Beasts (1976)
Synopsis
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, moreso focusing on psychological and supernatural themes.
First Air Date: 1976-10-16
Last Air Date: 1976-11-20
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Created By: Nigel Kneale
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- Pamela Moiseiwitsch as Lucy
- Patrick Magee as Leo Raymount
- Elizabeth Sellars as Angie Truscott
- Shelagh Fraser as Dorothy Pummery
- Pauline Quirke as Noreen Beale
- Patricia Haines as Sheila Boyd
- Martin Shaw as Dave
- Mark Dignam as Arthur Grace
- Lynda La Plante as Young Woman
- Clive Swift as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Seasons
Series 1 (1976)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Special Offer
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.
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Ep. 2: During Barty's Party
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
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Ep. 3: Buddy Boy
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.
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Ep. 4: Baby
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.
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Ep. 5: What Big Eyes
An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy.
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Ep. 6: The Dummy
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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