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{{Infobox television
| image              = Being Human title.jpg
| genre              = {{ubl|[[Horror fiction|Horror]]|[[Supernatural fiction]]|[[Comedy drama]]}}
| creator            = [[Toby Whithouse]]
| writer             =
| director           = 
| starring           = {{ubl|[[Lenora Crichlow]]|[[Russell Tovey]]|[[Aidan Turner]]|[[Sinead Keenan]]|[[Michael Socha]]|[[Damien Molony]]|[[Kate Bracken]]|[[Steven Robertson]]}}
| composer           = [[Richard Wells (composer)|Richard Wells]]
| country            = United Kingdom
| language           = English
| num_series         = 5
| num_episodes       = 37
| list_episodes      = List of Being Human (British TV series) episodes
| executive_producer = {{ubl|Koei Karpe|Toby Whithouse}}
| producer           = Matthew Bouch
| location           = {{ubl|Series 1–2: [[Bristol]], [[England]]|Series 3–5: [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Wales]]}}
| cinematography     = {{ubl|Tim Palmer (pilot)|Nic Morris (series)}}
| runtime            = 58 minutes
| company            = Touchpaper Television
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2008|02|18|df=y}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2013|03|10|df=y}}
| network            = [[BBC Three]]
| related            = {{ubl|''[[Becoming Human]]'' (Spin-off)|''[[Being Human (North American TV series)|Being Human]]'' (North American TV series)}} 
}}
'''''Being Human''''' is<!--Per MOS, please do not change to was--> a British [[Supernatural fiction|supernatural]] [[comedy-drama]] television series created and written by [[Toby Whithouse]] and first broadcast on [[BBC Three]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8464 |title=SYFY GIVES TARGET DATES FOR 2010 |website=The Futon Critic |access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref> The show blends elements of [[Roommate|flatshare]] comedy and horror drama. The initial [[Pilot (Being Human)|pilot episode]] starred [[Andrea Riseborough]] as [[Annie Sawyer]] (a [[ghost]]), [[Russell Tovey]] as [[George Sands]] (a [[werewolf]]), and [[Guy Flanagan]] as [[John Mitchell (Being Human)|John Mitchell]] (a [[vampire]]) – all of whom are sharing accommodation and attempting as well as they can to live a "normal" life and blend in with the ordinary humans around them, striving to fit in more.

Two of the main cast were replaced in the series by [[Aidan Turner]] (Mitchell) and [[Lenora Crichlow]] (Annie). [[Russell Tovey]] was the only original main cast member. In the third series, [[Sinead Keenan]] became part of the main cast as [[Nina Pickering]] (a werewolf). In the fourth series, the ensemble was joined by [[Michael Socha]] as [[Tom McNair]] (a werewolf) and [[Damien Molony]] as [[Hal Yorke]] (a vampire).<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Dan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/11/being-human-toby-whithouse |title=What will series four bring? |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 January 2012}}</ref> The fifth series added [[Kate Bracken]] as [[Alex Millar (Being Human)|Alex Millar]] (a ghost).<ref name="Abbey">{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaessentials.co.uk/2012/03/media-essentials-interviews-kate-bracken/ |title=Media Essentials Interviews: Kate Bracken |publisher=Media Essentials |last=Abbey |first=Lewis |date=28 March 2012 |access-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235138/http://www.mediaessentials.co.uk/2012/03/media-essentials-interviews-kate-bracken/ |archive-date=30 March 2012  }}</ref> The first two series were set in [[Totterdown, Bristol]], and the third series onwards relocated {{convert|25|mi}}, across the [[River Severn]], to [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], Wales.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35310/writers-chosen-syfys-being-human-re-imagining |title=Writers Chosen for Syfy's Being Human Re-imagining |work=Dread Central |access-date=21 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115115617/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35310/writers-chosen-syfys-being-human-re-imagining |archive-date=15 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="bbcprwales">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8488093.stm |title=BBC Three's Being Human moves from Bristol to Wales |publisher=BBC News|date=29 January 2010 |access-date=17 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202042520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8488093.stm |archive-date=2 February 2010}}</ref>

On 13 March 2011, series creator Toby Whithouse announced that Turner had left the show and that new characters would be introduced.<ref name="Fourth">{{cite news|last=Martin |first=Dan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/mar/14/being-human-returns-for-fourth-series |title=Being Human returns for fourth series |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 March 2011 |access-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> On 11 November 2011, Tovey announced that he was leaving ''Being Human'' after the first episode of Series 4 to work full-time on his other television series ''[[Him & Her]]''.<ref name="ToveyLeaves">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/nov/12/russell-tovey-why-im-leaving-being-human |author=Iqbal Nosheen |title=Russell Tovey: Why I'm Leaving ''Being Human'' (and Loving ''Him & Her'') |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 November 2011 |access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref> Furthermore, Keenan announced on 9 January 2012 that she had not filmed any scenes for Series 4, and would exit the show off-screen.<ref name="digitalspy.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s116/being-human/news/a359113/sinead-keenan-being-human-exit-was-difficult-decision.html |title=Sinead Keenan: 'Being Human exit was difficult decision' |website=Digital Spy |date=9 January 2012}}</ref>

The series is one of the most popular shows on BBC's iPlayer.<ref>
*{{cite web |last=Keogh |first=Garret |title=The Big Question: Who would you write in to Series 2 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fbeinghuman%2F2009%2F03%2Fthe_big_question_who_would_you.html |publisher=BBC Being Human Blog |access-date=14 May 2011 |date=20 March 2009}}
*{{cite news |author=Barry Pilling |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fbeinghuman%2F2009%2F03%2Fdid_you_really_think_wed_leave.html |title=Being Human Blog: Did You Really Think We'd Leave You...? |publisher=BBC News|date=12 March 2009 |access-date=13 August 2009}}
*{{cite news |author=Barry Pilling |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fbeinghuman%2F2009%2F03%2Ftobys_blog_the_final_goodbye.html |title=Being Human Blog: Toby's Blog: The Final Goodbye |publisher=BBC News|date=2 March 2009 |access-date=13 August 2009}}</ref> The second series premiered on BBC Three on 10 January 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pzdnb |title=Three Programmes: Being Human, Series 2, Episode 1 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=21 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114075602/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pzdnb |archive-date=14 January 2010}}</ref> The third series launched on 23 January 2011. The day following the final broadcast for Series 3, the BBC announced a fourth series would premiere on the BBC in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=BBC |date=14 March 2011 |title=Being Human fourth series announced for BBC Three |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/03_march/14/being_human.shtml |access-date=14 March 2011}}</ref> Series 4 began airing on BBC Three on 5 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/06/being-human-ep-1-pi.html |title=BBC - Media Centre - Programme Information - Being Human |website=www.bbc.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122015740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/06/being-human-ep-1-pi.html |archive-date=2012-01-22}}</ref> The BBC Media Centre announced a fifth series had been commissioned, which started broadcasting on 3 February 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/being-human-5-press-release.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328235339/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/being-human-5-press-release.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2012 |title=BBC Three commissions fifth series of Being Human |publisher=BBC News|date=26 March 2012}}</ref> The BBC announced on 7 February 2013 that the fifth series would be the last.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/being-human-end.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419172832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/being-human-end.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=Final series of Being Human announced |publisher=BBC News|date=7 February 2013}}</ref> The final episode of ''Being Human'' was broadcast on 10 March 2013.

