Beasts

1976 - 1976

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16th October 1976

Episode 1

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.

During Barty's Party

23rd October 1976

Episode 2

A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.

Buddy Boy

30th October 1976

Episode 3

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.

Baby

6th November 1976

Episode 4

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.

What Big Eyes

13th November 1976

Episode 5

An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy.

The Dummy

20th November 1976

Episode 6

A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play.

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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.

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