7.5/10129 votesLoading...7.5/10(129)Loading...#1 - During Barty's Party
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 10/23/1976
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: Nigel Kneale
7.0/10165 votesLoading...7.0/10(165)Loading...#2 - Baby
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 11/6/1976
A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger.
Director: John Nelson-Burton
Writer: Nigel Kneale
6.7/1096 votesLoading...6.7/10(96)Loading...#3 - The Dummy
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 11/20/1976
A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play.
Director: Don Leaver
Writer: Nigel Kneale
6.6/10119 votesLoading...6.6/10(119)Loading...#4 - Special Offer
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 10/16/1976
A misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same shop's cuddly cartoon mascot seems to have come alive and is causing havoc.
Director: Richard Bramall
Writer: Nigel Kneale
6.6/1088 votesLoading...6.6/10(88)Loading...#5 - What Big Eyes
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 11/13/1976
An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy.
Director: Donald McWhinnie
Writer: Nigel Kneale
5.8/10103 votesLoading...5.8/10(103)Loading...#6 - Buddy Boy
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 10/30/1976
When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction.
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: Nigel Kneale
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The Best Episodes of Beasts
Every episode of Beasts ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Beasts!
Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Network:ITV1
Episodes
6
Avg. Rating
6.7
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S2
S3
S4
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E2
E3
6.6
7.5
5.8
Best Episodes Summary
"During Barty's Party" is the best rated episode of "Beasts". It scored 7.5/10 based on 129 votes. Directed by Don Taylor and written by Nigel Kneale, it aired on 10/23/1976. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Baby".
