Fancy seeing 2 new clips of episode 4 of BBC Three’s Being Human? If the answer is no, then I’ve got absolutely no idea why you’re reading these words. If the answer is yes, you’ve probably already stopped reading and clicking the play button and seeing what’s new. I can’t win. Anyway, for anyone still left, the show (which is actually very good) airs this Sunday at 9pm on BBC Three.
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Trailer Trash: Being Human, episode 4!
Friday, January 29th, 2010Trailer Trash: A sneak peak of episode 3 of Being Human
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
What’s weirder than a a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing a flat? BBC Three showing a decent show, that’s what. Luckily enough for you, both of these things are linked. I am, of course, talking about the brooding Being Human. Episode three of the new series transmits direct into your eyeballs on Sunday 24th January at 9pm… and we’ve got a sneak preview of it! Watch it then.
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Being Human was one of those rare treats – a ‘fantasy’ genre show that delivered so much more than just a geeky fanfest. Let’s face it, a series about a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost, living together in one house in Bristol, shouldn’t really hit home as hard as it did. But it was so smartly written, so emotionally impactful and so much fun it was impossible not to like. Thankfully it has been picked up for a second series, but fans will get another Being Human fix next week. Read on for more details…
For all our Being Human news and reviews, go here.
TV Review: Being Human, BBC Three, Sunday 1 March, 9pm
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
I missed last week’s penultimate episode of Being Human, but caught up with it on iPlayer on Saturday. I tell you this because I had thought the series had dipped a bit in recent weeks after its magnificent start. But nothing prepared me for just how good episode five was. It was so good, and set things up nicely for a proper battle royale in the last night’s series ender. We last saw Mitchell being skewered by Herrick, and Annie pondering whether to go through her door of death, so who knew what was going to happen last night.
For all out Being Human news and reviews, go here.
Trailer Trash: Being Human, BBC Three
Friday, February 27th, 2009
What’s this? Annie from Being Human not only flourishing outside the sanctuary of her house, but dishing out some stick to nasty vampires with the merest wave of a Jedi-like hand? Get in Annie! Why am I so excited? It’s the last episode of Being Human’s first series on Sunday (1 March, 9pm). The good news is that it has been recommissioned for a second series, so we can all watch this superior series and relax a bit. Still, there looks as though there will be action aplenty. Trailer’s after the jump…
For all our Being Human news and reviews, go here.
Being Human snapped up for a second series
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
One of the hits of 2009 so far is Being Human, BBC Three’s comic drama showing what happens when a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire all live together in a flat in Bristol. As you can imagine, things are complicated. It’s sharp, funny, has emotional clout, and enough of the fantasy genre to make fan boys and girls wet themselves on a regular basis. With all that in light, the news that it has been re-commissioned for a second series is massively welcome.
For all our Being Human news and reviews, go here.
Trailer Trash: Being Human, BBC Three
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Time flies when you’re enjoying a series so much, and it’s hard to believe that we’re already up to episode five of Being Human. That means there’s only one left. The series has flown by, and in this episode (on Sunday 22 February, 9pm) it looks as though Annie is priming herself to get back at her nasty fiancé Owen, who was revealed as her killer. Will George’s pretty feeble training pay off? Can Annie finally find peace? And what will happen when if she does? Trailer’s after the jump…
For all our Being Human news and reviews go here.
TV Review: Being Human, BBC Three, Sunday, 15 February, 9.20pm
Monday, February 16th, 2009
One of the most unbelievable things about Being Human (BBC Three, Sunday, 15 February, 9.20pm) is the channel it’s on. Now, bear in mind that this is a show about a flatshare between a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost, that’s saying something. So what’s so surprising about the channel choice? Well, without question, BBC Three is one of the most pointless channels in TV and, with that, it’s staggering that Being Human is so damned good!
Related: More Being Human on TV Scoop
Being Human on at 9.20pm this week
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Just a quick note to all fans of superior fantasy flatshare drama Being Human – tomorrow night’s episode (Sunday, 15 February) starts a bit later at 9.20pm. THAT’S 9.20PM! Football apparently.
For all our Mad Men news and reviews, go here.
Trailer Trash: Being Human, BBC Three
Friday, February 13th, 2009![annie.2[1].jpg](http://www.tvscoop.tv/assets_c/2009/02/annie.2[1]-thumb-130x73-77555.jpg)
Yes, one of TV Scoop’s favourite shows continues on Sunday night and the spooky trio of Mitchell (vampire), George (werewolf) and Annie (ghost) look as though they have more company in their flat. We’ve already seen Tully the werewolf and Gilbert the ghost pay visits in previous episodes, and now it looks like a poltergeist has crashed the place as well. It’s on BBC Three on Sunday (15 February) at 9pm, and the trailer is after the jump. Looks like Annie has her work cut out.
For all out Being Human news and reviews, go here.
TV Review: Being Human, BBC Three, Sunday 8 February, 9pm
Monday, February 9th, 2009
So much have I been enjoying Being Human, I just automatically expected the third episode to be another golden gasser. The story of ghost Annie, vampire Mitchell and werewolf George has just been so well written, so sharp, so funny and not afraid to smack you with some emotional clout that it’s already a contender for series of the year. Half way through February. So why did the third episode not quite reach the high standards the previous two so effortlessly attained?
For all our Being Human news and reviews, go here.
Being Human and the art of ‘air shagging’
Friday, February 6th, 2009
OK, let’s get all this Being Human stuff out of the way early doors. I posted a trailer for episode three this morning, and I’m going to get this off my chest too. It has been bothering me all week. In last week’s episode – right at the end – Mitchell, George and Annie settled down to watch a DVD that was posted through the letterbox. On it, a man stripped himself to the nipples and climbed into bed with… no one. Thin air. Micthell explained he was having sexy times with a vampire, and vampires do not show up on film. Thusly, a new art form was born. Air shagging. WARNING: Over the jump there are images of a bottomy nature.
