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Series One
Good-looking and laid-back Mitchell (Aidan Turner) might have a way with the ladies – but he is also a blood-sucking vampire struggling with going cold-turkey from the blood he craves. Then, every time there is a full moon, his geeky hospital porter mate, George (Russell Tovey), starts turning into a flesh-hungry werewolf. And when the two outsiders move in together to live a ‘normal’ life, they find they have a resident ghost – recently deceased Annie (Lenora Crichlow), who is still pining for her living fiancé – the landlord of the flat...
Series Two
Though desperate to live, work and date as normal young people, Mitchell, George and Annie find their supernatural qualities casting more than just a shadow over their lives... Mitchell’s romance with a beautiful, feisty doctor is disrupted as he deals with a vampire community in disarray; George’s attempts to build a new life with a new girlfriend are undermined by an increasingly forceful werewolf presence in his life and Annie strives to come to terms with life as a ghost on earth.
Series Three
Our supernatural heroes move to Wales to continue their quest to live like normal human beings and soon realise that it won’t be getting any easier... Annie is trapped in Purgatory and fears she will be condemned to Hell whilst George and Nina battle with challenges of their own and Mitchell finds the net closing in on him from this world and the next.. Not to mention the fact that old adversary Herrick has risen from the dead and is living in the attic.
Special Features
Good-looking and laid-back Mitchell (Aidan Turner) might have a way with the ladies – but he is also a blood-sucking vampire struggling with going cold-turkey from the blood he craves. Then, every time there is a full moon, his geeky hospital porter mate, George (Russell Tovey), starts turning into a flesh-hungry werewolf. And when the two outsiders move in together to live a ‘normal’ life, they find they have a resident ghost – recently deceased Annie (Lenora Crichlow), who is still pining for her living fiancé – the landlord of the flat...
Series Two
Though desperate to live, work and date as normal young people, Mitchell, George and Annie find their supernatural qualities casting more than just a shadow over their lives... Mitchell’s romance with a beautiful, feisty doctor is disrupted as he deals with a vampire community in disarray; George’s attempts to build a new life with a new girlfriend are undermined by an increasingly forceful werewolf presence in his life and Annie strives to come to terms with life as a ghost on earth.
Series Three
Our supernatural heroes move to Wales to continue their quest to live like normal human beings and soon realise that it won’t be getting any easier... Annie is trapped in Purgatory and fears she will be condemned to Hell whilst George and Nina battle with challenges of their own and Mitchell finds the net closing in on him from this world and the next.. Not to mention the fact that old adversary Herrick has risen from the dead and is living in the attic.
Special Features
- Character Profiles, Exclusive Deleted, Extended and Alternate Scenes, Special CenSSA Hidden Menus
- Special Features > The CenSSa Story
- Additional Featurettes: Blood Bursting, The Caves, Unleashing the Beast, The Swinging Sixties, Behind the Makeup, Making the New Werewolf, Train Carnage
- Extended Cast Interviews
- Deleted Scenes
- Sinead’s Set Tour
> Guided Tour of the Facility
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Being Human combines comedy/drama/horror/romance all into one show and actually succeeds in doing a great job combining it. Sesaon One, set in Bristol in England, we're introduced to the characters and we see how George and Mitchell are struggling to maintain a normal life while Annie is dealing with her death and trying to move on with her life. Things become more complication when Mitchell's old 'friend' Herrick tries to get Mitchell back into their fold of creating an army of Vampires, George has to heal trying to juggle a relationship with his werewolf transformations and Annie is trying to find her purpose for sticking around. This all leads to a massive head in the season finale and leaves viewer wanting more.
Season 2 deals with the aftermath of Series 1. Mitchell must struggle with the dual responsibilities of managing his own urges and attempting to manage the now scattered and rudderless Bristol vampire community. Annie must find a new purpose in her continued presence and must also deal with the malignant attention of another type of supernatural being, resident in the afterlife but able to influence events in the world. George has to try to return to himself after embracing his werewolf in Season One.
The trio are also subject to the growing attentions of a mysterious organisation (possibily called the Centre for the Study of Supernatural Activity, or CenSSA) led by the scientist Dr Jaggatt and the priest-administrator Kemp. This organisation has identified and classified the three different types of supernatural creature - vampire, werewolf and ghost - and is continuing to research them, although it's evident from the start that they are quite prepared to let subjects die in the course of the research. The lives of each of the main protagonists gradually draw them closer and closer to the organisation, despite the threat it may pose to all of them.
Season Three deals with the characters dealing with them having to leave Bristol after events of Season Two and set up a new life in Barry's Island in Wales. Now they are a foursome and they once again try to live a normal life without any hassle but things don't work out as planned and it is not long until trouble arrives on their doorstep. George and Nina look for other werewolves to learn more about them, Mitchell tries to get over his guilt of what he has in done in Season Two and try to stop the prophecy dealing with him while Annie is becoming more indepentant and tries to help as much as she can on her own terms. Their lives are shaken to the core when an old rival returns and could this mean an end to a loved character?
This show is one of my favourite British shows, second place only to Doctor Who. The writing is very slick and clever and the characters are not one dimensonal but we get to see so much of the characters in every episode. The cast are amazing, gonna give a little favouritism but Russell Tovey is the stand out actor in the series.
Watch it and you'll love it.
Season 2 deals with the aftermath of Series 1. Mitchell must struggle with the dual responsibilities of managing his own urges and attempting to manage the now scattered and rudderless Bristol vampire community. Annie must find a new purpose in her continued presence and must also deal with the malignant attention of another type of supernatural being, resident in the afterlife but able to influence events in the world. George has to try to return to himself after embracing his werewolf in Season One.
