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- Murrain: A single play by Kneale from 1975, written in the same vein as Beasts
- Stills gallery
- Script PDFs
- Original ATV brochure PDF
- 'The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale ': Commemorative booklet written by Andy Murray, author of 'Into the Unknown'
Creator of some of the most outstanding television plays made in the last fifty years, Nigel Kneale (Quatermass, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Year of the Sex Olympics) created, in Beasts, an anthology of six plays designed to showcase the breadth of his fertile imagination. Laden with suspense, drama and a thick vein of black humour, each play was a variation on the theme of civilised man in conflict with the primal, animal side of existence. This malevolent and menacing thread runs through all six terrifying stories, which feature outstanding performances from actors such as Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed), Simon MacCorkindale (Casualty), Glyn Houston (Inspector Morse), Michael Sheard (Grange Hill) and Pauline Quirke (Birds of a Feather).
Not seen since its original transmission and never previously released in any format, Beasts will appeal to all lovers of quality drama and horror.
Episodes Comprises:
1. Special Offer
2. During Barty's Party
3. Buddyboy
4. Baby
5. What Big Eyes
6. The Dummy
Average rating (1 review)
Hardly Savage.
Viewer6 | 04/03/2008 | See all Viewer6's reviews (1) »
Beasts is a collection of TV plays based on the theme of supernatural animals plaguing humans. Some of them are better then others, but on the whole the acting is solid, the stories are good and all manage a certain level of creepiness. More b-movie then blockbuster, but certainly worth a watch.
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Martin Shaw, Simon MacCorkindale, Glyn Houston, Michael Sheard, Pauline Quirke, John Rhys-Davies, Colin Bell, Geoffrey Bateman, Lynda La Plante, Jane Wymark, T.P. McKenna, Patrick Magee, Clive Swift, Jackie Cooper & Patricia Haines | |
Richard Bramall, Don Leaver, Don Taylor, John Nelson & Donald McWhinnie | |
12 years and over | |
1976 | |
Fullscreen 4:3 | |
English - Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono | |
5 hours (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