For all our Being Human news and review, go here.
Trailer Trash: Being Human, BBC Three
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Being Human is easily one of the hottest tickets on British television at the moment. We’ve had two great episodes, and the third this Sunday (BBC Three, 7 February, 9pm) looks set to continue the trend. If the first episode was Annie’s story, and last week’s was all about George, this week looks like it’s going to revolve around Mitchell. As the vampire uprising continues to take shape (led by the Herrick), Mitchell’s need to feed become irresistible. Especially when saucy Lauren comes calling. The trailer’s after the jump.
For all our Being Human news and reviews, go here.
10 Reasons why I loved the second episode of Being Human
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Going away for the weekend, and the ensuing snow, played havoc with my TV watching schedule, so I missed episode two of Being Human. I’ve just caught up with it on iPlayer and it was… wow. Quite sexy, quite gory, quite everything. It featured a guy called Tully, who presented himself to George as a fellow werewolf, and moved into the house after he had charmed Annie and Mitchell. He wanted George to embrace his inner wolf, and tried to instill a primeval confidence in him. It didn’t really work and it turned out that he was the werewolf that bit human George all those months ago. Annie, meanwhile, was coming to terms with the fact that she may be stuck in one place forever, and Mitchell was still resisting the urge to feed. A great, great episode. Bit late for a review now, but there are some casual observations and my best bits after the jump…
For all our Being Human news and reviews, go here.
TV Review: Being Human, BBC Three, Sunday 25 January, 9pm
Monday, January 26th, 2009
After enjoying last year’s excellent pilot, I was looking forward to the full series of Being Human. If you don’t know, it’s the tale of a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire living under the same roof in modern-day Bristol. I’ve already written about it after seeing it at a screening at the BFI last week, but I was wondering whether it would be as much fun the second time around. It was. Hurrah!
For all our Being Human news and reviews, go here.
Set The Video: Demons, ITV1, Saturday 24 January, 7.45pm; Being Human, BBC Three, Sunday 25 January, 9pm
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
If anyone was to host a seminar on good fantasy TV versus bad fantasy TV they would surely use these two shows as fine examples. Demons, it has to be said, has been merde. I sort of enjoyed the opening episode, mainly for Mackenzie Crook’s brilliant Teddy Boy on acid outfit, but what always worried me was the standard of writing and the neither-family-nor-adult timeslot. Subsequent episodes revealed these flaws in greater detail. On the flipside, Being Human is a razor-sharp, flatshare comedy with fantasy overtones. Now that’s how you write fresh and fun geek TV.
For our Demons section, complete with news, reviews and interviews go here. Conversely, our Being Human section is right here.
Trailer Trash: Being Human (George’s story), BBC Three
Monday, January 19th, 2009
I’ve got really high hopes for Being Human, BBC Three’s new fantasy series that starts next Sunday. Before you read the word ‘fantasy’ and run for the hills, this may feature a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing a house in Bristol, but, as last year’s pilot showed, this premise is fresh, funny and very watchable. Two thirds of the cast is new (only Russell Tovey remains), but to preview the series the BBC has posted some little preview films onto youtube. Today I’m posting up George’s story, which explains how he became a werewolf. Have a look over the jump… but be warned, it’s quite gory.
For more Being Human news and reviews, go here.
First Look: Being Human, BBC Three
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
First scene of the new series of Being Human: ghost Annie lying in a pool of blood saying, “Everyone dies…” She then goes onto explain, with the use of flashbacks, how her housemates, Mitchell and George, became a vampire and werewolf respectively. Mitchell was savaged during World War II, while George was ripped to shreds on a trip to Scotland during a romantic break with his partner. Now they were living together, each with their pasts and current states hanging over them like a big heavy thing. Quite a first few scenes. Of course, we kind of know who Annie, George and Mitchell are, thanks to last year’s excellent pilot. After much speculation, and thanks to the enthusiasm of fans, it got picked up for a whole series and, last night at the BFI, I was invited to a fan screening of the first episode. Many of those passionate fans were in attendance last night, and most of them had one question on their minds – would the cast changes and the fact it was now a proper series have an effect on its quality. They, myself included, needn’t have worried.
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First Being Human cast image released
Monday, December 15th, 2008![BH[1].jpg](http://www.tvscoop.tv/BH[1]-thumb-130x78.jpg)
As regular readers will know, I really enjoyed Being Human at the start of the year (originally part of BBC Three’s season of pilots) and was chuffed when it was picked up for a full series. Lest we forget it also starred Andrea Riseborough, one of the country’s finest up and coming actresses (see Devil’s Whore for further evidence). Anyway, for the full series an almost all-new cast is in place, and today the BBC released the first image from the new series. The jury is still out on the beautiful Leonora Crichlow – too fiesty for the role maybe? – but I can’t wait to see how it’ll all pan out. Look out for it in the New Year, but in the meantime go over the jump to have a look at the image.
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BBC Three commissions Being Human series
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
It seems like ages ago now, but back in February BBC Three had a whole season of single drama pilots. There was Phoo Action, which was fun and daft and infuriating all at the same time, and then there was Being Human, a terrific vampire story (there was also Mrs In-Betweeny later down the line). Except it wasn’t just a vampire story - it was all about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost living together in the same house. It really was funny, smart and dark. There was such a huge, huge clamour for the show to be made for a series (the argument being that if Phoo Action could be made into a whole series, why couldn’t Being Human). Now the BBC has made many peoples’ wishes come true.
From:Set The Video: NASA: Triumph and Tragedy, BBC Two, Wednesday, 24 June, 9pm