The trio are also subject to the growing attentions of a mysterious organisation (possibily called the Centre for the Study of Supernatural Activity, or CenSSA) led by the scientist Dr Jaggatt and the priest-administrator Kemp. This organisation has identified and classified the three different types of supernatural creature - vampire, werewolf and ghost - and is continuing to research them, although it's evident from the start that they are quite prepared to let subjects die in the course of the research. The lives of each of the main protagonists gradually draw them closer and closer to the organisation, despite the threat it may pose to all of them.
Season Three deals with the characters dealing with them having to leave Bristol after events of Season Two and set up a new life in Barry's Island in Wales. Now they are a foursome and they once again try to live a normal life without any hassle but things don't work out as planned and it is not long until trouble arrives on their doorstep. George and Nina look for other werewolves to learn more about them, Mitchell tries to get over his guilt of what he has in done in Season Two and try to stop the prophecy dealing with him while Annie is becoming more indepentant and tries to help as much as she can on her own terms. Their lives are shaken to the core when an old rival returns and could this mean an end to a loved character?
This show is one of my favourite British shows, second place only to Doctor Who. The writing is very slick and clever and the characters are not one dimensonal but we get to see so much of the characters in every episode. The cast are amazing, gonna give a little favouritism but Russell Tovey is the stand out actor in the series.
Watch it and you'll love it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This is an excellent box-set. Highly recommended, and not just for scifi or supernatural lovers (which I am not).
The show is funny, brilliantly written and full of suspense and the acting is excellent. Russell Tovey puts in a great performance as the uptight George and the gorgeous Aidan Turner plays angsty Mitchell to perfection, swinging between dark and light at the drop of a hat.
The special features are also good.
The show is funny, brilliantly written and full of suspense and the acting is excellent. Russell Tovey puts in a great performance as the uptight George and the gorgeous Aidan Turner plays angsty Mitchell to perfection, swinging between dark and light at the drop of a hat.
The special features are also good.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a clever british drama with a new approach to supernaturals. As it's british it's quirky, charming, with characters that manage to be entertaining and make you laugh without being joke stereotypes. Being British however it also has only 6 episodes per series, although suprisingly it doesn't seem to pass too quickly fail to give you enough info to wrap you up in the world they create. The music is haunting and sets a very good atmosphere. Mitchel the vampire is gorgeous and the accent...yum, George is the werewolf answer to Lee Evans, and Annie is a very believable self absorbed ghost.
And being British it wasn't good enough for the yanks apparently. They've remade the series, being american they've substituted the charm, quirk, haunting nature, and yummy mitchel for a series with more or less the same plot set in Boston but without anything that made the original series about "being human" and the vampire lead is now a shallow 2 dimensional butt-chinned american (who seems more suited to american pie type roles). One of the biggest losses is the music in the US version isn't up to scratch and doesn't help pull your emotions out. Being American the series has more episodes which does let them explore many things that weren't focussed on in the original and it isn't completely worthless.
Being human whether it's being British or being American is worth a watch, but I'd recomend the brit version first then once you're hooked use the American bumph to hold off the cravings till the next series.
And being British it wasn't good enough for the yanks apparently. They've remade the series, being american they've substituted the charm, quirk, haunting nature, and yummy mitchel for a series with more or less the same plot set in Boston but without anything that made the original series about "being human" and the vampire lead is now a shallow 2 dimensional butt-chinned american (who seems more suited to american pie type roles). One of the biggest losses is the music in the US version isn't up to scratch and doesn't help pull your emotions out. Being American the series has more episodes which does let them explore many things that weren't focussed on in the original and it isn't completely worthless.
Being human whether it's being British or being American is worth a watch, but I'd recomend the brit version first then once you're hooked use the American bumph to hold off the cravings till the next series.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
BBC TV AT IT'S BEST!
The BBC have execelled with this box set of all four series of "Being Human", the content and presentation is excllent and as for the program itself one would be hard pressed to... Read more
Published 12 days ago by John
Faulty product
After reading all the reviews, I noticed that for quite some time all world knows that the Bluray disc 1 of season 2 is faulty; I just had to sent back my own bluray seasons 1-4... Read more
Published 26 days ago by rulandor
Being HUman Complete Series1-3
This is a "must-have " for any B.H fan-or just fans of Mitchell!! Not many series manage to be scary and funny at the same time!
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. J. Spencer
Really great TV show, can't recommend enough!
One of my favourite TV shows, and at a very good price. It treads the line well between comedy and a drama.
Published 1 month ago by Adam
A fantastic programme
Being Human is a cult Sci-Fi/Fantasy drama on BBC 3, where a Ghost, a Vampire and a Werewolf share a flat in Bristol (and later on a B&B in Barry). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Holly Pullinger
Love it.
I pre-ordered this boxset so have had it the past year, and have watched it a couple of times, I have also watched the repeats on Tv. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dolly Mixture
Humour
It is an excellent series and is full of good humour. Probably one of the best Vampire series with excellent story lines to run alongside the humour.
Published 2 months ago by John Mccormack
Love Being Human !
Really enjoy this series, it is funny but interesting, with dark moments and is very addictive. I highly reccomend this box set to anyone and everyone !
Published 3 months ago by Brijit
Best supernatural drama since Buffy!
Being Human (series 1-3) is absolutely perfect! It is funny, scary and you really find yourself caring for the characters! It's just bloody brilliant!
Published 3 months ago by Perkleton
Not a bad bar joke
For those of you unfamilar with the premise, a ghost, a werewolf & a vampire walk into a bar..........ok there is no bar these three supernatural characters share a house. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kazgirl
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