Being Human | |
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Genre |
Supernatural Horror |
Created by | Toby Whithouse |
Starring |
Lenora Crichlow Russell Tovey Aidan Turner Sinead Keenan Michael Socha Damien Molony Kate Bracken Steven Robertson |
Composer(s) | Richard Wells |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 37 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Koei Karpe Toby Whithouse |
Producer(s) | Matthew Bouch |
Location(s) | Series 1–2: Bristol, England Series 3–5: Barry, Wales |
Cinematography | Tim Palmer (pilot) Nic Morris (series) |
Running time | 58 minutes |
Production company(s) | Touchpaper Television |
Release | |
Original network | BBC Three / BBC HD |
Picture format | 1080i 16:9 (HDTV) |
Original release | 18 February 2008 – 10 March 2013 |
Chronology | |
Related shows |
Becoming Human (Spin-off) Being Human (American version) |
External links | |
Website | |
Production website |
Being Human is a British supernatural drama television series. It was created and written by Toby Whithouse for broadcast on BBC Three. The show blends elements of flatshare comedy and horror drama. The pilot episode starred Andrea Riseborough as Annie Sawyer (a ghost), Russell Tovey as George Sands (a werewolf), and Guy Flanagan as John Mitchell (a vampire) – all of whom are sharing accommodation and attempting as best as they can to live a "normal" life and blend in with the ordinary humans around them.
Two of the main cast were replaced in the series by Aidan Turner (Mitchell) and Lenora Crichlow (Annie). Russell Tovey is the only original main cast member. In the third series, Sinead Keenan became part of the main cast as Nina Pickering (a werewolf). In the fourth series, the ensemble was joined by Michael Socha as Tom McNair (a werewolf) and Damien Molony as Hal Yorke (a vampire). The fifth series added Kate Bracken as Alex Millar (a ghost). The first two series were set in Totterdown, Bristol, and the third series onwards relocated to Barry, Wales.