==Plot==
The central premise of ''Being Human'' is that various types of supernatural beings exist alongside human beings, with varying degrees of menace; that three of these supernatural beings are opting to live ''amongst'' human beings rather than apart from them; and that these three characters are attempting (as much as is possible) to live ordinary human lives despite the pressures and dangers of their situations. They are constantly threatened with exposure or persecution, with pressure from other supernatural creatures, and with problems caused by their attempts to deal with their own natures.

===Series 1 (2009)===
[[File:Crichlow, Turner, Tovey, Whithouse.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|''Being Human'' cast (from left to right, [[Lenora Crichlow]], [[Aidan Turner]], [[Russell Tovey]]) and the series creator, [[Toby Whithouse]]]]
Series 1 is set in the [[England|English]] city of [[Bristol]] and introduces [[George Sands]] (a reluctant [[werewolf]] in his mid-twenties) and [[John Mitchell (Being Human)|John Mitchell]] (a [[vampire]] with the appearance and behaviour of a young man in his mid-twenties who is over a hundred years old). Both are attempting to reject their nature as supernatural predators – George by strictly managing his transformations and their effect on others, Mitchell by abstaining from blood-drinking. Despite a long history of antipathy between the werewolf and vampire races, Mitchell and George have formed a deep friendship, they have low-profile, low-status jobs as hospital porters and live as housemates.

Moving into a new house together, they discover that it already has an occupant – [[Annie Sawyer]], the ghost of a young woman in her mid-twenties. Annie had lived in the house with her fiancé Owen but died after falling down the stairs. She has remained to haunt the property while Owen, unaware of her presence, has rented it out to Mitchell and George. As supernatural beings, George and Mitchell can see, touch and communicate with Annie, who is delighted to have their company and becomes the third member of the surrogate family.

All three have problems. Mitchell's central challenge is his struggle with his desire to feed (which is presented as being similar to a struggle against drug addiction). George's is to manage his monthly werewolf transformations in such a way that he does not kill anyone or pass on the werewolf affliction. He considers his condition to be "a curse", over which he is in a certain state of denial (including referring to his wolf-self as if it were a different person). Annie's challenge is to deal with her new existence as a ghost (including the isolation and loneliness which results from it) and to discover the reason why she has remained on Earth instead of passing over to the afterlife.

The remainder of Series 1 deals with the protagonists' attempts to deal with these situations and with the various characters (human or otherwise) with whom they come into contact or conflict. All of the problems are finally brought to a ferocious climax which the trio survive but with their existence no less precarious.

===Series 2 (2010)===
[[File:wolf george.jpg|thumb|right|George in his werewolf form]]
Series 2 (also set in Bristol) deals with the aftermath of Series 1. Mitchell must struggle with the dual responsibilities of managing his own urges and attempting to manage the now scattered and rudderless Bristol vampire community. George must cope with the responsibilities of intimacy and the problem of having passed on his "curse" despite his best efforts. Annie must find a new purpose in her continued presence (having resolved the initial issues that kept her on Earth) and must also deal with the malignant attention of another type of supernatural being, resident in the afterlife but able to influence events in the earthly world.

The lives of Mitchell, George, and Annie are further complicated by other new factors. There is now a need to fit George's girlfriend Nina into the household, and deal with urgent new problems she is facing herself; there are problems with the police, and two powerful and playful vampires (Ivan and Daisy) have arrived in Bristol with the threat of causing mayhem. The trio are also subject to the growing attentions of a mysterious organisation (possibly called the Centre for the Study of Supernatural Activity, or CenSSA) led by the scientist Dr Jaggatt and the priest-administrator Kemp. This organisation has identified and classified the three different types of supernatural creature – vampire, werewolf and ghost – and is continuing to research them, although it is evident from the start that they are quite prepared to let subjects die in the course of the research. The lives of each of the four main protagonists gradually draw them closer and closer to the organisation, despite the threat it may pose to all of them.

===Series 3 (2011)===
Series 3 saw the protagonists move to Barry Island in South Wales (as the result of events in Series 2). They set up house in a former bed-and-breakfast hotel and attempt to resume their "normal" lives, despite the overhang of the results of the Series 2 climax, including Mitchell having briefly snapped and murdered twenty people on a train in the Box Tunnel, in Wiltshire. As Series 3 progresses, the quartet must deal with the return of various figures and events from the characters' pasts as well as the complications of their relationships, notably after George and Nina conceive a child in their werewolf state and must determine what their child will be. In addition, they must deal with further supernatural incursions – more vampires (including a teenager and a pair of suburban [[Swinging (sexual practice)|swingers]]), a [[zombie]] girl and a pair of werewolves, [[Tom McNair]] and his adoptive father (who have set themselves up as vampire hunters). Events lead up to a finale that leaves the household changed dramatically. [[Aidan Turner]] left the show at the end of the third series, which also marked the final appearance of [[Sinéad Keenan]] as Nina.<ref name="digitalspy.co.uk"/>

