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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.
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- E1 Special OfferNext upOct 16, 1976 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Pauline Quirke (Noreen Beale), Lynda La Plante (Young Woman), Shirley Cheriton (Linda), Ysanne Churchman (Joyce), Herbert Norville (Mickey), Geoffrey Bateman (Colin Grimley), Wensley Pithey (Mr. Liversedge), Ruth Goring (June King)
- E2 During Barty's PartyOct 23, 1976 · 60 min
Synopsis
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
Guest stars: Elizabeth Sellars (Angie Truscott), Richard Bebb (Commercial Voice), John Rhys-Davies (Peter Newell), Gary Watson (Commercial Voice), Anthony Bate (Roger Truscott), Colin Bell (Barty Wills), Norman Mitchell (Police Sergeant), Denis Cleary (James Dodge)
- E3 Buddy BoyOct 30, 1976 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Martin Shaw (Dave), Stuart McGugan (Jimmy Beattie), Pamela Moiseiwitsch (Lucy), Wolfe Morris (Hubbard), Denis Holmes (Ashwell), Peter Halliday (Crisp), Marianne Morris (Usherette)
- E4 BabyNov 6, 1976 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Shelagh Fraser (Dorothy Pummery), Mark Dignam (Arthur Grace), Simon MacCorkindale (Peter Gilkes), T. P. McKenna (Dick Pummery), Jane Wymark (Jo Gilkes), Norman Jones (Stan Biddick)
- E5 What Big EyesNov 13, 1976 · 60 min
Synopsis
An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy.
Guest stars: Patrick Magee (Leo Raymount), Bill Dean (Duggie Jebb), Michael Kitchen (Bob Curry), Gerald James (Joe Nash), Madge Ryan (Florence Raymount), Janice Bean (Woman Customer), Patricia Mason (2nd Woman Customer), David Elmon (Boy)
- E6 The DummyNov 20, 1976 · 60 min
Synopsis
A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play.
Guest stars: Patricia Haines (Sheila Boyd), Clive Swift ('Bunny' Nettleton), Simon Oates (Peter Wager), Thorley Walters (Sir Ramsey), Glyn Houston (Sidney Stewart), Bernard Horsfall (Clyde Boyd), Michael Sheard (Sergeant), George Malpas (Vic)
Cast & crew
Created by Nigel Kneale
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