6.6/10116 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
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
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
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
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
6.7/1095 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
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 116 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".