===Series 4 (2012)===
Nina has been killed in a vampire attack and the gang now has to take care of baby Eve, whose werewolf heritage appears to have attracted the attention of vampire overlords known as the Old Ones. In the first episode George dies while rescuing Eve, leaving her in the custody of Tom (who moves into Honolulu Heights) and Annie. Another trio of elderly werewolf Leo, ghost Pearl and vampire [[Hal Yorke|Hal]] later come to Honolulu Heights seeking help for Leo's transformations after a strange experience, but in the end Leo dies, passing on with Pearl while Hal remains to become the new vampire at Honolulu Heights. Lawyer Nick Cutler, a vampire created by Hal in 1950, plans to expose werewolves as part of a larger plan involving a vampire conquest of Earth. Cutler tries to get Hal back to his old ways of drinking blood, Tom and Annie learning that Hal is actually a former Old One and vampire ruler, with Cutler's efforts eventually succeeding in breaking Hal down. The blood sends Hal into overdrive and he repulses Alex, whom he is dating, with his crude and unusual behaviour when they meet for a second date. Alex leaves angrily but is followed by one of Cutler's men. Meanwhile, Eve, from the future, reveals to Annie that in her future, most of humankind are dead or living in concentration camps and vampires now rule every inch of the world. Annie is shocked to learn that Hal is the ruthless leader of the new vampire revolution. To save the world, Eve asks Annie to kill her when she is a baby. Cutler reveals Alex's dead body drained of blood as revenge for Hal murdering his wife in similar fashion in 1950. Cutler then locks Hal up, but Alex returns as a ghost and helps Hal escape. The Old Ones then arrive in Barry. To save the world, Annie blows up Eve and the Old Ones, completing her unfinished business, and "passes over" as she is no longer an Earth-bound spirit. The series ends with Hal, Alex, and Tom living together in Honolulu Heights.

===Series 5 (2013)===
{{Main|Being Human (British series 5)}}
On 26 March 2012, the day following the Series 4 finale, it was revealed that Series 5 of ''Being Human'' would air in 2013 and comprise six episodes. [[Michael Socha]] and [[Damien Molony]] were announced to be reprising their roles as Tom and Hal respectively. [[Lenora Crichlow]] did not return for Series 5 as the production team felt her storyline had reached a natural conclusion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s116/being-human/news/a373139/being-human-exec-confirms-six-new-episodes-lenora-crichlow-exit.html|title='Being Human' exec confirms six new episodes, Lenora Crichlow exit|website=Digital Spy|last=Jeffrey|first=Morgan|date=26 March 2012|access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> Kate Bracken confirmed her return to the show in an interview before the series started shooting.<ref name="Abbey"/> The BBC referred to Alex (Kate) as "our new ghost", implying that Alex would become a main character in Series 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fbeinghuman%2F2012%2F04%2Fseries_5_of_being_human_announ.html|title=Series 5 of Being Human announced|publisher=BBC|last=Denton|first=Rebecca|date=2 April 2012|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

On 17 January 2013, the series synopsis was released, explaining that Alex would be adjusting to life as a ghost with Tom while Hal tries to keep his bloodlust in check, and they decide to take up jobs at the Barry Grand Hotel. The three must deal with Mr. Rook, a government agent whose job is to keep the truth about supernatural beings from the public, and a pensioner named Captain Hatch ([[Phil Davis (actor)|Phil Davis]]) who is secretly a vessel for the Devil.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cultfix.co.uk/being-human-returning-february-series-5-synopsis-21195.htm |title=BEING HUMAN RETURNING FEBRUARY, SERIES 5 SYNOPSIS |publisher=Cultfix |date=17 January 2013}}</ref> The fifth series of ''Being Human'' was announced to be the final series on 7 February 2013;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/beinghuman/posts/Final-Series-Announced |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420092043/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/beinghuman/posts/Final-Series-Announced |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2013 |title=UPDATED: Final Series Announced |publisher=BBC Being Human Blog |date=7 February 2013}}</ref> the final episode was broadcast on 10 March 2013.

==Episodes and home video==
{{Main|List of Being Human (British TV series) episodes}}
{{Series overview

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In October 2011, [[Netflix]] announced it had obtained rights to stream episodes of ''Being Human'' via its home video service in the United States and Canada.<ref>Roxborough, Scott and Szalai, Georg. "Can Netflix Sell U.S. Users on Foreign Shows?" ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. 12 October 2011.</ref>

==Cast and characters==

===Main characters===
{{Main|List of Being Human (British TV series) characters}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:150px;" |Name !! style="width:150px;" rowspan="2"|Portrayed by !! colspan="5"|Series
|-
! style="width:80px;"|1 !! style="width:80px;"|2 !! style="width:80px;"|3 !! style="width:80px;"|4 !! style="width:80px;"|5
|-
| [[Annie Sawyer]] || [[Lenora Crichlow]] || colspan="4" {{cMain}} || colspan="1" {{cNone}}
|-
| [[George Sands]] || [[Russell Tovey]] || colspan="3" {{cMain|Main}} || {{cAlso starring|Featured}} || {{cNone}}
|-
| [[John Mitchell (Being Human)|John Mitchell]] || [[Aidan Turner]] || colspan="3" {{cMain|Main}} || colspan="2" {{cNone}}
|-
| [[Nina Pickering]] || [[Sinead Keenan]] ||colspan="1" {{cRecurring}} ||colspan="2" {{cMain|Main}} || colspan="2" {{cNone}}
|-
| [[Hal Yorke]] || [[Damien Molony]] || colspan="3" {{cNone}} || colspan="2" {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| [[Tom McNair]] || [[Michael Socha]] || colspan="2" {{cNone}} || {{cRecurring|Recurring}} || colspan="2" {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| [[Alex Millar (Being Human)|Alex Millar]] || [[Kate Bracken]] || colspan="3" {{cNone}} || {{cRecurring|Recurring}} || {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| [[List of Being Human (British TV series) characters|Dominic Rook]] || [[Steven Robertson]] || colspan="3" {{cNone}} || {{cGuest}} || {{cMain|Main}}
|}

