Being Human (2008)Director: Declan O'Dwyer
Writer: Toby Whithouse
Cast: Guy Flanagan, Russell Tovey, Andrea Riseborough, Claire Foy, Dominique McElligott, Dylan Brown
Contemporary supernatural drama about George and Mitchell, a pair of perennial outsiders. Working in the anonymous drudgery of the local hospital, they live lives of quiet desperation - because Mitchell is a vampire and George is a werewolf. Deciding to turn over a new leaf, they move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by Annie, the ghost of a woman killed in mysterious circumstances. As a threesome, they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, bonded by their desire to adopt the lifestyle of their neighbours - humanity.
'Hour long one off TV drama, made alongside five others as part of BBC cable channel 'Three's' revamp. Second in the short season of youth drama's, it’s got a simple plot a young neurotic (almost to the point of being OCD obsessive) werewolf and a youthful but older than his years vampire, flat share together only to find out the flats got its own agoraphobic ghost. I must be honest before viewing I felt the concept sounded limited and was expecting it being more of a lowbrow comedy. Thankfully the dialogue and its likeable cast made it much warmer, moody and interesting. Very ‘Withnail and I’ meets ‘Underworld’ feeling only flaw really was it was left unresolved but with some luck the beeb will come back and commission more episodes. Comes Recommended.'
Contemporary supernatural drama about George and Mitchell, a pair of perennial outsiders. Working in the anonymous drudgery of the local hospital, they live lives of quiet desperation - because Mitchell is a vampire and George is a werewolf. Deciding to turn over a new leaf, they move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by Annie, the ghost of a woman killed in mysterious circumstances. As a threesome, they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, bonded by their desire to adopt the lifestyle of their neighbours - humanity.
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