Being Human – the vampire/werewolf/ghost flatshare drama that was piloted on BBC3 last year – is coming back as a six-part series soon. Hooray! It was absolutely brilliant. I'll be off to the BFI's preview screening of the first episode (together with a Q&A with the writer and star(s)) next Friday, so I'll let you know what that was like afterwards – I hear it might just be the pilot episode with a new cast and made 'less dark', which would be a shame.
In the meantime, and to thrill you all, here are some videos: the first is a trailer for the series proper; the second is the entire pilot episode that someone has uploaded to YouTube; and the rest are prequels to the series, showing what each of the characters was like before they met each other – they're shot in a Blair Witch/Ghostwatch vein and at least one might be too gruesome to be transmitted on TV (even BBC3), although you never know, so watch them while you can. The Annie one is very good, BTW.
It's worth noting that the cast has changed, which is a bit disappointing, since Guy Flanagan was brilliant as Mitchell the vampire; Mitchell's now played by Aidan Turner (The Clinic), while Annie, the comedy Northern ghost formerly played by Andrea Riseborough, is now played by Lenora Crichlow (Sugar Rush). The exception is Russell Tovey, who plays George the werewolf: he'll be back for the series proper. There's also a production blog containing interviews with the cast that you can check out.
Trailer
Pilot episode
Annie the ghost (scary!)
The origin of George the werewolf - apologies about the 'American' accent (gruesome!)
Mitchell the vampire, back in the 60s (creepy and scary!)
Related entries
- January 19, 2009: Preview: Being Human
A preview of Being Human - August 19, 2009: I'm back - and the pilot for Being Human again
The pilot episode for Being Human from YouTube - this one hasn't been taken down! - December 16, 2009: The first of the Being Human prequels for series two
Another clip from series two of Being Human
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