===Recurring characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background-color:#ADD8E6;"
! Name
! Species
! Portrayed by
! Recurring<br /><small>(Episodes)</small>
! Number of episodes
|-
| Seth
| Vampire
| Dylan Brown
| Pilot, 1.01–1.06
| 6
|-
| Herrick
| Vampire
| [[Jason Watkins]]
| 1.01–3.08
| 13
|-
| Lauren Drake
| Vampire
| [[Annabel Scholey]]
| 1.01–1.05
| 5
|-
| Janey Harris
| Human
| Sama Goldie
| 1.01–1.05
| 4
|-
| Owen
| Human
| [[Gregg Chillin]]
| 1.01–1.06
| 5
|-
| Cara
| Vampire
| Rebecca Cooper
| 1.01–3.05
| 5
|-
| Josie
| Human
| [[Clare Higgins]]/[[Charlene McKenna]]
| 1.05–1.06, 2.05
| 3
|-
| Billy
| Human
| [[Josef Altin]]
| 1.05–1.06
| 2
|-
| Chaplain Mark
| Human
| [[Michael Begley (actor)|Michael Begley]]
| 1.06, 2.07
| 2
|-
| Kemp
| Human
| [[Donald Sumpter]]
| 1.06–2.08
| 9
|-
| Hennessey
| Psychic
| [[Adrian Schiller]]
| 2.01, 2.07–2.08
| 3
|-
| Ivan
| Vampire
| [[Paul Rhys]]
| 2.01–2.07
| 5
|-
| Daisy
| Vampire
| [[Amy Manson]]
| 2.01–2.08
| 6
|-
| Lucy
| Human
| [[Lyndsey Marshal]]
| 2.01–2.08
| 8
|-
| Lloyd Pinkie
| Human
| [[Mark Fleischmann]]
| 2.01–2.08
| 7
|-
| Hugh
| Human
| [[Nathan Wright (actor)|Nathan Wright]]
| 2.01–2.03
| 3
|-
| Saul
| Human
| [[Alex Lanipekun]]
| 2.01–2.02
| 2
|-
| Quinn
| Human
| [[John Stahl]]
| 2.02–2.03, 2.07
| 3
|-
| Chief Constable Wilson
| Human
| [[Ian Puleston-Davies]]
| 2.03, 2.05
| 2
|-
| Campbell
| Vampire
| Alex Warren
| 2.04–2.05
| 2
|-
| Sam Danson
| Human
| [[Lucy Gaskell]]
| 2.04–2.07
| 4
|-
| Molly Danson
| Psychic
| Molly Jones
| 2.05–2.07
| 3
|-
| Anthony McNair
| Werewolf
| [[Robson Green]]
| 3.01–3.08
| 4
|-
| Lia Shaman
| Ghost
| [[Lacey Turner]]
| 3.01, 3.08
| 2
|-
| Adam Jacobs
| Vampire
| [[Craig Roberts]]
| 3.02, 4.05
| 2
|-
| Richard Hargreaves
| Vampire
| [[Mark Lewis Jones]]
| 3.02, 3.04
| 2
|-
| Emma Hargreaves
| Vampire
| [[Melanie Walters]]
| 3.02, 3.04
| 2
|-
| Nancy Reid
| Human
| [[Erin Richards]]
| 3.06–3.08
| 3
|-
| Cooper
| Vampire
| Justin Salinger
| 3.06–3.07
| 2
|-
| Eve
| War Child
| [[Gina Bramhill]]
| 4.01–4.08
| 6
|-
| Cutler
| Vampire
| [[Andrew Gower (actor)|Andrew Gower]]
| 4.01–4.08
| 7
|-
| Fergus
| Vampire
| [[Anthony Flanagan]]
| 4.01–4.03
| 3
|-
| Leo
| Werewolf
| [[Louis Mahoney]]
| 4.01–4.02, 5.06
| 3
|-
| Pearl
| Ghost
| [[Tamla Kari]]
| 4.01–4.02
| 2
|-
| Regus
| Vampire
| [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]]
| 4.01, 4.03
| 2
|-
| Kirby
| Ghost
| [[James Lance]]
| 4.03–4.04
| 2
|-
| Allison Larkin
| Werewolf
| [[Ellie Kendrick]]
| 4.06, 5.06
| 2
|-
| Mr. Snow
| Vampire
| [[Mark Gatiss]]
| 4.07–4.08
| 2
|-
| Ian Crumb
| Vampire
| [[Colin Hoult]]
| 5.01–5.04
| 3
|-
| Captain Hatch
| Devil
| [[Phil Davis (actor)|Phil Davis]]
| 5.01–5.06
| 5
|-
| Alistair Frith
| Human
| [[Toby Whithouse]]
| 5.01–5.06
| 4
|-
| Alan
| Vampire
| {{interlanguage link|Hamza Jeetooa|de}}
| 5.02, 5.04
| 2
|-
|}

===Background===
Creator Toby Whithouse was approached by production company Touchpaper Television to develop a drama series about a group of friends who buy a house together.<ref name=jabp>Arnopp, Jason, [https://jasonarnopp.blogspot.com/2008/05/toby-whithouse-interview-part-one.html "Toby Whithouse Interview"], Jason Arnopp's bloggery pokery, 6 May 2008. Retrieved 16 April 11.</ref> Whithouse was not enthusiastic about the idea, but came up with three characters, George, Mitchell, and Annie. Touchpaper Television liked the characters so they started developing the project. For months, Whithouse and Touchpaper Television struggled to come up with a storyline for the first episode. Eventually, they had a final meeting to see if they could come up with a storyline or the project would be scrapped. Whithouse came up with the supernatural elements and the characters were changed.

===Pilot episode===
[[File:BeingHumanPilot.jpg|thumb|Promotional image from the pilot]]
Whithouse was contacted by the BBC who told him they were making a series of pilots.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090422120910/http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/toby_whithouse1.shtml "Toby Whithouse"], BBC writers room. Retrieved 18 April 2011.</ref> Whithouse was not a fan of the television pilot process, but believed that the show would never get made otherwise, so the pilot script was submitted. In 2007, [[Danny Cohen (television executive)|Danny Cohen]], the controller of BBC Three, commissioned the pilot of ''Being Human'',<ref>Dowell, Ben, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/06/bbc.television1 "Cohen green lights vampire comedy"], ''The Guardian'', 6 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2011.</ref> as well as ''[[West 10 LDN]]'', ''Mrs In-Betweeny'', ''The Things I Haven't Told You'', ''Dis/Connected'' and ''[[Phoo Action]]'' pilots as part of the rebranding of BBC Three. Before the pilots were broadcast, Whithouse was told that only ''Phoo Action'' would be commissioned for a series. The pilot episode was broadcast on 18 February 2008. The journalist Narin Bahar of the ''[[Reading Chronicle]]'' started an [[online petition]] to lobby BBC Three commissioning editors to greenlight a full series, which was signed by over 3,000 people.<ref>Martin, Dan, [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/jan/09/being-human-guide-feature "How Being Human bit back to become BBC3's biggest hit"], The Guardian, 9 January 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2011.</ref> ''Phoo Action'' was cancelled after it was decided that the scripts for the series were not good enough<ref>Holmwood, Leigh, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/28/bbc-television "Phoo Action replacement will be found, says BBC3's Danny Cohen"], The Guardian, 28 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2011.</ref> and ''Being Human'' was then commissioned.<ref>Dowell, Ben, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/24/bbc.television "BBC3 orders full series of Being Human"], The Guardian, 24 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2011.</ref>

===Casting===
The pilot episode starred [[Guy Flanagan]] as Mitchell the vampire, [[Andrea Riseborough]] as Annie the ghost, and [[Russell Tovey]] as George the werewolf, as well as featuring [[Adrian Lester]] as Herrick (the vampire leader and main antagonist of Series 1), Dylan Brown as Seth (another vampire) and [[Dominique McElligott]] as the recent vampire convert Lauren (converted by Mitchell). With the exception of George and Seth, these parts were recast when the series went into full production.

