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Beasts

TV·1976–1976·1 season, 6 episodes·ITV1·Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama·1h·Created by Nigel Kneale

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Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Beasts S01E04BabyS01E04 · 7.0A 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.
  2. 02Beasts S01E06The DummyS01E06 · 5.0A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play.
  3. 03Beasts S01E03Buddy BoyS01E03 · 3.0When 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.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes1976Aired 5.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Beasts S01E01Special OfferOctober 16, 1976—A misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same shop's cuddly cartoon mascot seems to hav
  2. S01E02Beasts S01E02During Barty's PartyOctober 23, 1976—A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
  3. S01E03Beasts S01E03Buddy BoyOctober 30, 1976 3.0When 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.
  4. S01E04Beasts S01E04Season's bestBabyNovember 6, 1976 7.0A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels tha
  5. S01E05Beasts S01E05What Big EyesNovember 13, 1976—An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthro
  6. S01E06Beasts S01E06The DummyNovember 20, 1976 5.0A 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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