Nigel Kneale
Director
Beasts (1976)
Season 1
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.
Released Oct. 15, 1976
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.non-horror-host, imdb.uk-non-horror-host, imdb.folk-horror, imdb.anthology, imdb.animal
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
Oct. 16, 1976, midnight
S1E2 - During Barty's Party
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
Oct. 23, 1976, midnight
3.0
S1E3 - 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.
Oct. 30, 1976, midnight
7.0
S1E4 - 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.
Nov. 6, 1976, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Nov. 13, 1976, midnight
5.0
S1E6 - 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.
Nov. 20, 1976, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Oct. 15, 1976
Last Air Date: Nov. 20, 1976, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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