===Filming===
[[File:Shoot of the TV drama, Being Human.jpg|thumb|right|Lighting trucks at ''Being Human'' film shoot, [[College Green, Bristol|College Green]], [[Bristol]]]]
The first and second series were set and filmed in [[Bristol]] featuring views of [[Clifton Suspension Bridge]] and [[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton Village]]. Windsor Terrace, [[Totterdown|Totterdown, Bristol]], was the location of Mitchell, Annie, and George's home and the pub shown in the pilot. Scenes set at the hospital where Mitchell and George work were filmed in and around [[Bristol General Hospital]] and [[Glenside, Bristol]].

The third series was filmed and set in Barry (Barry Island). The new house is located on Canon Street. Some filming took place in Hensol Woods near [[Cowbridge]], [[Vale of Glamorgan]], in July 2010.<ref name="Hensol">[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/07/23/being-human-filming-in-ancient-welsh-woodland-91466-26911866/ Collins, Peter. "''Being Human'' Filming in Ancient Welsh Woodland." ''South Wales Echo.'' 23 July 2010.] Accessed 14 August 2011.</ref> The move to Barry Island and Wales was prompted by the BBC's "Out of London" project, which sought to move productions away from London and to new production facilities in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.<ref name="Hensol" /> Some interior filming occurred at an abandoned bus depot, which had been converted into a film studio.<ref name="OnsetGhosts">[https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/big-brother/latestnews/2010/08/13/being-human-set-in-chaos-over-haunted-set-115875-22485132/#ixzz1V3X2IDUf McMahon, Kate. "''Being Human'' Set in Chaos Over 'Haunted' Set"], ''[[Daily Mirror]].'' 13 August 2010. Accessed 14 August 2011.</ref>

On 13 March 2011, Whithouse and BBC Three announced that ''Being Human'' would return for a fourth series.<ref name="Fourth"/><ref name="RadioFourth">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/1213-being-human-gets-fourth-series/ |title=Fourth series for Being Human on BBC3 |magazine=Radio Times |date=14 March 2011 |access-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316070259/http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/1213-being-human-gets-fourth-series/ |archive-date=16 March 2011  }}</ref> Eight 60 minute episodes were commissioned<ref name="FourthAnnouncement">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fbeinghuman%2F2011%2F03%2Fbeing_human_fourth_series_anno.html Geogh, Grant. "''Being Human'' Fourth Series Announced for BBC Three." Press release. BBC Three. 14 March 2011.] Accessed 14 August 2011.</ref> and co-produced with [[BBC America]].<ref>Ng, Philiana. "BBC America Announces Premieres for 'Outcasts,' 'Bedlam'." ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. 20 April 2011.</ref> The producer also said some old characters would return, and he intended to introduce new ones and that the characters will continue to live on Barry Island.<ref name="Fourth"/><ref name="RadioFourth"/> The filmmakers returned to Barry Island to film the fourth series in late July 2011, where they continued to use local man Gary Rowe's house as the group's bed-and-breakfast base of operations.<ref>[http://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/latestnews/9151608.BBC_s_Being_Human_returns_to_Barry_for_filming/ "BBC's ''Being Human'' Returns to Barry for Filming." ''Barry And District News.'' 25 July 2011.] Accessed 13 August 2011.</ref> Students from the drama and theatre programme at [[Coleg Gwent]] were used as extras and in minor roles on the show.<ref>[http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/9197899.Future_is_bright_for_budding_Coleg_Gwent_actors/ "Future Is Bright for Budding Coleg Gwent Actors." ''South Wales Argus.'' 16 August 2011.] Accessed 25 August 2011.</ref> The internal and external cafe scenes were filmed in the [[Pillgwenlly]] area of [[Newport, Wales|Newport]].

==Reception==
The pilot episode was not widely reviewed, and some reviews were not positive. A review in  ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' called the pilot one of BBC Three's "wildly uneven" new shows.<ref>Midgely, Neil. "At Last, a Teenage Rebellion Not Programmed by Oldies." ''The Daily Telegraph.'' 9 February 2008.</ref> Brian McIver, writing for the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' felt the show lacked sex appeal and that the plot was boring, concluding: "so what?"<ref>McIver, Brian. "Is Stalker in the Frame for Gruesome Murder?" ''Daily Record.'' 18 February 2008.</ref> But, by late January 2009, the ''Daily Record'' reported that most of the reviews of the pilot had raved about the new show.<ref name="Petition">"Drama: Flat's Life As Scary Pals Turn Nasty." ''Daily Record.'' 24 January 2009.</ref> Viewership for the pilot was very high,<ref>Randall, Lee. "Russell Tovey: Star Pupil." ''[[The Scotsman]].'' 2 February 2009.</ref> and a massive online petition drive helped turn the pilot into a series.<ref name="Petition"/>

Reception of the series has been extremely favourable. Stephen Armstrong in ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the show a warm review, noting that its primary appeal was not supernatural or horror. It was, he wrote, "a curious genre mash-up drama about a ghost, werewolf and vampire sharing a flat in Bristol, which deals more with the horror of living in modern Britain than the horror of the undead."<ref>Armstrong, Stephen. "Media: A Monster Success Story." ''The Guardian.'' 1 December 2008.</ref> David Belcher writing in the ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|Glasgow Herald]]'' was effusive, however, calling the series "Easily the sole good programme on BBC3... ''Being Human'': the supernatural drama that's super in its depiction of human nature."<ref>Belcher, David. "When Comedy Gets Better With Age." ''The Herald.'' 9 February 2009.</ref> At the conclusion of the first series, Andrea Mullaney of ''[[The Scotsman]]'' had high praise for the show's premise and writing:<ref>Mullaney, Andrea. "Television Weekend Review: It May Be on BBC3 But It's No Howler." ''The Scotsman.'' 2 March 2009.</ref>
:"The series started well and seemed to get better almost every week. By last night's conclusion, it had matured into a marvellously enjoyable and surprisingly affecting show, which turned its punchline of a premise into a metaphor for everyday struggles to make connections, overcome their selfishness and insecurities and to live a decent life... Remarkably un-clichéd and well written by Toby Whithouse, this was hugely better than most other British attempts at genre shows – the ropey ''[[Torchwood]]'', the dreadful ''[[Demons (TV series)|Demons]]'' and even most recent episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]''."

