A werewolf, a vampire and a ghost living together
On Saturday, July 25th beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, BBC America kicks off the new series Being Human which looks into the lives of three twenty-somethings and their secret double-lives as a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost. Dr. Who‘s Russell Tovey and Lenora Crichlow and Aidan Turner (The Clinic) star as housemates trying to live normal lives, despite their strange and dark secrets.
George (Russell Tovey) and Mitchell (Aidan Turner) work in anonymous drudgery as hospital porters. They lead lives of quiet desperation under the burden of a terrible secret: Mitchell’s a vampire and George a werewolf. Deciding to start life afresh and leave behind the dark side, they move into a house, only to find that Annie, the ghost of a woman killed in mysterious circumstances, haunts it. As the monster threesome deals with the challenges of their new life together, they’re united in their desire to blend in with their human neighbors.
By all appearances, George is a mild-mannered and geeky guy – except for one night a month when he’s a flesh-hungry, predatory werewolf. Mitchell is good-looking, laid-back and, unlike George, has an easy confidence with the ladies. But he’s also suffering withdrawal from the blood he craves. Annie (Lenora Crichlow) is chatty, insecure and desperate for company and now that death has separated them, she longs for her fianc, who owns the house she haunts.
But with unwelcome intruders into their world, a threatened revolution from the vampire underworld and constant threats of exposure on top of the day-to-day issues faced by young people the only thing they may be able to rely on in their heightened world, is each other.
The show – directed by Toby Haynes, Alex Pillai and Colin Teague – runs until August 29th.
Source: BBC America
