Beasts

1976 · Ended · 1 season · 6 episodes · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · United Kingdom

Creator Nigel Kneale · Channel ITV1 · Starring Pamela Moiseiwitsch, Patrick Magee, Elizabeth Sellars

Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected save for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976. The series avoids typical monster horror clichès, more so focusing on psychological and supernatural themes.
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Episodes

6 episodes · October 1976 – November 1976
  1. Episode 1: 1. Special OfferOctober 16, 1976 · 60 min
    A misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same shop's cuddly cartoon mascot seems to have come alive and is causing havoc.
  2. Episode 2: 2. During Barty's PartyOctober 23, 1976 · 60 min
    A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Buddy BoyOctober 30, 1976 · 60 min
    When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction.
  4. Episode 4: 4. BabyNovember 6, 1976 · 60 min
    A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger.
  5. Episode 5: 5. What Big EyesNovember 13, 1976 · 60 min
    An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy.
  6. Episode 6: 6. The DummyNovember 20, 1976 · 60 min
    A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
60 minutes
FIRST AIRED
October 16, 1976
LAST AIRED
November 20, 1976
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Associated Television, ITV

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