When it debuted on BBC America in 2009, the show won similar plaudits. The ''[[Miami Herald]]''{{'s}} Glenn Garvin praised the show's balance of humour and pathos: "What it is darkly funny, deeply affecting and utterly cockeyed, a work that celebrates life by dwelling on death, love by abiding loneliness. It's a tale of cold, dead noses pressed up against the window pane of humanity... But for all the laughs, ''Being Human'' never loses sight of the menace of its characters."<ref>Garvin, Glenn. "''Being Human:'' The Neighbors Are Real Monsters." ''Miami Herald.'' 25 July 2009.</ref> Writing in ''[[The New York Times]]'', Alessandra Stanley called the series "compelling" and praised its equal emphasis on horror, remorse, and humour:<ref>Stanley, Alessandra. "Friendship, Thicker Than Blood." ''New York Times.'' 24 July 2009.</ref>
:"Three young friends share a shabby apartment in Bristol, England, as well as secrets, and those sound like the set-up to a corny joke – a vampire, a ghost and a werewolf walk into a bar. Only in this case the bar is a pub and there is no punch line. ''Being Human'' takes the killing – and the perpetrators' anguished remorse – seriously, but still manages to find the humour in their predicament as these monsters in human form struggle to blend into normal, almost Seinfeldian life that includes work, going out on dates and having the tedious neighbours over for drinks... All three characters are highly appealing, but the charm of the show lies in the delicate balance of engrossing drama and disarming humour; the series is not campy or self-conscious, it's witty in an offhand, understated way."

Writing for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Mary McNamara lauded the show's humour, but emphasised its moral seriousness and metaphorical nature. "[D]espite more than a few laugh-out-loud moments, ''Being Human'' is no sitcom, no ''[[Will & Grace]]'' with monsters," she wrote, "Creator Toby Whithouse takes all the themes associated with the cursed and the damned very seriously, and if his exploration of them is less baroque than other franchises, it promises to be even more effective. Addiction is the obvious comparison, and Whithouse makes it nicely – the relationship between John and Lauren ([[Annabel Scholey]]), the woman he hopes is his last victim, plays like classic junkie love."<ref>{{cite news |last=McNamara |first=Mary |title=Being Human Brings Humor to Vampire Story |newspaper =Chicago Tribune|date=25 July 2009|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/07/25/being-human-brings-humor-to-vampire-story/}}</ref>

The praise continued throughout various periods of the series' run. Matt Roush from ''[[TV Guide]]'', having given critical plaudits to the third series, said of the series, "Can't recommend it highly enough."<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/News/Roush-Review-Human-1029597.aspx Roush, Matt. "Roush Review: Being Human and More Weekend TV." ''TV Guide.'' 18 February 2011.] Accessed 14 August 2011.</ref> Reviewing the Series 3 Blu-ray release, the ''Wichita Falls Times-Record-News'' noted, "So many movies and TV programmes will suggest how evil people can be and how much characters can suffer. ''Being Human'' actually can make viewers feel something of that horror and awfulness."<ref>[http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2011/may/13/spirited-sci-fi-show-conjures-drama-humor/ Carter, Richard. "Spirited Sci-Fi Show Conjures Drama, Humour." ''Wichita Falls Times-Record-News'' 13 May 2011.] Accessed 15 May 2011.</ref> Melinda Houston, writing for the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', applauded the way the show took the common television theme of the "disenfranchised... suddenly retaliat[ing]" and inverted it.<ref name="HoustonMeta">{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/lets-get-metaphysical-20110813-1irsd.html |last=Houston |first=Melinda |title=Let's Get Metaphysical |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=14 August 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011}}</ref> "Moving beyond the teen tropes, it sets itself squarely in a mire of 20-something Gen Y angst. Being special and having power has no upside; being different is a burden and a nuisance and all anyone wants is a life of ordinariness."<ref name="HoustonMeta"/>

===Awards and nominations===
The show was nominated for Best Drama Series at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2010|2010 British Academy Television Awards]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10104256 |title=John Hurt Gets BAFTA Nod for Quentin Crisp Role |publisher=BBC News|date=10 May 2010 |access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> but lost to ''[[Misfits (TV series)|Misfits]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2010/television/drama-series|title = 2010 Television Drama Series &#124; BAFTA Awards}}</ref> It was nominated for the same award again in 2011,<ref>{{cite news |last=Dutta |first=Kunal |title=Ratings Winners Dominate the BAFTA Shortlist |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=27 April 2011|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/ratings-winners-dominate-the-bafta-shortlist-2275173.html}}</ref> but lost to ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]''.<ref>"''Sherlock'' Takes BAFTA Honours for Drama." ''[[The Irish Times]].'' 23 May 2011.</ref>

