Just watched the fifth series opener and it's utterly brilliant, certainly up to the same standard as series 4. Hope the beeb give this show the promo it deserves, it's a crime that quality drama like this gets hidden away on BBC three whereas anodyne drivel like Merlin gets pushed so heavily on the main channel.
Any idea when it airs? Looks like it'll be February again now.
Okay, latest issue of SFX is out and there are some spoilers for the new series ...
5x01: Tom and Hal have been sacked from their jobs, we're reintroduced to Mr Rook and have two other villains in Captain Hatch and a vampire named Crumb (Colin Hoult). Also, we're meeting the first supernatural trinity as well.
5x02: Honolulu Heights is haunted and Captain Hatch gives an impressive baddie speech.
5x03: Julia Barrett plays a deluded werewolf named Larry and Amanda Hale plays an unlikely Regency Ghost. Also a great comedy episode for Tom.
5x04: A big episode for Crumb and also another werewolf guest with Ricky Grover playing an innocent one named Bobby.
5x05: A big lead up to the climax when all the stories start crashing into each other, also has a rather exciting five minutes and features Kathryn Prescott as Natasha.
5x06: The finale with cameos from characters from last year (none of the original cast). We're also told what Captain Hatch's plan is and we get to see it played out.
Now onto the grittier stuff - Captain Hatch is actually the devil and he's able to get people to kill themselves with words.
Also, Mr Rook is an ambivalent characters. Sometimes he'll be an ally to the Honolulu Heights gang, sometimes he won't be.
We'll also be getting some more flashbacks with Hal as well as seeing him taking on a manager's position in the Barry Grand Hotel where Hatch is residing.
Hatch is also twisted by his own malevolence, hence his current physical condition as well and his arc is about his slow climb back to power.
And the show returns in February.
So the devil is the big bad? Excellent! From that and the ep 1 review looks like the finale will be the gang fighting him in the apocalypse.
Wonder if it feeling like a different show has something to do with..
scale? Hal and Tom's new jobs, and satan being the big bad do sound like things we'd have scoffed at as false if rumoured for series 2. Wonder also if the guest characters will be guests there?
Wonder if it feeling like a different show has something to do with..
scale? Hal and Tom's new jobs, and satan being the big bad do sound like things we'd have scoffed at as false if rumoured for series 2. Wonder also if the guest characters will be guests there?
I bet some of them will be. It might make sense for a few of them to be.
What do you get when you put a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost in a house-share in Barry? The return of Being Human!
Ghost Alex is adjusting to life after death with werewolf Tom but vampire Hal is in hell. Not because he’s chained up like an animal, but because he’s desperate to get his marigolds on the messy house.
But when Tom and Alex decide to set him free, Hal’s wracked by uncertainty…can he control his bloodlust? Things get complicated with the return of Mr Rook, the shady figure whose government department protects the world from supernaturals.
Having been fired from the café, Hal and Tom find new employment at the Barry Grand Hotel, home to poisonous pensioner Captain Hatch (Phil Davis). Unknown to our trio, his decrepit exterior hides an ancient evil that threatens not only their friendship but also the entire world.
Starring Damien Molony (Hal), Michael Socha (Tom), Kate Bracken (Kate), Phil Davis (Captain Hatch), Steven Robertson (Mr Rook), Colin Hoult (Crumb), Victoria Ross (Lady Catherine), Jeremy Swift (Emil), Clare Cage (Patsy).
Differing from denofgeek's review which suggested that this series felt like a different show, CultBox say it feels like the same show with a new look.
They are yeah, Den Of Geek's was the most negative and even that was 90% positive.
Plus shirtless Hal in the first episode. Nice one.
Wrong gender for me (hope Toby's got something up his sleeve to ensure Alex is at some point, like Nina's transformations in series 2) but judging by some of the comments here and on twitter last year I'm sure many will appreciate it.
There are still some people who want the old cast back but that isn't going to happen and as much as I loved Mitchell/George/Annie/Nina, the show has moved on from them all. Here's to more of Hal/Tom/Alex.
