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Beasts is a 1976 British television series. Written by Nigel Kneale, it is an anthology of six self-contained episodes that feature the recurring theme of bestial horror.[1][2] The series was made by ATV for the ITV Network.[3]

Beasts
Genre	Horror Anthology
Created by	Nigel Kneale
Starring	Anthony Bate Martin Shaw Pauline Quirke Michael Kitchen Patrick Magee
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Nicholas Palmer
Running time	c. 50 minutes
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	16 October (1976-10-16) – 20 November 1976 (1976-11-20)

Format

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Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Special Offer"[4]	16 October 1976 (1976-10-16)
Pauline Quirke stars as a shop assistant whose unrequited love for her manager prompts a paranormal revenge.
2	"During Barty's Party"[5]	23 October 1976 (1976-10-23)
Starring Anthony Bate, a middle-class couple's life becomes overturned by rats.
3	"Buddyboy"[6]	30 October 1976 (1976-10-30)
Featuring Martin Shaw and a disused aquarium haunted by the spirit of a dolphin.
4	"Baby"[7]	6 November 1976 (1976-11-06)
Starring Simon MacCorkindale as a newlywed whose wife's pregnancy falls foul of ancient witchcraft.
5	"What Big Eyes"[8]	13 November 1976 (1976-11-13)
Features Michael Kitchen as an RSPCA inspector investigating a man (Patrick Magee) who is trying to turn himself into a wolf.
6	"The Dummy"[9]	20 November 1976 (1976-11-20)
Shows the psychological effect on an actor (Bernard Horsfall) who regularly plays a monster in horror films.

DVD release

The series was released on DVD by Network in 2006.[10] This set also included a similarly themed TV play called Murrain that Kneale had written for ITV's Against the Crowd series in 1975.[11]

References

External links

• Beasts at IMDb
• Beasts at the BFI's Screenonline

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