''Being Human'' was crowned Best Drama Series at the 2011 [[TV Choice|''TV Choice'' Awards]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14901570 |title=EastEnders Triumphs at TV Choice Awards |publisher=BBC News|date=13 September 2011 |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> and Best Television Drama Series at [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain|Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards]] in 2009, 2010 and 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/being-human-wins-at-writers-guild-awards/|title=Being Human wins at Writer's Guild awards {{!}} News {{!}} The Stage|date=22 November 2010|work=The Stage|access-date=13 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-20338163|title=Moffat honoured by Writers' Guild|date=15 November 2012|publisher=BBC News|access-date=13 October 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
| rowspan=3|[[British Academy Television Awards]]
| Best Original Television Music
| [[Richard Wells (composer)|Richard Wells]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series]]
| Rob Pursey, Matthew Bouch, [[Toby Whithouse]], [[Colin Teague]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=imdbaw>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349938/awards |title=Being Human Awards |work=Internet Movie Database |access-date=5 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| Rob Pursey, Philip Trethowan, Toby Whithouse, Colin Teague
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| 2010
| [[Broadcasting Press Guild|Broadcasting Press Guild Awards]]
| Best Drama Series
| Rob Pursey, Matthew Bouch, Toby Whithouse, Colin Teague
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| 2012
| [[9th Irish Film & Television Awards|Irish Film & Television Awards]]
| [[9th Irish Film & Television Awards#Television Drama categories|Best Director Television Drama]]
| Daniel O'Hara
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| rowspan=2|[[Royal Television Society]]
| Best Tape and Film Editing: Drama
| Philip Hookway
| {{won}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| Best Special Effects
| rowspan=3|''Being Human''
| {{won}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| rowspan=4|2010
| rowspan=19|[[SFX (magazine)|SFX Awards]]
| Best TV Show
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx10>SFX Magazine (2010): SFX Sci-Fi Awards 2010. Edition: April 2010. Page:97-100</ref>
|-
| Breakout of the Year
| {{won}}
|<ref name=sfx10/>
|-
| Best Monster/Villain
| [[Jason Watkins]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx10/>
|-
| Best Actor
| [[Russell Tovey]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx10/>
|-
| rowspan=6|2011
| Best TV Show
| ''Being Human''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx11>SFX Magazine (2011): SFX Sci-Fi Awards 2011. Edition: April 2011. Page:93-97</ref>
|-
| Best TV Episode
| "Damage"
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx11/>
|-
| Best Sci-Fi Actress
| [[Lenora Crichlow]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx11/>
|-
| Best Sci-Fi Actor
| rowspan=2|[[Aidan Turner]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx11/>
|-
| Sexiest Male
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx11/>
|-
| Cult Hero
| Russell Tovey
| {{won}}
|<ref name=sfx11/>
|-
| rowspan=4|2012
| Best TV Show
| ''Being Human''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx12>SFX Magazine (2012): SFX Sci-Fi Awards 2012. Edition: April 2012. Page:93-97</ref>
|-
| Sexiest Male
| rowspan=2|Aidan Turner
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx12/>
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Actor
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx12/>
|-
| Russell Tovey
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx12/>
|-
| rowspan=5|2013
| Best TV Episode
| "Making History"
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx13>SFX Magazine (2013): SFX Sci-Fi Awards 2013. Edition: October 2013. Page:70-73</ref>
|-
| Biggest Disappointment
| The Cancellation of ''Being Human''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx13/>
|-
| Best TV Show
| ''Being Human''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx13/>
|-
| Sexiest Male
| [[Damien Molony]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx13/>
|-
| Best Actor
| [[Damien Molony]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=sfx13/>
|-
| 2009
| rowspan=2|[[TV Choice|TV Quick Awards]]
| Best New Drama
| Rob Pursey, Matthew Bouch, Toby Whithouse, Colin Teague
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| 2011
| [[TV Choice#2011 Winners|Best Drama Series]]
| rowspan=3|Toby Whithouse
| {{won}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| 2009
| rowspan=3|[[Writers' Guild of Great Britain]]
| rowspan=3|Best Television Drama Series
| {{won}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| 2010
| {{won}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| 2012
| Toby Whithouse, Tom Grieves, [[John Jackson (writer)|John Jackson]], [[Lisa McGee]], [[Jamie Mathieson]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name=imdbaw/>
|-
| 2011
| [[Glamour Awards]]
| TV Actress of the Year
| Lenora Crichlow
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/celebrity/2011/06/07/glamour-award-winners |title=Full list of GLAMOUR 2011 Awards Winners |work=Glamourmagazine.co.uk |date=7 June 2011 |access-date=8 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416032205/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/celebrity/2011/06/07/glamour-award-winners |archive-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|}

===Ratings and social media===
''Being Human'' garnered "some of the largest audiences in the network's history" when it debuted on BBC America in 2009, and again during its second series run in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://miamiherald.typepad.com/changing_channels/page/3/#ixzz1V3EzrJmG |last=Garvin |first=Glenn |title='Being Human,' With an American Accent |newspaper =Miami Herald|date=16 January 2011 |access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref>

In March 2011, the BBC announced that live, delayed, and online viewership for the launch of ''Being Human''{{'s}} third series was 1.8 million viewers, the largest viewing audience for a series premier in BBC Three history.<ref name="FourthAnnouncement"/> The average viewership per episode was 1.4 million viewers on television, with an additional 400,000 viewers via the show's release on iPlayer.<ref name="FourthAnnouncement"/> The network also revealed that ''Becoming Human''{{'s}} finale, which aired on BBC Three rather than online, received more than 1.5 million viewers on television and iPlayer.<ref name="FourthAnnouncement"/>

In August 2011, the BBC's Director of Television, [[George Entwistle]], revealed that ''Being Human'' had 330,000 [[Facebook]] fans, compared to 2.3 million for the Facebook pages of ''[[EastEnders]]'' and 220,000 for ''[[Springwatch]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/aug/21/new-media-tv-mutual-benefits |last=Entwistle |first=George |title=New Media Gains Offer Mutual Benefits for Television |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 August 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011}}</ref> Two months later, the website InsideSocialGames.com reported that Utinni Games was developing a [[social network game]] based on the show, in which players can create their own character and participate in an extensive, constantly evolving storyline set in the show's universe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2011/10/07/social-gaming-news-roundup-rockyou-elvis-cow-clicker-mafia-wars-shakedown-and-dungeons-dragons/ |last=De Vere |first=Kathleen |title=Social Gaming News Roundup: RockYou, Elvis, Cow Clicker, Mafia Wars Shakedown and Dungeons & Dragons |publisher=InsideSocialGames.com |date=7 October 2011 |access-date=3 November 2011}}</ref>

==Spin-offs and remake==

===North American remake===
{{Main|Being Human (North American TV series)}}
A remake of the series produced by Muse Entertainment Enterprises aired on [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]] in Canada and [[Syfy]] in the U.S. in 2011. The first series comprised 13 episodes. A second series premiered on 16 January 2012, and a third series premiered on 14 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muse.ca/4105/04_01_news_2.asp |title=NEWS 07.27.10 |publisher=[[Muse Entertainment Enterprises]] |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=27 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Submitted by David Fullam on Thu, 29 October 2009 |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34271/being-american-being-human-redux-coming-syfy |title=Being American? Being Human Redux Coming to Syfy |work=Dread Central |date=29 October 2009 |access-date=21 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214062115/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34271/being-american-being-human-redux-coming-syfy |archive-date=14 December 2009}}</ref>
On 25 February 2014 it was announced that the show was coming to an end. The final episode aired on 7 April 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/being-human-cancelled-689310/ |title=[VIDEO&#93; Syfy's 'Being Human' Cancelled After End of Season 4 |magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="BEING HUMAN: RECAP FOR 7 APRIL 2014 ">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvgrapevine.com/56-syfy/6377-being-human-recap-for-april-7-2014 |title=BEING HUMAN: RECAP FOR APRIL 7, 2014 |date=8 April 2014 |access-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412062749/http://www.tvgrapevine.com/56-syfy/6377-being-human-recap-for-april-7-2014 |archive-date=12 April 2014  }}</ref>

