| Beasts | |
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| Format | Horror Anthology |
| Created by | Nigel Kneale |
| Starring | Anthony Bate Martin Shaw Pauline Quirke Michael Kitchen Patrick Magee |
| Country of origin |  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, 1976 – November 20, 1976 |
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| IMDb profile | |
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.
External links
- Beasts at the Internet Movie Database
- Beasts at the BFI's Screenonline
