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The Best Episodes of Beasts Season 1

Every episode of Beasts Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Beasts Season 1!

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

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Special Offer" is the best rated episode of "Beasts" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 115 votes. Directed by Richard Bramall and written by Nigel Kneale, it aired on 10/16/1976. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "During Barty's Party".

  • Special Offer
    6.6/10115 votes

    #1 - 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

  • During Barty's Party
    7.5/10126 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Buddy Boy
    5.8/10102 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Baby
    7.1/10164 votes

    #4 - 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

  • What Big Eyes
    6.7/1086 votes

    #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

  • The Dummy
    6.7/1094 votes

    #6 - 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