Beasts (TV series)

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Beasts
Format Horror
Anthology
Created by Nigel Kneale
Starring Anthony Bate
Martin Shaw
Pauline Quirke
Michael Kitchen
Patrick Magee
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 6
Production
Producer(s) Nicholas Palmer
Running time c. 50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run October 16, 1976November 20, 1976
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Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976.

Special Offer (16 October 1976) starred Pauline Quirke as a shop assistant whose unrequited love for her manager prompts a supernatural revenge.

During Barty's Party (23 October 1976) with Anthony Bate sees a middle-class couple's life overturned by rats.

Buddyboy (30 October 1976) featuring Martin Shaw and a disused aquarium haunted by the spirit of a dolphin.

Baby (6 November 1976) with Simon McCorkindale as a newlywed whose wife's pregnancy falls foul of ancient witchcraft.

What Big Eyes (13 November 1976) features Michael Kitchen as an RSPCA inspector investigating a man Patrick Magee who is trying to turn himself into a wolf.

The Dummy (20 November 1976) shows the psychological effect on an actor (Bernard Horsfall) who regularly plays a monster in horror films.

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