
Beasts
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
- Episode 1: 1. Special OfferOctober 16, 1976 · 60 minA 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.
- Episode 2: 2. During Barty's PartyOctober 23, 1976 · 60 minA suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
- Episode 3: 3. Buddy BoyOctober 30, 1976 · 60 minWhen 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.
- Episode 4: 4. BabyNovember 6, 1976 · 60 minA 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.
- Episode 5: 5. What Big EyesNovember 13, 1976 · 60 minAn RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy.
- Episode 6: 6. The DummyNovember 20, 1976 · 60 minA 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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Credits
- Pamela MoiseiwitschKaren · 2 episodes
- Patrick MageeLeo Raymount · 1 episode
- Elizabeth SellarsAngie Truscott · 1 episode
- Shelagh FraserDorothy Pummery · 1 episode
- Pauline QuirkeNoreen Beale · 1 episode
- Patricia HainesSheila Boyd · 1 episode
- Nigel KnealeCreator
- Don TaylorDirector · 2 episodes
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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