===''Becoming Human''===
{{Main|Becoming Human}}
The BBC commissioned an online extension called ''[[Becoming Human]]'', which was launched midway through the transmission of the third series.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fbeinghuman%2F2010%2F10%2Fnew_series_becoming_human.html New Series: Becoming Human], BBC, 26 October 2010</ref> ''[[Becoming Human]]'' stars [[Craig Roberts]] as teenage vampire Adam, [[Leila Mimmack]] as werewolf Christa, and [[Josh Brown (actor)|Josh Brown]] as ghost Matt, the three working together to solve Matt's recent murder.

===Books===
{{Main|Being Human Novels}}
In 2010, [[BBC Books]] published the first set of ''Being Human'' books, set at some time during Series 2.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35244/bbc-books-publishing-a-three-novel-tie-in-being-human |title=BBC Books Publishing a Three-Novel Tie-In to Being Human |work=Dread Central |access-date=21 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128104958/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35244/bbc-books-publishing-a-three-novel-tie-in-being-human |archive-date=28 January 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Title
! Author
! Published
! ISBN
|-
| 01
| ''The Road''
| [[Simon Guerrier]]
| 4 February 2010
| {{ISBN|978-1-84607-898-9}}
|-
| 02
| ''Chasers''
| [[Mark Michalowski]]
| 4 February 2010
| {{ISBN|978-1-84607-899-6}}
|-
| 03
| ''Bad Blood''
| [[James Goss (producer)|James Goss]]
| 4 February 2010
| {{ISBN|978-1-84607-900-9}}
|}

===Audiobooks===
There are three audiobooks read by the actors of the series. The audiobook ''The Road'' is read by [[Lenora Crichlow]] (Annie).
The audiobook ''Chasers'' is read by [[Russell Tovey]] (George), and ''Bad Blood'' is read by [[Lucy Gaskell]] (Sam Danson).<br /> ''The Road'' and ''Bad Blood'' are available on audio CD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Being%20human%20audiobooks |title=Being Human Audiobooks |publisher=Amazon |access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Title
! Author
! Read by
! Length
! Published (download/cd)
! ISBN (audio download)
! ISBN (audio cd)
|-
| 01
| ''The Road''
| Simon Guerrier
| [[Lenora Crichlow]]
| 5 hours 38 minutes
| 7 November 2012/16 April 2013
| {{ISBN|9781471305115}}
| {{ISBN|9781620647240}}
|-
| 02
| ''Chasers''
| Mark Michalowski
| [[Russell Tovey]]
| 5 hours 18 minutes
| 1 November 2012/15 April 2013
| {{ISBN|9781471305252}}
| {{ISBN|9781471305283}}
|-
| 03
| ''Bad Blood''
| James Goss
| [[Lucy Gaskell]]
| 6 hours 45 minutes
| 1 November 2012/15 May 2013
| {{ISBN|9781471305290}}
| {{ISBN|9781471305306}}
|}

===Soundtracks===
In 2011, a soundtrack was released for ''Being Human'' that contained music from Series 1 and Series 2. The music was composed by [[Richard Wells (composer)|Richard Wells]], and featured a track listing of 24 songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Being-Human-Various-Artists/dp/B004IZKI32/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1344236790&sr=1-1&keywords=being+human |title=being human soundtrack |website=Amazon |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> A soundtrack for the third series was released on 25 March 2013. It featured 48 minutes and 25 tracks of music composed by the same composer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richardwellsmusic.com/news/being-human-series-3-soundtrack |title=Being Human Series 3 Soundtrack |publisher=Richard Wells Music |date=25 March 2013 |access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|+ Soundtrack Series 1 & 2
! #
! Title
|-
| 1
| Being Human
|-
| 2
| Ancestors
|-
| 3
| Annie's Theme
|-
| 4
| A Wonderful Thing
|-
| 5
| Box Tunnel Massacre
|-
| 6
| Gilbert's Door
|-
| 7
| Resurrection
|-
| 8
| Spread a Little Joy
|-
| 9
| Best Night Ever
|-
| 10
| It's Coming
|-
| 11
| Leaving
|-
| 12
| Molly
|-
| 13
| Beautiful Chaos
|-
| 14
| Blood Addicts
|-
| 15
| Someone Else
|-
| 16
| Catacombs
|-
| 17
| Lucky
|-
| 18
| A Second Chance
|-
| 19
| Vampire Annihilation
|-
| 20
| Who's Laughing Now?
|-
| 21
| Holding On
|-
| 22
| Annie's Door
|-
| 23
| Nina and George
|-
| 24
| Full Moon
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left"
|+ Soundtrack Series 3
! #
! Title
|-
| 1
| Drawn Together
|-
| 2
| Time Wasting
|-
| 3
| Thank You
|-
| 4
| Place Your Bets
|-
| 5
| Richard
|-
| 6
| Mitchell and Annie
|-
| 7
| Boy Running
|-
| 8
| Sasha's Door
|-
| 9
| Gotcha
|-
| 10
| Breaking Up
|-
| 11
| Wolf Shaped Bullet
|-
| 12
| Werewolf Attack
|-
| 13
| Awakening
|-
| 14
| Tit For Tat
|-
| 15
| Arrested
|-
| 16
| Intrigue
|-
| 17
| Graham's Death
|-
| 18
| Together
|-
| 19
| Chicken
|-
| 20
| It Hurts
|-
| 21
| Big Secrets
|-
| 22
| Dad's Story
|-
| 23
| Rescue
|-
| 24
| You Made Me Human
|-
| 25
| Age of Vampires
|}
 {{clear}}

==See also==
*[[List of ghost films]]
*[[Vampire film]]
*[[List of vampire television series]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/06/human.shtml Official press pack] at [[BBC]] Press Office
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