There are still some people who want the old cast back but that isn't going to happen and as much as I loved Mitchell/George/Annie/Nina, the show has moved on from them all. Here's to more of Hal/Tom/Alex.
Who now? My mention of Nina was merely an example, I really like the new cast (dare I say it, more than the old one).
DS here have confirmed that Series 5 is back on February 3rd from 10pm. So, if it's back in 11 days time, why the hell haven't BBC3 given us a trailer for it? It's their best bloody show for crying out loud.
DS here have confirmed that Series 5 is back on February 3rd from 10pm. So, if it's back in 11 days time, why the hell haven't BBC3 given us a trailer for it? It's their best bloody show for crying out loud.
Because as great as their output is, the BBC are idiots.
Because as great as their output is, the BBC are idiots.
Oh definitely. Seriously, BH is the only real decent programme BBC3 are doing nowadays. Their documentaries are getting poorer and their comedies aren't that funny, except Him & Her.
DS here have confirmed that Series 5 is back on February 3rd from 10pm. So, if it's back in 11 days time, why the hell haven't BBC3 given us a trailer for it? It's their best bloody show for crying out loud.
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Looking forward to seeing Series 5 of BH when it airs next month.
Any idea when it airs? Looks like it'll be February again now.
Den Of Geek spoiler-free review:
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/being-human/24065/being-human-series-5-episode-1-spoiler-free-review
Wonder if it feeling like a different show has something to do with..
Kate is so very fit.
I bet some of them will be. It might make sense for a few of them to be.
Ah yes, but you have the US version's third series - which started this week with a cracking episode.
Blegh. I don't like the US version.
Ghost Alex is adjusting to life after death with werewolf Tom but vampire Hal is in hell. Not because he’s chained up like an animal, but because he’s desperate to get his marigolds on the messy house.
But when Tom and Alex decide to set him free, Hal’s wracked by uncertainty…can he control his bloodlust? Things get complicated with the return of Mr Rook, the shady figure whose government department protects the world from supernaturals.
Having been fired from the café, Hal and Tom find new employment at the Barry Grand Hotel, home to poisonous pensioner Captain Hatch (Phil Davis). Unknown to our trio, his decrepit exterior hides an ancient evil that threatens not only their friendship but also the entire world.
Starring Damien Molony (Hal), Michael Socha (Tom), Kate Bracken (Kate), Phil Davis (Captain Hatch), Steven Robertson (Mr Rook), Colin Hoult (Crumb), Victoria Ross (Lady Catherine), Jeremy Swift (Emil), Clare Cage (Patsy).
http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/01/being-human-uk-episode-501-press-release.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/search/?medium=tv&channel=BBC_THREE&yearweek=&day=0
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/582511_403900859694855_544439212_n.jpg
LAVLEY!!
Basically confirms a 3rd of Feburary, 9pm first episode, provided the show remains in the slot it's hard the last 3 series.
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/01/18/being-human-series-5-premiere-trinity-spoiler-free-preview/
http://www.cultbox.co.uk/reviews/episodes/5890-being-human-series-5-episode-1-spoiler-free-review
Differing from denofgeek's review which suggested that this series felt like a different show, CultBox say it feels like the same show with a new look.
Plus shirtless Hal in the first episode. Nice one.
Wrong gender for me (hope Toby's got something up his sleeve to ensure Alex is at some point, like Nina's transformations in series 2) but judging by some of the comments here and on twitter last year I'm sure many will appreciate it.
Who now? My mention of Nina was merely an example, I really like the new cast (dare I say it, more than the old one).
Given the spoiler on 5x06 who thinks
Fingers crossed
Tried to check, but no idea.
It's possible I guess.
Because as great as their output is, the BBC are idiots.
Oh definitely. Seriously, BH is the only real decent programme BBC3 are doing nowadays. Their documentaries are getting poorer and their comedies aren't that funny, except Him & Her.
10pm start?
That's odd.