fiver picked out the five greatest episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and today we've got cause to look back on another of cult drama's very best - after five years, Being Human will draw to a close this Sunday night (March 10).
From Mitchell, George and Annie to Hal, Tom and Alex, we're nominating a quintet that represents the very finest that Toby Whithouse's BBC Three series had to offer and, to be fair, we've chosen one episode per series - check out our picks below and be sure to share your own favourites too!
> Being Human series finale: Ten teasers about 'The Last Broadcast'
Series One, Episode Four - first aired Feb 15, 2009
Being Human came out of the gates strong but really hit its stride in week four - Brian Dooley's episode, which saw vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner) befriend a young boy...
From Mitchell, George and Annie to Hal, Tom and Alex, we're nominating a quintet that represents the very finest that Toby Whithouse's BBC Three series had to offer and, to be fair, we've chosen one episode per series - check out our picks below and be sure to share your own favourites too!
> Being Human series finale: Ten teasers about 'The Last Broadcast'
Series One, Episode Four - first aired Feb 15, 2009
Being Human came out of the gates strong but really hit its stride in week four - Brian Dooley's episode, which saw vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner) befriend a young boy...
- 3/8/2013
- Digital Spy
After the success of webseries Becoming Human (which attracted 1.5 million hits online), BBC3 were encouraged to stitch the eight episodes together into one 50-minute special that aired last night — premiering the story’s conclusion in the process. But I’m sure this was the Beeb’s intention from the start, considering the production standards of the webisodes, and its clear intention to become a full-blooded TV spin-off to Being Human.
Becoming Human has largely the same premise as its parent series, only with adolescent characters and a few gender swaps. If Being Human’s high-concept logline was “a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost share a house together”, Becoming Human wonders what would happen if a vampire, a werewolf and ghost went to school together. Continuing the story of Adam (Craig Roberts) from Being Human’s “Adam’s Family”, the 46-year-old vampire trapped in the body of a 17-year-old enrolls...
Becoming Human has largely the same premise as its parent series, only with adolescent characters and a few gender swaps. If Being Human’s high-concept logline was “a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost share a house together”, Becoming Human wonders what would happen if a vampire, a werewolf and ghost went to school together. Continuing the story of Adam (Craig Roberts) from Being Human’s “Adam’s Family”, the 46-year-old vampire trapped in the body of a 17-year-old enrolls...
- 3/21/2011
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
The popularity of the Being Human spin-off webseries, Becoming Human, has attracted such a fan-following that BBC network execs have decided to air the whole webseries as a fifty-minute special on BBC Three. The conclusion of the mystery behind Matt’s death will air simultaneously online as it is broadcast on television.
Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 9pm in the UK, one week after the Being Human third season finale.
Check out the official press release and what series creator Toby Whithouse has to say about this below:
Being Human‘s exclusive online extension drama Becoming Human will transmit on BBC Three, simultaneously revealing the final part of the mystery to online fans and BBC Three viewers.
A unique 50-minute special of the eight-part online series will be shown the week after the Being Human finale, on Sunday 20 March at 9pm.
Becoming Human is BBC Three‘s most...
Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 9pm in the UK, one week after the Being Human third season finale.
Check out the official press release and what series creator Toby Whithouse has to say about this below:
Being Human‘s exclusive online extension drama Becoming Human will transmit on BBC Three, simultaneously revealing the final part of the mystery to online fans and BBC Three viewers.
A unique 50-minute special of the eight-part online series will be shown the week after the Being Human finale, on Sunday 20 March at 9pm.
Becoming Human is BBC Three‘s most...
- 3/16/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Fans of the original BBC series Being Human, you won’t have to wait that much longer for the third season to come to us! BBC America has announced that Being Human will return as part of Supernatural Saturdays on Saturday, February 19, 2011.
Check out the official press release below and don’t miss the listing of episode titles and their writers with a spoilery section containing the synopses of the first two episodes below!
Original UK Series, Being Human, Returns Next Month On BBC America’S Supernatural Saturdays For A Monster Third Season
New York, NY – Being Human, BBC America’s original hit supernatural series about a group of friends trying to live normal lives despite their unusual afflictions, is back – and, says creator and writer, Toby Whithouse, “It is, without doubt, our best season yet.”
“A third season is a unique opportunity because it allows you to take all...
