List of Being Human (British TV series) episodes
Episodes
Pilot (2008)
| # | Episode | Writer | Director | Original air date | Viewing figure[1] | |
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| - | "Pilot" | Toby Whithouse | Declan O'Dwyer | 18 February 2008 | 430,000 | |
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Two Twentysomethings, George (a werewolf) and Mitchell (a vampire), move into a flatshare only to discover that their new home is haunted by Annie, the ghost of a previous occupant. | ||||||
Series 1 (2009)
 | This article is written like a story. (December 2009) |
| # | Episode | Writer | Director | Original air date | Viewing figure[2] | |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Toby Whithouse | Toby Haynes | 25 January 2009 | 1,092,000 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Toby Whithouse | Toby Haynes | 1 February 2009 | 974,000 | |
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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 goes too far with Nina. | ||||||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Rachel Anthony | Alex Pillai | 8 February 2009 | 815,000 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Brian Dooley | Alex Pillai | 15 February 2009 | 815,000 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Toby Whithouse | Colin Teague | 22 February 2009 | 797,000 | |
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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 60's, 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. | ||||||
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Toby Whithouse | Colin Teague | 1 March 2009 | 1,086,000 | |
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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. | ||||||
Series 2 (2010)
Series two began filming in August 2009 with a scheduled transmission in the UK beginning on 10 January 2010. It has been expanded to eight episodes, with series creator Toby Whithouse writing the first two and last two episodes.The way the pre-credit sequences will be done has changed; from episode two onwards they will be something from the past - showing something from the history of either the main cast or other characters. A prequel posted on the BBC website introduces two new vampire characters: Ivan and Daisy.
- ^ "Strong ratings for 'Lost', 'Being Human'". Digital Spy. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
- ^ See relevant week. BARB.