Being Human Fourth Series Announced
This is very good news!
The final episode of the third series of this brilliantly written BBC Three show only aired last night, and today, we have word that there will be a fourth series.
The show just gets better (and darker) with every episode, and last night’s series finale was no exception.
You can see the announcement on the show blog.
It’s also worth following the American adaptation of Being Human on the Syfy channel. It is just halfway through the first season, and the story line is already beginning to diverge from the original.
17 March 2011 Update
The news today is that the American version of Being Human has been renewed for a second season.
Being Human, Series 2 Begins
I almost missed this one. Being Human returned for its second series last Sunday (10 January 2010) on BBC Three. It picks up about a month after the end of the first series, with new bad guys to replace Herrick.
After seeing both Russell Tovey (George) and Sinead Keenan (Nina) in the final David Tennant episode of Dr. Who, I found that I was more than ready to get back to this brilliantly written show.
Being Human is a comedy-drama series about three twenty-something housemates trying to live normal lives, despite struggling with unusual afflictions – one is a werewolf, one is a vampire and the other is a ghost. They face a human threat in the form of the mysterious Professor Jaggat and the cold-hearted Kemp. Jaggat and Kemp are fundamentalist Christians who have discovered the existence of vampires, werewolves and ghosts – and are determined to destroy them or carry out brutal experiments upon them. They believe that vampires are the Devil incarnate and must be destroyed; that werewolves contain an evil gene that can be removed by violent scientific experiments; and that ghosts must be forced over to the other side whether they like it or not.
1 February 2010 Update
Series 2 will be ending later this month, but BBC have already announced that a third series has already been commissioned, so we can expect new episodes at about this time next year!
21 May 2010 Update
Series 2 will come to BBC America starting on Saturday, 24 July.
12 January 2011 Update
Series 3 will begin 23 January on BBC Three.
17 February 2011 Update
Series 3 will begin 19 February on BBC America, following a marathon showing of every episode so far, including the Pilot.
Doctor Who Specials, Being Human, Coming to BBC America
Good news for Doctor Who fans in the US – BBC America have announced that the final five David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who will air starting this summer.
First will be the Christmas 2008 special, “The Next Doctor”, which will air on 27 June. The Easter special, “Planet of the Dead” will air on 26 July. The Fall special, “The Waters of Mars” will air on BBC One on 15 November and on BBC America on 19 December, and the two-part Winter special, “The End of Time” will follow with Part 1 on 25 December 2009 (26 December on BBC America) and Part 2 on New Year’s Day 2010 (2 January on BBC America).
David Tennant will also have a guest spot in two of the twelve episodes of the Doctor Who spin-off series, “The Sarah Jane Adventures”, in its third season, which will start in September on CBBC.
And as an additional bonus, the outstanding supernatural fantasy, “Being Human” will begin on 25 July on BBC America. In this series, a Vampire, a Werewolf, and a Ghost (sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn’t it?) share a flat in Bristol and try to blend in and lead a normal life. And, yes, at the end of the pilot, they all walk into a Pub. I do hope they air the pilot. If not, our trio don’t get to a Pub until the third episode. This series is brilliant! Don’t miss it.
30 October 2009 Update
Updated show dates for “The Waters of Mars” and the title of the final two-part episode.
21 November 2009 Update
Updated show dates for “The End of Time, Part 1”.
22 December Update
Updated show dates for “The End of Time, Part 2”.