Being Human

Being Human is a science-fictional comedy/drama/horror currently being shown on BBC3 (one of the non-terrestial, but still popular, channels) at 9pm on Sunday in the UK. I like it a lot. The episodes are 1 hour long, which I occasionally think might be a bit long for what happens in the show, but it's quickly become my favourite hour of television every week.



It's about three people living in a house together in Bristol. One, Mitchell, is a vampire, but he's "on the wagon" -- not drinking blood. He was bitten in the First World War. George is a werewolf who has to live with his monthly transformation and the fact that as the month wears on, he gets more wolfish in character -- going from a normally gentle, socially shy person to ... well ... not. Annie is a ghost, trying to find out why she's still here.

Hmm. It is much better than it sounds. Some episodes are darker than others, and some are funnier. Generally, though, they're quick-moving and good fun. Although Mitchell is "vegetarian" there is a hint of something going down -- the sinister Herrick, a police chief who happens to be a vampire leader, is trying to recruit him for an impending war...

George, the socially awkward one, is in a relationship -- how to break it that he's supernatural? He met her at the hospital where Mitchell and he both work. Much cause for laughter there. Annie, it seems, has some unfinished business with her fiancée and she's turning a bit poltergeist...

I'd really recommend taking a look at the show, if you can. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned up in the US somehow.