Check out the official press release below and don’t miss the listing of episode titles and their writers with a spoilery section containing the synopses of the first two episodes below!
Original UK Series, Being Human, Returns Next Month On BBC America’S Supernatural Saturdays For A Monster Third Season
New York, NY – Being Human, BBC America’s original hit supernatural series about a group of friends trying to live normal lives despite their unusual afflictions, is back – and, says creator and writer, Toby Whithouse, “It is, without doubt, our best season yet.”
“A third season is a unique opportunity because it allows you to take all...
- 1/28/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
The original British series, Being Human, premieres in the UK with season three on Sunday, January 23, 2011 on BBC3. According to show creator Toby Whithouse, season three takes the “best bits” of the first two seasons for a brand new look into the supernatural lives of Mitchell, George, Annie, and Nina. Read the official press release along with Whithouse’s comments about season three below:
Being Human, BBC Three‘s hit drama series about supernatural friends trying to live normal lives despite their unusual afflictions, is back – and, says writer creator Toby Whithouse: “It is, without doubt, our best series yet.
“A third series is a unique opportunity because it allows you to take all the best bits of series one and series two,” he says. “What we took from series one is the domestic element and very strong stories of the week with very strong guest characters. Series two...
Being Human, BBC Three‘s hit drama series about supernatural friends trying to live normal lives despite their unusual afflictions, is back – and, says writer creator Toby Whithouse: “It is, without doubt, our best series yet.
“A third series is a unique opportunity because it allows you to take all the best bits of series one and series two,” he says. “What we took from series one is the domestic element and very strong stories of the week with very strong guest characters. Series two...
- 1/22/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
The BBC hit drama Being Human will be expanding its universe with a brand new spin-off series exclusively for the web. Created by Toby Whithouse and the Being Human writers, Becoming Human is set after the third season of Being Human and will feature an “innovative and interactive experience” over nine episodes.
Check out the press release below:
Becoming Human
Hit BBC Three drama Being Human inspires brand new online extension from show creators.
An exclusive online extension of hit BBC Three drama Being Human has been commissioned by BBC Drama Multiplatform in association with BBC Three.
Created by Toby Whithouse (Being Human) and written by Brian Dooley (Being Human, The Smoking Room), Jamie Mathieson (Being Human) and John Jackson (Being Human), Becoming Human is set in a fictional college and will follow a new group of characters over nine episodes.
Following events that unfold in the forthcoming third series of Being Human,...
Check out the press release below:
Becoming Human
Hit BBC Three drama Being Human inspires brand new online extension from show creators.
An exclusive online extension of hit BBC Three drama Being Human has been commissioned by BBC Drama Multiplatform in association with BBC Three.
Created by Toby Whithouse (Being Human) and written by Brian Dooley (Being Human, The Smoking Room), Jamie Mathieson (Being Human) and John Jackson (Being Human), Becoming Human is set in a fictional college and will follow a new group of characters over nine episodes.
Following events that unfold in the forthcoming third series of Being Human,...
- 10/27/2010
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Get ready to make some room on your shelves kids! Brian Dooley former sculptor/ designer of Sideshow Collectibles has announced his own horror/ sci-fi toy and collectible company... Shrunken Head Studios! Best known for his action figure creations of Freddy, Jason(s), Leatherface(s),various Star Wars creatures and The Dead. Brian has gone solo. Bringing you his first product...
Bits & Pieces! A 1:6th scale 6 piece accessory pack consisting of rusty/ bloody weapon goodness and severed body parts. There's even a rusty meat cleaver and machete that can swap out of the wound in the severed head!
Following Bits & Pieces will be series 2, a line of 1:6th scale environments and zombie action figures. An army of miniature creepy-crawlies and all things that go "bump" in the night are headed your way soon! Stop by at www.shrunkenheadstudios.com and sign up on the mailing list for all the latest news and updates.
Bits & Pieces! A 1:6th scale 6 piece accessory pack consisting of rusty/ bloody weapon goodness and severed body parts. There's even a rusty meat cleaver and machete that can swap out of the wound in the severed head!
Following Bits & Pieces will be series 2, a line of 1:6th scale environments and zombie action figures. An army of miniature creepy-crawlies and all things that go "bump" in the night are headed your way soon! Stop by at www.shrunkenheadstudios.com and sign up on the mailing list for all the latest news and updates.
- 10/13/2010
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
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