Scripted series · BBC Three
Being Human
Flatmates by day - undead by night.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lenora Crichlow
Annie Sawyer
30 eps
Damien Molony
Hal Yorke
14 eps
Russell Tovey
George Sands
23 eps
Michael Socha
Tom McNair
18 eps
Aidan Turner
John Mitchell
22 eps
Kate Bracken
Alex Millar
9 eps
Sinéad Keenan
Nina Pickering
20 eps
Steven Robertson
Dominic Rook
7 eps
Amy Manson
Daisy
4 eps
Dean Lennox Kelly
Tully
2 eps
Georgia Henshaw
Joy
1 eps
Paul Kasey
6 eps
Erin Richards
Nancy Reid
3 eps
David Wood
Sports Reporter
1 eps
Morgan James
No. 7
1 eps
Glenn Doherty
Duncan
1 eps
Jason Watkins
Herrick
13 eps
Gregg Chillin
Owen
5 eps
Dylan Brown
Seth
5 eps
Jessica Harris
Becca
1 eps
Lizzie Roper
Maggie
1 eps
Clare Higgins
Josie
2 eps
Josef Altin
Billy
2 eps
Sama Goldie
Janey
4 eps
Donald Sumpter
Kemp
9 eps
Annabel Scholey
Lauren Drake
5 eps
Rebecca Cooper
Cara
5 eps
Michael Begley
Chaplain Mark
2 eps
Lyndsey Marshal
Lucy
8 eps
Paul Rhys
Ivan
5 eps
Mark Fleischmann
Lloyd Pinkie
7 eps
Alex Lanipekun
Saul
2 eps
Adrian Schiller
Hennessey
3 eps
Nathan Wright
Hugh
3 eps
John Stahl
Quinn
3 eps
Ian Puleston-Davies
Chief Constable Wilson
2 eps
Lucy Gaskell
Sam Danson
4 eps
Alex Warren
Campbell
2 eps
Molly Jones
Molly
3 eps
Robson Green
Anthony McNair
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Being Human actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Being Human reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 36 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200819 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 Pilot
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20096 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S01E06 Bad Moon Rising
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20108 episodes
6.2IMDbBest episode · S02E05 The Looking Glass
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
20118 episodes
7.5IMDbBest episode · S03E07 Though the Heavens Fall
Season 4 · Complete
Series 4
20128 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S04E07 Making History
Season 5 · Complete
Series 5
20136 episodes
7.5IMDbBest episode · S05E05 No Care, All Responsibility
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Bad Moon Rising
If Mitchell recovers from being staked through the chest, he'll have to confront Herrick.
- Directed by Colin Teague
- Written by Toby Whithouse
S03E07
Though the Heavens Fall
With the full moon looming and a house full of werewolves, pressure mounts on Mitchell.
- Directed by Daniel O'Hara
- Written by Toby Whithouse
S03E08
The Wolf-Shaped Bullet
Nina's fate hangs in the balance, whilst Annie battles with Lia for her soul.
- Directed by Daniel O'Hara
- Written by Toby Whithouse
S03E06
Daddy Ghoul
George is shocked to discover that his father has died, then meets the ghost of George Sr.
- Directed by Philip John
- Written by Toby Whithouse, Lisa McGee
S05E05
No Care, All Responsibility
When a damsel in distress seeks haven at the hotel, Tom and Hal are attracted to her for different reasons. Alex investigates her suspicions about Captain Hatch with dangerous consequences.
- Directed by Daniel O'Hara
- Written by Sarah Dollard
S05E06
The Last Broadcast
Hal is ready to return to his vampire ways and Tom is set on killing him as an act of revenge, but the trio have to battle the devil and Captain Hatch.
- Directed by Daniel O'Hara
- Written by Toby Whithouse
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E19
The Final Scene?
S05E06
The Last Broadcast
- Directed by Daniel O'Hara
- Written by Toby Whithouse
S05E05
No Care, All Responsibility
- Directed by Daniel O'Hara
- Written by Sarah Dollard
S05E04
The Greater Good
- Directed by Daniel O'Hara
- Written by John Jackson
S05E03
Pie and Prejudice
- Directed by Philip John
- Written by Jamie Mathieson
S05E02
Sticks and Rope
- Directed by Philip John
- Written by Daragh Carville
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Toby Whithouse
Showrunner
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Lucy Catherine
Writer
Lisa McGee
Writer
Tony Basgallop
Writer
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Daragh Carville
Writer
Sarah Phelps
Writer
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Brian Dooley
Writer
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Tom Grieves
Writer
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Rachel Anthony
Writer
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Sarah Dollard
Writer
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Jamie Mathieson
Writer
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John Jackson
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Toby WhithouseExecutive Producer
- Julie GardnerProducer
Writing
- Toby WhithouseWriter
- Lucy CatherineWriter
- Lisa McGeeWriter
- Tony BasgallopWriter
- Daragh CarvilleWriter
- Sarah PhelpsWriter
Direction
- Colin TeagueDirector
- Charles MartinDirector
- Lisa McGeeDirector
- Toby HaynesDirector
- Philip JohnDirector
- Alex PillaiDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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