Beasts
CreatorNigel Kneale
Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected save for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976. The series avoids typical monster horror clichès, more so focusing on psychological and supernatural themes.
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Country
United Kingdom
Status
Ended
Cast
John Rhys-Davies
Peter Newell · 1 eps
Jane Wymark
Jo Gilkes · 1 eps
Clive Swift
'Bunny' Nettleton · 1 eps
Patrick Magee
Leo Raymount · 1 eps
Simon MacCorkindale
Peter Gilkes · 1 eps
Bernard Horsfall
Clyde Boyd · 1 eps
Michael Kitchen
Bob Curry · 1 eps
Lynda La Plante
Young Woman · 1 eps
Richard Bebb
Commercial Voice · 1 eps
Martin Shaw
Dave · 1 eps
Patricia Haines
Sheila Boyd · 1 eps
Simon Oates
Peter Wager · 1 eps
Elizabeth Sellars
Angie Truscott · 1 eps
Bill Dean
Duggie Jebb · 1 eps
T. P. McKenna
Dick Pummery · 1 eps
Thorley Walters
Sir Ramsey · 1 eps
Pauline Quirke
Noreen Beale · 1 eps
Mark Dignam
Arthur Grace · 1 eps
Geoffrey Bateman
Colin Grimley · 1 eps
Anthony Bate
Roger Truscott · 1 eps
Elizabeth Counsell
Mrs. GIbson · 1 eps
George Malpas
Vic · 1 eps
Norman Mitchell
Police Sergeant · 1 eps
Shelagh Fraser
Dorothy Pummery · 1 eps
Glyn Houston
Sidney Stewart · 1 eps
Gary Watson
Commercial Voice · 1 eps
Wensley Pithey
Mr. Liversedge · 1 eps
Steve Fletcher
Gibson Child · 1 eps
Michael Sheard
Sergeant · 1 eps
Norman Jones
Stan Biddick · 1 eps
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Episode Guide
1
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.
2
During Barty's Party
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
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.
From the same creator: Nigel Kneale
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