Being Human: Season 1
BBC Home Video (2009)
TV Series  /  Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
In Collection
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IMDB   7.9
572 mins USA / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Lenora Crichlow Annie Sawyer
Russell Tovey George Sands
Aidan Turner John Mitchell
Sinead Keenan Nina
Annabel Scholey Lauren
Amy Manson Daisy
Mark Pellogrino Bishop
Alison Louder Emily
Michael Socha Tom McNair
Damien Molony Hal
Director
Paolo Barzman
Charles Martin
Producer Keith Samples
Anna Fricke
Writer Anna Fricke
Jeremy Carver
Cinematography Pierre Jodoin
Musician FM Le Sieur


Have you ever heard the one about a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost living together? Well for George, Mitchell and Annie, that's no joke. It's their life... or afterlife as the case may be. The supernatural trio share a rented house, desperately trying to strike a balance between their paranormal problems and the domestic challenges that regular humans take for granted. All in the hope of achieving the simple pleasure of Being Human. By forcing themselves to assimilate into society, they hope to experience the joys and satisfaction of normality...
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/25/2009  1.  Episode 1
Mitchell has trouble restraining his blood lust, Annie must deal with her past, and George finds that he no longer has a safe place to transform when the hospital renovates the basement storage room. A former girlfriend of Mitchell's, turned into a vampire by him, comes to see him and she has vengeance on her mind.
Director:  Toby Haynes  Writer:  Toby Whithouse 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/1/2009  2.  Episode 2
George meets a homeless werewolf, Tully, a rogue who offers George advice on dating women and teaches George how to deal with his transformations. After Tully tries to sexually assault Annie, Mitchell wants him thrown out of the flat, but George defies him and backs Tully, until Tully tells him how George was turned into a werewolf.
Director:  Toby Haynes  Writer:  Toby Whithouse 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/8/2009  3.  Episode 3
Annie meets Gilbert, a ghost from the 1980s, who shows her her own headstone. Her subsequent exploration of why she has remained on Earth after her death results in her discovering that she was actually murdered by Owen, throwing her emotions into conflict. After Lauren sends Mitchell a DVD of her murdering a man, Mitchell tries to help Lauren give up killing and bring her back to the person she was. George struggles to build a relationship with Nina, unsure of how much he should tell her. Gilbert expresses his love for Annie, and is then permitted to "cross over" to Death through a supernatural doorway. From this, Annie learns that until she fulfills the one thing keeping her Earth-bound, she will never be permitted to cross-over.
Director:  Alex Pillai  Writer:  Rachel Anthony 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/15/2009  4.  Episode 4
Mitchell makes friends with a neighbor's son being bullied by classmates, but a misunderstanding with the mother results in an angry mob attacking the house. The boy runs away and is hit by a car, and it is up to Mitchell to save him. Meanwhile, Nina visits the vandalized house and thinks George is pushing her away because he is a pervert, and Annie starts exhibiting some mental problems as she tries to accept the changes in her existence.
Director:  Alex Pillai  Writer:  Brian Dooley 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/22/2009  5.  Episode 5
Mitchell believes vampirism can save lives, and returns to the vampires. He finds recruits amongst the terminally ill that come to the hospital he works at, but the vampires aren't telling him their full plan for world conversion. Mitchell reverses himself when he meets an old girlfriend from the 60s, a dance teacher dying from cancer, who teaches him the true meaning of humanity. Annie finally faces Owen about her death and, with Mitchell and George, puts fear into his heart. The doorway comes for Annie and she says her goodbyes, just as Mitchell is stabbed with a stake by Herrick. George frantically dials for an ambulance as Annie must make a decision: cross over to the Afterlife or remain and help her friends.
Director:  Colin Teague  Writer:  Toby Whithouse 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/1/2009  6.  Episode 6
George and Annie stay with Mitchell in the hospital, worried that he seems to be fading away. Although Mitchell almost dies, his old girlfriend sacrifices herself to save him, allowing him to drain her blood to heal himself. George finally gathers the courage to confront Herrick and defend his friends, but Herrick isn't playing by the rules. Herrick plans to kill George and Nina, and destroy the things keeping Annie Earth-bound, sending her into "nothingness". Mitchell will then have to face the vampire coven alone and be destroyed. Can George keep Nina safe? Can Annie harness her new poltergeist powers in time to defeat the vampires? Will Mitchell succeed in his plan to face Herrick once and for all? In the end, nothing goes as planned for any of them.
Director:  Colin Teague  Writer:  Toby Whithouse 
Edition Details
Edition 4 Discs
Series Being Human
Distributor E1 Entertainment
Release Date 11/15/2011
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 4
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Features
Disc 01 'What Would You Choose' featurette Being Human panel at San Diego Comic Con